Fundamentally, a great share of the Bahá’í community’s efforts has been directed at addressing the root cause of religious prejudice—ignorance. “The perpetuation of ignorance”, the House of Justice has stated, “is a most grievous form of oppression; it reinforces the many walls of prejudice that...
The last 150 years have resulted in profound social change. One example has been the progress towards overcoming racial prejudice. It seems scarcely believable that in the nineteenth century and even a significant part of the twentieth century mainstream thinkers and social commentators assumed...