Letter to the World's Religious Leaders

Cover of eBook Edition of the Letter to the World's Religious Leaders.

The Letter to the World's Religious Leaders was a statement issued by the Universal House of Justice in April 2002. It was an open letter addressed to leaders of religious communities and called for a re-examination of interfaith activity.

The letter consists of twenty-five paragraphs. Its contents calls for religious leaders to focus on points of similarity in order to build a consensus on fundamental spiritual principles and to eliminate fanaticism and religious bigotry. It praises the value of interfaith dialogue and cooperation, and refers positively to interfaith worship services but observes that such efforts had done little to achieve social change such as the equality of men and women and racial integration.

Since being published it has received little academic attention and it has not been formally analyzed or responded to in non-Bahá’í circles.

External Links

• Letter to the World's Religious Leaders at Bahá’í Reference Library