The condemnation of all forms of prejudice, whether religious, racial, class or national.

Acceptance of the oneness of humanity demands that prejudice—whether racial, religious, racial, class, national or gender-related—must be totally eliminated.

Misconceptions and prejudices that consider one group of people as superior to another are a major contributor to humanity’s present afflictions. Prejudice is a false perception, or preconception, of others based on ignorance, blinding us to the fact that every person is essentially a spiritual being with unique talents and capacities, a “mine rich in gems of inestimable value.” (Bahá’u’lláh)

Forging strong relationships with people from all walks of life is the antidote to the corrosive disease of prejudice. “Search diligently for the truth and make all men your friends,”(Abdu’l-Bahá). Read more >>

The condemnation of all forms of prejudice.

Through our ignorance and lack of viewpoint we divide this common home, we divide the members of this family into various races, we divide religion into different sects and then with those suppositional divisions we wage war against one another; we shed one another’s blood and we pillage one another’s possessions. Is not this unpardonable ignorance? Is this not the height of injustice? Were we just and could we observe without prejudice we would realize that there are no fundamental differences. – Abdu’l-Baha,

Abdu’l-Baha, observing that prejudice is one of the great barriers to peace, emphasized that freedom from prejudice must be more than just an ideal—it must be translated into practice to such an extent that it influences all of our interactions with others.

So free must be your thoughts and actions of any trace of prejudice—racial, religious, economic, national, tribal, class, or cultural—that even the stranger sees in you loving friends.

(Universal House of Justice, Ridván Message 2008, paragraph 8)