2. (a) Peoples and (b) Religions should unite in friendship.
3. A world language and script should be chosen.
4. Baha’is must serve and support any king who protects the Faith.
5. (a) Baha’is must obey their governments. (b) Peoples of the world should aid the Baha’i cause. (c) Weapons of destruction should be converted into instruments of reconstruction.
6. World peace is promised.
7. Freedom of dress is permitted, within the bounds of decency.
8. Priestly celibacy is discouraged.
9. Confession of sins is abolished.
10. Destruction of books is banned.
11. Sciences and arts are commended, provided they are useful.
12. (a) All must learn and earn a livelihood. (b) Work is worship.
13. Affairs of state are entrusted to the House of Justice.
14. Pilgrimages to the shrines of the dead are no longer obligatory and funds for doing so should be contributed to the House of Justice.
15. Republican democracy and kingship are recommended and should ideally be combined.
The Bishárát was a public announcement of the new Bahá’í teachings. Its function was analogous (albeit anachronistically) to a press release, serving not only as a public proclamation but to rectify the inaccuracies and gross misrepresentations that had previously circulated in print.
(Baha’u’llah’s Bishárát (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen, Presented By Christopher Buck & Nahzy Abadi Buck at Grand Canyon Bahá’í Conference, Dec. 24, 2012.)
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/buck_tablet_glad-tidings_grand-canyon.pdf
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