Patriotic Cosmopolitanism
Can we, at the same time, love our family, our neighbours, our country, our people, humanity and the world we live in? Surely we can. …
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Seeing With New Eyes: Ibn Al Haytham, Optics and Foreignness
When we think of the science of optics we may think of Isaac Newton, who together with his other discoveries, made important studies in the …
Under One Sun
“ …We come from one ancestor, Just one forefather, And one Earth Mother, Under one sun …” Source: ABC Radio National: The Baha’i soul of …
World in Union
“There’s a dream, I feel So rare, so real All the world in union The world as one. Gathering together One mind, one heart Every …
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: insights from its first draft
Until recent years it was hard to find good information on the origin of human rights. This was particularly true about the creation of the …
Lucretia Mott – Campaigner for Abolition, Advocate of Women’s Rights, Quaker Visionary
Lucretia Mott was born in 1793 and much of her long life was devoted to working for the abolition of slavery and the emancipation of …
Leo’s Letter, the Atomic Bomb and Sadako’s Cranes
The following short story “Leo’s Letter” is written as a “fairytale” about the dropping of the atomic bomb. Although it is fictional, it is closely …
What does it mean to be human?
The Prem Rawat Foundation asks this question in its video release to mark the 2014 International Day of Peace. It’s just there in the flow …
Martin Luther King Jr – Civil Rights Leader and Peace Advocate
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his life for the poor of the world, the garbage workers of Memphis and the peasants of Vietnam. The day …