Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

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Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) said: "O mankind, your Lord is One and your father is one. You all descended from Aadam, and Aadam was created from earth. He is most honored among you in the sight of God who is most upright. No Arab is superior to a non-Arab, no colored person to a white person, or a white person to a colored person except by Taqwa (piety)." (Hadith: Ahmad and At-Tirmithi) 



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Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favouritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. (Acts 10:34-35) 



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[F]or in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:26-28) 



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"Recognize the Lord's Light within all, and do not consider social class or status; there are no classes or castes in the world hereafter (Sri Guru Granth Sahib 349) 



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“Never will I allow to be lost the work of any one among you, whether male or female; for you are of one another.” (Qu’ran 3:195) 



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“And God created humankind in the divine image, creating it in the image of God - creating them male and female”. 
 (Genesis 1: 27) 



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"A man should respect his wife more than he respects himself and love her as much as he loves himself." (Talmud, Yebamot, 62,b) 



Only one human being was created in the beginning... so that no person may be able to say to another: "My ancestor was greater than your ancestor"; also to show God‘s greatness, for God stamped every human being with the seal of Adam, yet not one of them is like another (Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:25) 
 



"The world of humanity is possessed of two wings - the male and the female. So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength the bird will not fly. Until womankind reaches the same degree as man, until she enjoys the same arena of activity, extraordinary attainment for humanity will not be realized" ('Abdu'l Bahá)   



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“It is a woman who is a friend and partner for life. It is woman who keeps the race going. How may we think low of her of whom are born the greatest. From a woman a woman is born: none may exist without a woman.” (Sri Guru Granth Sahib, p. 473) 



There is no difference among classes of people. All the world is of divine origin. (Mahābhārata) 



The differences spoken of among humans are only conventional. (Sutta Nipāta, 611) 



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