Globalized Religious Compassion

Baha’u’llah’s religious tradition is one that fits in with the message that Armstrong promotes in her video. Armstrong is calling for a planet wide reconsideration about religion and how compassion should be brought to the forefront of their discussion on globalized, golden ruled policy concerning religion. Baha’u’llah promotes this very same kind of complete, compassionate and worldwide religion that seeks to unify all people across the planet. Many instances in Baha’u’llah’s life can be linked to his mission of one unified global spirituality beginning from his time spent preaching to when he was finally imprisoned until the end of his life.

 Baha’u’llahs time spent in solitude in the Kurdish mountains would be a sort of acid test as to how dedicated someone might be towards a globalized compassionate religion. This area, as well as the people of this mountain is yearly slaughtered by religious zealots who hunt and murder the people of Kurdistan even today. Baha’u’llah went to this mountain alone, dressed as a Sufi and began writing by himself in impoverished conditions. Soon, others living around him saw he knew how to write, and he was called to advise leaders and religious authorities in Kurdistan. He later was called home by his family back to Iran and after years spent there.

Baha’u’llah is not only an inspirational figure simply because of his charisma or skill writing, but his dedication to starting a globalized compassionate spiritualism was beyond belief. To even set foot in one of the most dangerous places in war torn Kurdistan alone, no protection only to preach and seek study in solitude is unbelievably compassionate. This is what Karen Armstrong would like to bring to the forefront of the discussion on globalized religious compassion, the story of an individual taking this goal into his own hands so that others may be more like him.