Is Justice or Unity the Goal? A Bahá'í Perspective

Talk given by Mrs. Layli Miller-Muro on January 30, 2021

In this wonderful talk, Layli Miller-Muro introduces the Baha’i Faith and then discusses how justice and unity are both necessary to build a peaceful world. Layli was trained as a lawyer and is now the CEO of the Tahirih Justice Center, a non profit organization she founded early in her career. The Center provides free legal services and engages in advocacy on behalf of immigrant women and girls fleeing human rights abuses. In her role, she has won numerous awards including one of the “Most Fearless” women in the world by Newsweek/Daily Beast. She lives in Virginia with her husband and three children.

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0:00:00 - Opening Reading
0:01:00 - Introduction
0:02:58 - Talk
0:30:32 - Q/A
1:22:43 - Closing

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[sallylum]

Thank You. Mrs. Layli for a deeper understanding into Justice.

[royacamille]

Thank you for this fantastic talk. Deeply insightful, informative and reflective. Profound truths to help us evolve, heal and grow individually and in community.

[GCDahl]

This is easily the best talk I have heard on this important and very relevant topic. Thank you Layli!

[matthewmurdoch]

Is there a compilation you have made, or primarily use for this topic which you could share?

[anitastarlight]

You can’t have unity without justice. Why is that so hard for ppl to understand?

[mayaz]

Fantastic presentation, could have been divine. The Hidden word at the start states "The best beloved of all things in my sight is Justice" there is a question in reference to the word used JUSTICE, the original is in Arabic and is not Justice, it is FAIRNESS ENSAF or INSAF, the word for Justice in Arabic is ADL, O SON OF SPIRIT, this is addressed to all human beings. so all human beings are required to adhere to ENSAF, however, any human being in a position to give justice, a judge, or a king or ...., is required to give Justice tempered with FAIRNESS, if Justice is not tempered with FAIRNESS, then it is really INJUSTICE, this word Fairness was used just once, and reference was made several times as perspective.
2 The name JESUS CHRIST is arrogantly used by the Western World, it is ISSA MASSIH similarly the word PERSIA is used by the Western World whereas it is correctly IRAN as used by the people of that land. It took Reza Shah to ask of all countries with diplomatic relations with Iran to use the word IRAN, I hope you can give this lecture again and use the word Fairness as many times as you used the word Justice. just my stupid understanding, sorry if I caused anyone hurt feelings, I care deeply about Justice and had to stand up for its meaning

[macunz]

canopy of existence resteth upon the poles of justice and NOT forgiveness, and the life of mankind dependeth upon justice and NOT forgiveness.# Baha-u-llah. I am an Indigenous Grandmother who's Grandmother was a bahai and grandchildren are bahais. I was sex-trafficked as a child by white family members. They never faced justice. I speak up about racism in the bahai community about the oppression inflicted upon my Peoples. They have attacked me (and drove out all the other BIPOC community members) and they are all white, mostly men. I have decided to disengage from the continued trauma, though I am still continuing to be a bahai. I am old, and cannot deal with this anymore. Hopefully they wake up. The racism has been reported to appropriate channels, but they continue to refuse to acknowledge their privilege and continue to cause harm 😓😭😢