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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 […]

…every one of the divine religions contains essential ordinances, which are not subject to change, and material ordinances, which are abrogated according to the exigencies of time. But the people of the world have forsaken the divine teachings and followed forms and imitations of the truth. Inasmuch as these human interpretations and superstitions differ, dissensions and bigotry have arisen, and strife and warfare have prevailed. By investigating the truth or foundation of reality underlying their own and other beliefs, all would be united and agreed, for this reality is one; it is not multiple and not divisible.

— Abdu’l-Baha

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Bahá’í Faith sponsors new Documentary film

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