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The inordinate disparity
between rich and poor, a source of acute suffering, keeps the world in
a state of instability, virtually on the brink of war. Few societies have
dealt effectively with this situation. The solution calls for the combined
application of spiritual, moral and practical approaches. A fresh look
at the problem is required, entailing consultation with experts from a
wide spectrum of disciplines, devoid of economic and ideological polemics,
and involving the people directly affected in the decisions that must
urgently be made. It is an issue that is bound up not only with the necessity
for eliminating extremes of wealth and poverty but also with those spiritual
verities the understanding of which can produce a new universal attitude.
Fostering such an attitude is itself a major part of the solution.
(Letters
of The Universal House of Justice,
1985 Oct, The Promise
of World Peace, p. 3)
An interior view of the house of the Báb in Shíráz, Iran. 
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More than 2,000 Baha'is in the Northeast United States gathered in Stamford, Connecticut. The conference was in response to a call from the Universal House of Justice to gather together to celebrate the feats already achieved during the current Five Year Plan and to deliberate on its current needs.
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