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Tag: "Ignorance"

tag name: Ignorance type: Miscellaneous
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Ignorance
related tags: Negative emotions and behaviors; Barriers; Education; Knowledge; Prejudice, Elimination of
Inventory subject: Heedlessness and ignorance of the people
notes:

"... the centrality of knowledge to social existence. The perpetuation of ignorance is a most grievous form of oppression; it reinforces the many walls of prejudice that stand as barriers to the realization of the oneness of humankind, at once the goal and operating principle of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation. Access to knowledge is the right of every human being, and participation in its generation, application and diffusion a responsibility that all must shoulder in the great enterprise of building a prosperous world civilization—each individual according to his or her talents and abilities..."

– From the Ridván message 2010, by the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá'ís of the world

references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorance; bahaiquotes.com/subject/ignorance; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Ignorance

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  1. 2022-11-01. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan. Universal House of Justice. — Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis...
  2. 2017-12-27. Religious prejudice. Universal House of Justice. — On the Baha’i community's perspective on religious prejudice and what action it is taking to addre...
  3. 2007. Hidden Gifts: Finding Blessings in the Struggles of Life. Brian Kurzius. — Compilation of Baha'i texts on the purpose of problems and tests in our lives.
  4. 1993-11. Prejudice and Discrimination. Will C. van den Hoonaard. — Prejudice is cultural. History shows no society is immune. U.S. Baha'is facilitated Racial Amity gro...
  5. 1968. Becoming Your True Self. Daniel C. Jordan. — The nature of human potential, and how the Baha'i Faith can guide the process of spiritual transform...
 
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