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Bahá'í Faith

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A faith with no economic system of its own is described as holding the principles that will shape all future ones.
Who they are

The Bahá'í Faith, its governing and legislative institutions, and its international community, including the Bahá'í International Community (BIC).

What they do

A religion presented as having a universal legal and ethical framework, whose 'code' is said to be developed through legislative institutions established by its founder.

How it works

Public material says the Bahá'í Faith teaches the need for a universal legal and ethical framework, and that a 'Bahá'í code' will be worked out through legislative bodies set up by Bahá'u'lláh. A 1939 letter from Shoghi Effendi says the faith has no 'economic order or system' yet, but that its principles are 'the basis of all future economic schemes'. Other documents say Bahá'u'lláh warned over 100 years ago about over-consumption, and that in 1995 the WWF and ARC held a Summit on Religions and Conservation at Windsor Castle after a preparatory meeting in Japan, attended by religious leaders including Ruhiyyih Khanum, with a BIC statement on 'Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Bahá'í Faith'. The faith took part in drafting linked to the Earth Charter, but this does not show it wrote or controls the Earth Charter.

Why it matters

It shows a group with no formal economic system of its own being described as the source of principles for future ones, and taking part in global drafting while not being the author of the result.

The engine's record — word for word
It is presented publicly as: "The Bahá'í Faith's believe in the necessity of a universal legal and ethical framework , suggesting that the ‘ Bahá'í code ’ will be developed through legislative institutions that Bahá'u'lláh established." Cross-sourced to bahai-library.com, bahai.us, iefworld.org — documents cited by the corpus and retrieved independently of it.
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