*recognizes the unity of God and His prophets,
*upholds the principle of an unfettered search after truth,
*condemns all forms of superstition and prejudice,
*teaches that the fundamental purpose of religion is to promote concord and harmony
*states that religion must go hand-in-hand with science, and that it constitutes the sole and ultimate basis of a peace-ful, and ordered and progressive society,
*inculcates the principle of equal opportunity, rights and privileges of both sexes,
*advocates compulsory education,
*abolishes extremes of poverty and wealth,
*recommends the adoption of an auxiliary international language, and
*provides the necessary agencies for the establishment and safeguarding of a permanent and universal peace.
--Shoghi Effendi, First Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith