So where is the progress? Are you saying that the two teachings are the same? Or are they different?
Dear Gilberto,
The situations are entirely different. During the time of Muhammad the religion of God itself was to be protected through jihad against those who attacked Muslims after having made a covenant not to; and against those who drive the muslims from their homes without provocation. In this time, force is used by the world against an oppressor for the protection of mankind as a whole; and apparently without regard to whether or not the world is a Baha'i world.
"In like manner, the size of the armaments of every government should be strictly limited, for if the preparations for war and the military forces of any nation should be allowed to increase, they will arouse the suspicion of others. The fundamental principle underlying this solemn Pact should be so fixed that if any government later violate any one of its provisions, all the governments on earth should arise to reduce it to utter submission, nay the human race as a whole should resolve, with every power at its disposal, to destroy that government. Should this greatest of all remedies be applied to the sick body of the world, it will assuredly recover from its ills and will remain eternally safe and secure." Abdu'l-Baha quoted by Shoghi Effendi in The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 37)
Richard.
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