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"...As long as these prejudices prevail, the world of humanity will not have rest. For a period of six thousand years.. the world of humanity has not been free from war, strife, murder and bloodthirstiness.. war was due to either religious.. racial.. political or patriotic prejudice.. As long as these prejudices persist, the struggle for existence must remain dormant, and bloodthirstiness and rapacity continue.." ('Abdul-Baha) (61:5) ..One example of Baha'i action in the field of religious prejudice is the strong defense of Islam in the West where, despite the decline of the Christian churches, there is a strong bias against anything pertaining to Islam.. This is of particular interest because among the Muslim clergy are to be found the most persistent, fierce, and unreasoning persecutors of Baha'is. Another interesting aspect of Baha'i action to eliminate religious prejudice is that many Jews have learned to love the figure of Jesus through Baha'i teachings, a love which they have never acquired from Christians, who have persecuted and vilified the Jewish people for nearly two thousand years.
(61:6)
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