The Baha'i Faith, as the name implies, is a religion, not a
political movement. Its foundation, Baha'is believe, is the revelation of God
for our day and its focal teaching is the oneness of humankind. The mission
that has been laid by Baha'u'llah on those who recognize and would follow Him
is the promotion of the unification of the earth's peoples in one global
society guided by Divine principle. In order for the Baha'i community to
discharge this responsibility, it must itself remain united. It must
demonstrate to a skeptical age that human beings, in all their diversity, can
learn to live and work as a single people in one global homeland.
(From a
letter dated July 25, 1997 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice
to an individual believer)
