TY  - GEN
ID  - 5278
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/nsa_india_communal_harmony
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Communal Harmony: India's Greatest Challenge
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A1  - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India
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Y1  - 1993(?)/2015
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M3  - NSA-documents
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LA  - English
L3  - https://www.onecountry.org/story/supreme-court-india-highlights-bahai-views-communal-tolerance-ayodhya-decision[One Country: Supreme Court of India highlights Baha'i views on communal tolerance (1994)]; https://bahai.works/MUHJ86-01/202/Ruling_of_Supreme_Court_in_India_Citing_the_Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99%C3%AD_Teachings_as_a_Guideline_for_Resolving_Disputes[UHJ: Ruling of Supreme Court in India Citing the Bahá’í Teachings as a Guideline for Resolving Disputes (1995)]; https://bahai-library.com/bodakowski_interview_farida_vahedi[Berkley Center: Discussion with Farida Vahedi of the NSA of India (2011)]; https://bahai-library.com/uhj_religious_leaders_2002[UHJ: Letter to the World's Religious Leaders (2002)]
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AB  - A formal statement from the NSA of the Bahá'ís of India on the need to overcome religious, linguistic and caste-based tensions.
N1  - Mirrored from Times of India: The Speaking Tree, Part 1 and Part 2 (2015).   The date of this document is not yet known. The blog posts (links above) are dated October 2015, but this interview notes: "In 1992, there was a serious problem caused by the demolition of the mosque in the city of Ayodhya which caused communal riots throughout the country. In response, the Baha’i community issued a statement that highlighted a central theme: “communal harmony—India’s greatest challenge.” In this statement, the whole issue of religious conflict and the importance of harmony and peacebuilding were emphasized in a 6 to 7 page statement written in English. This statement was later translated into most of the official languages of India. We distributed this to Ministers, bureaucrats, district county workers, the superintendent of police, NGOS, and faith communities." The Ayodhya riots happened on 6 December 1992 (see background on Wikipedia, Ayodhya dispute and Communalism in South Asia) and the court decision was on 24 October 1994, and states "as 1993 began, communal violence returned to India" which would indicate that this document was likely written in 1993 or 1994.
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KW  - Caste system
KW  - Change
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Communal harmony
KW  - Communalism
KW  - Conflict resolution
KW  - Cultural diversity
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Ethnic divisions
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - India
KW  - Interfaith dialogue
KW  - Interpretation
KW  - Islam
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Migration
KW  - National Spiritual Assembly, statements
KW  - Peace
KW  - Prejudice
KW  - Public discourse (discourses of society)
KW  - Science
KW  - Sikhism
KW  - Social action
KW  - Social and economic development
KW  - Social change
KW  - South Asia
KW  - Statements
KW  - Superstition
KW  - Transformation
KW  - Unity
KW  - Unity in diversity
KW  - Unity of religion
KW  - Wealth and poverty
ER  -