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Baha'i
When Baha'u'llah was a prisoner of the Sultan He wrote Tablets to many of the world rulers at the time and called them to form a world parliament and an international court of arbitration. He called this the Most Great Peace. When this failed He said that we would have to be content with the Lesser Peace, a political peace.
"In this period of its evolution the world of humanity is in danger. Every war is against the good pleasure of the Lord of mankind, for man is the edifice of God and war destroys the divine edifice. If an active, actual peace is brought about, the human world will attain to the utmost serenity and composure; wolves will be transformed into lambs, devils into angels, and terrors into divine splendors in less than the twinkling of an eye."
~ Abdul-Baha Divine Philosophy, p. 85
"Now that ye have refused the Most Great Peace, hold ye fast unto this, the Lesser Peace, that haply ye may in some degree better your own condition and that of your dependents.
O rulers of the earth! Be reconciled among yourselves, that ye may need no more armaments save in a measure to safeguard your territories and dominions. Beware lest ye disregard the counsel of the All-Knowing, the Faithful."
(Provisional Translations, Tablet to Queen Victoria)
The Baha'i Administrative Order is an order for Baha'is and much of its structure is currently developing but it does not dictate what non-Baha'is do.
"If the institutions of the Faith, God forbid, became involved in politics, the Bahá'ís would find themselves arousing antagonism instead of love. If they took one stand in one country, they would be bound to change the views of the people in other countries about the aims and purposes of the Faith. By becoming involved in political disputes, the Bahá'ís instead of changing the world or helping it, would themselves be lost and destroyed."
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 444)
The above is one reason Baha'is are non-partisan and hold no partisan offices.
https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/summons-lord-hosts/
"In this period of its evolution the world of humanity is in danger. Every war is against the good pleasure of the Lord of mankind, for man is the edifice of God and war destroys the divine edifice. If an active, actual peace is brought about, the human world will attain to the utmost serenity and composure; wolves will be transformed into lambs, devils into angels, and terrors into divine splendors in less than the twinkling of an eye."
~ Abdul-Baha Divine Philosophy, p. 85
"Now that ye have refused the Most Great Peace, hold ye fast unto this, the Lesser Peace, that haply ye may in some degree better your own condition and that of your dependents.
O rulers of the earth! Be reconciled among yourselves, that ye may need no more armaments save in a measure to safeguard your territories and dominions. Beware lest ye disregard the counsel of the All-Knowing, the Faithful."
(Provisional Translations, Tablet to Queen Victoria)
The Baha'i Administrative Order is an order for Baha'is and much of its structure is currently developing but it does not dictate what non-Baha'is do.
"If the institutions of the Faith, God forbid, became involved in politics, the Bahá'ís would find themselves arousing antagonism instead of love. If they took one stand in one country, they would be bound to change the views of the people in other countries about the aims and purposes of the Faith. By becoming involved in political disputes, the Bahá'ís instead of changing the world or helping it, would themselves be lost and destroyed."
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 444)
The above is one reason Baha'is are non-partisan and hold no partisan offices.
https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/summons-lord-hosts/