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They must be treated, educated, trained and assisted in love.
Everything must be done in order that all humanity may live under the shadow of God in the utmost security, in happiness of the highest type. Racial and Patriotic Prejudices The Baha'i doctrine of the unity of mankind strikes at the root of another cause of war, namely, racial prejudice.
Certain races have assumed themselves to be superior to others and have taken for granted, on the principle of "survival of the fittest," that this superiority gives them the right to exploit for their own advantage, or even to exterminate, weaker races.
Many of the blackest pages in the world's history are examples of the pitiless application of this principle.
According to the Baha'i view people of every race are of equal value in the sight of God. All have wonderful innate capacities which only require suitable education for their development, and each can play a part, which, instead of impoverishing, will enrich and complete the life of all the other members of the body of humanity.
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