Editing Pacifism (section)

===Baháʼí Faith===
[[Bahá'u'lláh]], the founder of the [[Baháʼí Faith]] abolished [[religious war|holy war]] and emphasized its abolition as a central teaching of his faith.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Troxel |first1=Duane |last2=Cole, Juan |last3=Lambden, Stephen |date=17 October 2003 |title=Tablet of Ridván: Wilmette Institute faculty notes |url=http://bahai-library.com/wilmette_lawh_ridvan_notes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018150249/http://bahai-library.com/wilmette_lawh_ridvan_notes |archive-date=18 October 2011 |access-date=13 September 2006 |publisher=bahai-library.com}}</ref> However, the Baháʼí Faith does not have an absolute pacifistic position. For example, Baháʼís are advised to do social service instead of active army service, but when this is not possible because of obligations in certain countries, the [[Baháʼí laws|Baháʼí law]] of ''loyalty to one's government'' is preferred and the individual should perform the army service.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mazal |first=Peter |date=21 October 2003 |title=Selected Topics of Comparison in Christianity and the Baháʼí Faith |url=http://bahai-library.com/mazal_comparison_christianity_bahai&chapter=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514031423/http://bahai-library.com/mazal_comparison_christianity_bahai%26chapter%3D1 |archive-date=14 May 2011 |access-date=13 September 2006}}</ref><ref name="ud1">{{Cite book |last=Effendi |first=Shoghi |url=http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/UD/ud-136.html |title=Unfolding Destiny |pages=134–135 |author-link=Shoghi Effendi |access-date=15 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317232518/http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/UD/ud-136.html |archive-date=17 March 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shoghi Effendi]], the head of the Baháʼí Faith in the first half of the 20th century, noted that in the Baháʼí view, absolute pacifists are anti-social and exalt the individual over society which could lead to anarchy; instead he noted that the Baháʼí conception of social life follows a moderate view where the individual is not suppressed or exalted.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Effendi |first=Shoghi |url=http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/DG/dg-144.html#gr1 |title=Directives from the Guardian |publisher=Baháʼí Publishing Trust |location=India |pages=53–54 |author-link=Shoghi Effendi |access-date=15 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060725061401/http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/DG/dg-144.html#gr1 |archive-date=25 July 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On the level of society, Bahá'u'lláh promotes the principle of [[collective security]], which does not abolish the use of force, but prescribes "a system in which Force is made the servant of Justice".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Effendi |first=Shoghi |url=http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/WOB/wob-52.html#gr1 |title=The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher=Baháʼí Publishing Trust |year=1938 |isbn=978-0877432319 |location=Wilmette, Illinois |pages=191–203 |author-link=Shoghi Effendi |access-date=15 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060725200858/http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/WOB/wob-52.html#gr1 |archive-date=25 July 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> The idea of collective security from the Bahá'í teachings states that if a government violates a fundamental norm of international law or provision of a future [[World Constitution|world constitution]] which Bahá'ís believe will be established by all nations, then the other governments should step in.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sarooshi |first=Danesh |year=1994 |title=Search for a Just Society, Review |url=http://bahai-library.com/saroosh_huddleston_just_society |url-status=live |journal=[[Baháʼí Studies Review]] |volume=4 |issue=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008104650/http://bahai-library.com/saroosh_huddleston_just_society |archive-date=8 October 2010 |access-date=13 September 2006}}</ref>