‘Abdu’l‐Bahá and the racial question
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Abdu'l‐Bahá; racism; racialism; Universal Races Congress; Ethical SocietiesAbstract
This article will attempt to compare 'Abdu'l‐Bahá's discourse on the race question with that
of his contemporaries in the West. Accordingly, it will use as a reference the First Universal Races Congress, held in London in 1911 and which brought together dozens of intellectuals and social leaders interested in racial reconciliation and to which ‘Abdu'l‐Bahá was also invited to attend. It is hoped that this comparative exercise will show how, despite sharing common objectives, the perspective on racial harmony of the leader of the Bahá'í religion and that of many of his contemporaries was entirely different and, therefore, so were their proposals for social transformation.
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