Contention and conflict hath He strictly forbidding in His book
(Kitab-i-Aqdas); such is the command of the Lord in this
all-highest Revelation--a command which He hath exempted from all
annulment and arrayed with the adorning of His confirmation.

O ye people of the world! The Religion of God is for the sake of
love and union; make it not the cause of enmity and conflict....
The hope is cherished, that the people of Baha shall ever turn
unto the Hallowed Word: "Lo! All things are of God."--the
All-Glorious Word that, like unto water, quencheth the fire of
hate and rancor which doth smoulder in hearts and breasts. By this
one Word shall the diverse sects of the world attain unto the
light of real union; verily the Truth He speaketh, and to the Path
He leadeth, and He is the Mighty, the Gracious, the Beauteous.

'Abdu'l-Baha says:--

All must abandon prejudices and must even go to each other's
churches and mosques, for, in all of these worshipping places, the
Name of God is mentioned. Since all gather to worship God, what
difference is there? None of them worship Satan. The Muhammadans
must go to the churches of the Christians and the Synagogues of
the Jews, and vice versa, the others must go to the Muhammadan
Mosques. They hold aloof from one another merely because of
unfounded prejudices and dogmas. In America I went to the Jewish
Synagogues, which are similar to the Christian Churches, and I saw
them worshipping God everywhere.

In many of these places I spoke about the original foundations of
the divine religions, and I explained to them the proofs of the
validity of the divine prophets and of the Holy Manifestations. I
encouraged them to do away with blind imitations. All of the
leaders must, likewise, go to each other's Churches and speak of
the foundation and of the fundamental principles of the divine
religions. In the utmost unity and harmony they must worship God,
in the worshipping places of one another, and must abandon
fanaticism.

Were even these first steps accomplished and a state of friendly mutual
tolerance established between the various religious sects, what a
wonderful change would be brought about in the world! In order that real
unity may be achieved, however, something more than this is required. For
the disease of sectarianism, tolerance is a valuabl