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Bahá’í Faith sponsors new Documentary film

September 29, 2021

A new documentary series with a fresh perspective on the racial question is airing on the PBS World Channel now. It is produced by the National Center for Race Amity and the Bahá’í Faith provided […]

…if the religions investigate reality and seek the essential truth of their own foundations, they will agree and no difference will be found. But inasmuch as religions are submerged in dogmatic imitations, forsaking the original foundations, and as imitations differ widely, therefore, the religions are divergent and antagonistic. These imitations may be likened to clouds which obscure the sunrise; but reality is the sun. If the clouds disperse, the Sun of Reality shines upon all, and no difference of vision will exist. The religions will then agree, for fundamentally they are the same.

— Abdu’l-Baha

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Bahá’í Faith sponsors new Documentary film

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