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Religion
should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the
face of the earth, give birth to spirituality, and bring life and light
to each heart. If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division,
it were better to be without it, and to withdraw from such a religion
would be a truly religious act.
For it
is clear that the purpose of a remedy is to cure; but if the remedy
should only aggravate the complaint it had better be left alone. Any
religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion. All
the holy prophets were as doctors to the soul; they gave prescriptions
for the healing of mankind; thus any remedy that causes disease does
not come from the great and supreme Physician.
('Abdu'l-Bahá:
Paris Talks, Page: 130)
The house of Mirza Abbas Nuri (also known as Mirza Buzurg), the father of Bahá'u'lláh, in Tehran, Iran. 
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An examination of the Baha'i delegation offers a snapshot of how Baha'is around the world are striving in their local and national communities to promote the equality of women and men, which is a basic principle of the Baha'i Faith.
"The United Nations is looking for models about how to implement its various programs, and in the case of these Baha'i women from around the world you have some concrete examples of effective activities at the local and national levels to promote the advancement of women," said Fulya Vekiloglu, director of the Baha'i International Community's Office for the Advancement of Women.
This year's Commission meeting drew nearly 2,000 people, representing some 334 organizations. Among them were some 200 girls from around the world, a response to the theme of this year's Commission, which was "The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child."
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