All created things are pure in Baha'ism

Verily, all created things were immersed in the sea of purification when, on that first day of Ridvan, We shed upon the whole of creation the splendours of Our most excellent Names and Our most exalted Attributes. Baha'u'llah, Kitab-i-Aqdas, para...

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Baha'is desecrating the grave of a Covenant Breaker

"ANNOUNCE BAHA'I WORLD REMOVAL FROM IMMEDIATE PRECINCTS HOLY SHRINE BAHA'U'LLAH REMAINS MIRZA DIYA'U'LLAH YOUNGER BROTHER MIRZA MUHAMMAD ALI HIS ACCOMPLICE IN EFFORTS SUBVERT FOUNDATIONS COVENANT GOD SOON AFTER ASCENSION BAHA'U'LLAH. THIS FINAL STEP IN PROCESS PURIFICATION SACRED INTERNATIONAL ENDOWMENTS FAITH IN BAHJI FROM PAST CONTAMINATION WAS PROVIDENTIALLY...

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World Centre to decide on the timeliness and wisdom of publishing English translations

The House of Justice has now established a mechanism which will allow for inclusion in books and pamphlets of provisional translations which are of sufficiently good quality for wide distribution. Arrangements have been made for such translations to be checked at the World Centre. When these items are to be included in works intended for publication...

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'Abdu'l-Bahá had lunch at the home of the Persian consul-general Topakyan, causing him to be late to his train...

June 30. On this date in 1912, 'Abdu'l-Bahá had lunch at the Morristown, New Jersey home of the Persian consul-general Topakyan, causing him to be late to his train departing Montclair, New Jersey, leading to the report in the New York Times that "The departure of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, leader of the Bahá’í cult, from Montclair to-day was attended by excitement...When...

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Story : We will see whether he baptizes us or we circumcise him.

There was a Christian priest in ‘Akká who regularly attained the presence of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. One day other Christians asked him, “What benefit have you gained from visiting ‘Abbás Effendi so frequently?” He replied, “Soon I will baptize ‘Abbás Effendi!” When this news reached His [‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s] blessed ears, He replied, “Very well. We will see whether...

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Baha'i faith and the Qur'an

"Regarding your question as to the meaning of Jin or Genii referred to in the Qur'an, these are not beings or creatures that are actually living, but are symbolic references to the power of men of evil and may be likened to evil spirits. But the point to bear in mind is that these have no positive existence of any kind." (From a letter written on...

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Pioneers entering the pioneer field should realize that main aim is to spread Baha'ism

"...The principle is that pioneers entering the pioneer field should realize that they are going there to represent the Cause, in fact, to be the Cause. Their minds and their hearts should be centered in their new tasks and in their new environment. The should not be thinking of when they can return home, or when they can go somewhere else. Only when...

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The policy of not teaching Baha'i faith to Israelis

For your information, the people in Israel have access to factual information about the Faith, its history and general principles. Books concerning the Faith are available in libraries throughout Israel, and Israelis are welcome to visit the Shrines and the surrounding gardens. However, in keeping with a policy that has been strictly followed since...

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Kitab i Aqdas : Elder & Miller Translation (Downloadable)

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"both this translation and the earlier translation...can be considered authoritative."

PHW no. 63 vs. GWB, no. CIV Let us compare passage 63 of the Persian Hidden Words (PHW) with passage CIV of Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh (GWB). PHW: O ye peoples of the world! Know, verily, that an unforeseen calamity followeth you, and grievous retribution awaiteth you. Think not that which ye have committed hath been...

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Truly translation is a very difficult job.

Truly translation is very difficult. One has to have the utmost proficiency in science and religion, in divine wisdom, in the current trends of thought in Europe, and in philosophical and scientific terms. - 'Abdu'l-Bahá https://bahai-studies.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2.3-Volker.pdf Comment : It seems to me that translations are meant to promote...

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The ABMs for Protection should keep "constantly" a "watchful eye"...

Therefore, in the light of the warnings of the Guardian, the Auxiliary Boards for Protection should keep "constantly" a "watchful eye" on those "who are known to be enemies, or to have been put out of the Faith", discreetly investigate their activities, alert intelligently the friends...(Universal House of Justice: Lights of Guidance, no. 1112, p....

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The ITC is invested with the mandate to watch over the security and ensure the protection of the Faith of God.

The International Teaching Centre is invested with the mandate to watch over the security and ensure the protection of the Faith of God. It must investigate all cases of incipient Covenant-breaking — employing, as necessary, the services of the Continental Counsellors and their auxiliaries and evaluating their reports — and decide whether the offender...

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A copy of the report should be sent to the Hands in the Holy Land

When a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors learns of any incipient Covenant-breaking, the matter should be reported without delay to a Hand of the Cause available in the area, who will deal with the matter. A copy of the report should be sent to the Hands in the Holy Land and to the other members of the Board. Should no Hand of the Cause...

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The churches are waiting for the coming of Jesus Christ; we believe He has come again

The churches are waiting for the coming of Jesus Christ; we believe He has come again in the Glory of the Father. The churches teach doctrines--various ones in various creeds--which we as Bahá'ís do not accept; such as the bodily Resurrection, confession, or, in some creeds, the denial of the Immaculate Conception. (From a letter written on behalf...

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...their breath is infectious, like unto poison.

“Therefore, to avoid these people will be the nearest path by which to attain the divine good pleasure; because their breath is infectious, like unto poison.” - Abdul Bahahttp://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/BWF/bwf-128.html...

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Immediately, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá slapped him...

One day in the birúní[outer section] of the blessed House of Haifa, He [‘Abdu’l-Bahá] stated, “I have forgotten my handkerchief.” One of the friends who was known as Ustád Muhammad-‘Alí Banná, remarked to this effect, “How is it possible for the manifestation of Truth to forget anything?” Immediately, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá slapped him and stated, “Over...

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It is incumbent upon all the friends of God to shun any person...

“Therefore, it is incumbent upon all the friends of God to shun any person in whom they perceive the emanation of hatred for the Glorious Beauty of Abhá, though he may quote all the Heavenly Utterances and cling to all the Books.” He continues—Glorious be His Name!—“Protect yourselves with utmost vigilance, lest you be entrapped in the snare of deception...

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The law prescribing the destruction of books.

As a token of grace from God, the Revealer of this Most Great Announcement, We have removed from the Holy Scriptures and Tablets the law prescribing the destruction of books.- Baha'u'llah http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/tb-4.html...

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Defile not your tongues with the cursing and reviling of any soul

O people of Bahá! Ye are the dawning-places of the love of God and the daysprings of His loving-kindness. Defile not your tongues with the cursing and reviling of any soul, and guard your eyes against that which is not seemly.- Baha'u'llahhttp://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/tb-4.h...

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The men of God’s House of Justice have been charged with the affairs of the people.

The men of God’s House of Justice have been charged with the affairs of the people. They, in truth, are the Trustees of God among His servants and the daysprings of authority in His countries. ...such affairs should be referred to the Ministers of the House of Justice that they may act according to the needs and requirements of the time. ...It is incumbent...

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Pay the cost of pilgrimages to the House of Justice.

It is not necessary to undertake special journeys to visit the resting-places of the dead. If people of substance and affluence offer the cost of such journeys to the House of Justice, it will be pleasing and acceptable in the presence of God. Happy are they that observe His precepts. - Baha'u'llah http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/tb-4.html...

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In former religions such ordinances as holy war, destruction of books, the ban on association... had been laid down.

In former religions such ordinances as holy war, destruction of books, the ban on association and companionship with other peoples or on reading certain books had been laid down and affirmed according to the exigencies of the time; however, in this mighty Revelation, in this momentous Announcement, the manifold bestowals and favours of God have overshadowed...

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The majesty of kingship is one of the signs of God.

Although a republican form of government profiteth all the peoples of the world, yet the majesty of kingship is one of the signs of God. We do not wish that the countries of the world should remain deprived thereof. - Baha'u'llah http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/tb-4.h...

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I am God, no God is there but Me.

"Verily, verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting." http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/tb-5.html#fn2...

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Indeed there is no God besides me.

Indeed there is no God besides me. In My most ancient pre-existence I have ever been the King, the Sovereign, the Incomparable, the Eternal, the Single, the Everlasting, the Most Exalted. - Baha'u'llahhttps://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_alwah_shaa...

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I am God and that there is none other God but me.

My hair beareth witness for My beauty that verily I am God and that there is none other God but me. In My ancient eternity I have ever been God, the One, the Peerless, the Everlasting, the Ever-living, the Ever-Abiding, the Self-Subsistent. - Bahá'u'lláh https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_alwah_shaarat...

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Pioneers are "pure souls," "stars," "chosen people"...

In 1923, a letter by Shoghi Effendi described pioneers as "pure souls," "stars," "chosen people," and "are weeping their lives away in order to give light to the world and establish the purpose of their Lord and Saviour, which purpose is the salvation of mankind." http://bahai-library.com/shoghieffendi_messages_antipodes&chapter=1#22%20June%201923...

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...time has come for the Babis (Baha'is) to take up arms again...

June 22. On this date in 1866, The Nation published an article titled "A New Religion" which concluded with the following assertion... Babism is much more in harmony with the subtle and imaginative genius of the Persian people than the Shiite Mohammedanism. The growing spirit of nationality makes their present religion and the present dynasty, both...

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Baha'i faith and the '2009 Iranian presidential elections'

June 23. On this date in 2009, in the wake of protests subsequent to the June 12 Iranian presidential elections, the Universal House of Justice addressed the Bahá’ís of Iran reminding them that the Bahá'í Faith "strictly prohibits any involvement in partisan political activity by individual Bahá’ís or by Bahá’í institutions."...

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Mírzá Mihdí died while chanting 'Ode of the Dove'!

In 1870, Mírzá Mihdí, Bahá'u'lláh's youngest child from his first wife Ásiyih Khánum, died at the age of 22 after falling through a skylight while chanting Ode of the Dove on the roof of their home....

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Baha’is gradually gaining a reputation for hypocrisy

Denis MacEoin writes this in 1979 when he was still a Baha'i. Worst of all, I fear, is that the Baha’is are gradually gaining a reputation for hypocrisy and self-interestedness. To give one example, several years ago, when the troubles began in Northern Ireland, a few Baha’is gave help for some time at a refugee centre, along with other groups. Despite...

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Dishonest and Unethical Baha'is

Denis MacEoin writes this in 1979 when he was still a Baha'i. To give just one other example: the Public Relations Officer of the U.K. Baha’i Community recently told a Mayor, in the course of a tree-planting (!) ceremony (which seems to be the most radical activity we engage in) that ‘Baha’is the world over were working hard in thousands of centres...

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Popular regime which deprives Baha'is of certain freedoms is regarded as evil.

Denis MacEoin writes this in 1979 when he was still a Baha'i. Baha’u'llah wrote directly to rulers to reprimand them for their brutality and repression, while we today pose for pictures with Pinochet and Amin (thank God for your reference to the Pinochet photograph — I thought I was the only person who had noticed it). Yet, the moment anyone lifts...

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Baha’i faith is one of the most political movements around.

Denis MacEoin writes this when he was a Baha'i in 1979. The simple fact is that, in a real sense, the Baha’i faith is one of the most political movements around. ...the abolition of non-Baha’i religious legal systems (such as the Islamic sharia), the retention of a class system, the abolition of tariffs, international police force, and so on are among...

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Baha'is don't help anyone. They build large buildings and do landscaping.

Then he (Peter Khan) talked about the "completion" of the "Mount Carmel projects." Well, no doubt this was a big accomplishment for a small religious community (there are probably only really about 1.5 or 2 million of us, folks). That is, to be able to spend some $300 million over 15 years on major building projects is remarkable. Of course, a lot...

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Baha'i central figures knew nothing about Hindu religion!

"...The origins of this (Hinduism) and many other religions that abound in India are not quite known to us, and even the Orientalists and the students of religions are not in complete accord about the results of their investigations in that field. The Bahá'í writings also do not refer specifically to any of these forms of religion current in India....

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All Palestine will become the home for Jews!

Old Baha'i Translation :   "You can see that from all the parts of the world tribes of Jews are coming to the Holy Land; they live in villages and lands which they make their own, and day by day they are increasing to such an extent, that all Palestine will become their home." (Abdu'l-Bahá: Some Answered Questions, p. 66, 1985 ed.) New Baha'i...

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The Israelites will gather in the Holy Land

"Moreover, materially as well (as spiritually), the Israelites will gather in the Holy Land. This is irrefutable prophecy, for the ignominy which Israel has suffered for well-nigh twenty-five hundred years will now be changed into eternal glory, and in the eyes of all, the Jewish people will become glorified to such an extent as to draw the jealousy...

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Bahá'u'lláh is the most precious Being ever to have drawn breath on this planet.

Bahá'u'lláh is "the most precious Being ever to have drawn breath on this planet". -UHJ https://bahai-library.com/uhj_station_bahaullah...

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Jews will Enter the Faith in Large Groups

"Regarding your question concerning the future of the Jews: They certainly have, as explicitly stated by the Master, a great spiritual destiny, and will gradually enter the Faith in large groups." (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, November 13, 19...

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Jews are not the Chosen people

"The belief, according to which Judah represents the Jews and Israel the Chosen people, is erroneous."From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, July 10, 1939...

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Baha'ullah's polygamy and the Qur'an!

"Concerning the question of plurality of wives among the Muslims: This practice current in all Islamic countries does not conform with the explicit teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. For the Qur'an, while permitting the marriage of more than one wife, positively states that this is conditioned upon absolute justice. And since absolute justice...

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Bahá'u'lláh as the return of Imam Husayn is a mystical reference

"Imam Husayn has, as attested by the Iqan, been endowed with special grace and power among the Imams, hence the mystical reference to Bahá'u'lláh as the return of Imam Husayn, meaning the Revelation in Bahá'u'lláh of those attributes with which Imam Husayn had been specifically endowed.From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual...

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Proof of the validity of the Imamate!

The Bab's descent from the Imam Husayn is no doubt a proof of the validity of the Imamate. According to Nabil the dream the Bab had made him first conscious of His Revelation. From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, July 30, 1941...

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After Bahá'u'lláh many Prophets will come but they will all be under his shadow

After Bahá'u'lláh many Prophets will, no doubt, appear, but they will be all under His shadow... They will move and work within the orbit of the Bahá'í cycle." (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, November 14, 19...

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Baha'u'llah is the Christ in his appearance as the Father!

"In accepting Bahá'u'lláh you have accepted Christ in His appearance as the Father, as He Himself so clearly foretold." From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, July 28, 1950 https://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2&chapter=4...

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Prophet greater than Baha'u'llah only after the passing of 500,000 years

"There is no record in history, or in the teachings, of a Prophet similar in station to Bahá'u'lláh having lived 500,000 years ago. There will, however, be one similar to Him in greatness after the lapse of 500,000 years…." (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, December 24, 1941)https://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2&chapter=4...

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Local & National Houses of Justice

...the Spiritual Assemblies of today will be replaced in time by the Houses of Justice... Shoghi Effendi http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/WOB/wob-3.html...

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Universal House of Justice and the world’s future super-state

...recognition of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh, not merely as one of the recognized religious systems of the world, but as the State Religion of an independent and Sovereign Power. ...will the Universal House of Justice attain the plenitude of its power, and exercise, as the supreme organ of the Bahá’í Commonwealth, all the rights, the duties, and responsibilities...

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You are not asses !

Regarding 'dispersal', a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi stated "By dispersal the Guardian means the friends should get away entirely from the large centres of population and, leaving a nucleus of about 15 Bahá'ís to maintain the Local Assembly, go settle, live and teach in new towns, cities and even villages." https://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2&chapter=4#n1952 Juan...

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Baha'i UHJ asks money from Baha'is

113.3 APPEAL CONTINUING FLOW FUNDS ENSURE UNINTERRUPTED PROGRESS. 113.4 SUPPLICATING SACRED THRESHOLD DIVINE CONFIRMATION HISTORIC UNDERTAKING. - THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE http://bahai-library.com/uhj_messages_1986_2001...

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Babi cult and ISIS

"He who acquires a position of ruling is a manifestation of God’s wrath and if possible for him, must not leave [alive] on earth anyone but the Babis!”  (The Bab, Lauh haykal al-din, unit 4, chap. al-Baha); "Make everyone accept the [religion of] Bayan and do not accept from them jewels that would amount to the whole earth as payment so that...

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The aim of all Bahá’í activity?

Baha'u'llah warns, ‘The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.’ The achievement of this unity is Bahá’u’lláh’s declared mission and the aim of all Bahá’í activity. Its outline and structure are indicated in the following passage from the writings of Shoghi Effendi, great-grandson...

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Baha'u'llah's encounter with the 'Maid of Heaven'

"I raised my hand another time, and bared one of Her breasts that had been hidden beneath Her gown." (Baha'u'llah, Tablet of the Maiden, http://bahai-library.com/uhj_lawh_huriyyih_cole)I raised My hand once more and uncovered her breast that had been hidden beneath her gown. A puzzled Maiden asks Bahá'u'lláh who He is. He replies, "A servant...

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Baha'u'llah planned his divine claims, they weren't spontaneous.

"After a while, Baha thought of making his own claim. He would often write what he called verses and then would have them washed out in the sea..." A Brief Biography of His Holiness Subh-i-A...

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Was Mirza Yahya a scapegoat for Baha'u'llah?

The Bab never appointed Mirza Yahya as a scapegoat to diverge attention away from Baha'u'llah. There is not a shred of evidence in the Bab's works to show this and this is merely a baseless Baha'i claim. In fact, according to the Bab, Mirza Yahya was God Almighty Himself and he refers to him in his will in this manner: Verse 1: "Name of Azal, testify...

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All problematic matters are either labelled as being metaphors or are postponed to the future.

Why can't women be a part of the UHJ? It will be made clear in the future. Punishment for theft? "The punishments for theft are intended for a future condition of society" (Kitab-i-Aqdas) Irrational punishment for adultery? "The imposition of this fine is intended for a future condition of society" (Kitab-i-Aqdas) Punishment for arson and murder?...

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Russia's love for Bahau'llah

After the Babis were crushed by the government, the remaining Babi leaders plotted to assassinate the Shah of Iran. All were executed except for one bloke by the name of Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri, AKA, Baha'u'llah, the founder of Baha'ism. He was saved due to threats by the Russians of laying Iran to ruins:"If a hair is lost from His sacred Head, Iran's...

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Denis MacEoin about Babi Laws

This is how a former Baha'i scholar (Denis MacEoin) who is very pro-Israel and anti-Iran describes Babi Laws: "the mass slaughter of non-believers, the destruction of books and shrines, compulsory marriage at the age of 11, the confiscation of the property of unbelievers, and the prohibition on travel except for purposes of trade." https://bahai-library.com/maceoin_deconstructing_sharia...

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Mirza Mahmud's Diary

"The Universal House of Justice, in a letter of April 30, 1984 to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, stated that it . . . attaches great importance to this work which, as you may know, is regarded as a reliable account of `Abdu'l-Bahá's travels in the West and an authentic record of His utterances, whether in the form...

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The Kingdom of Baha'u'llah!

“Its watchword is the unification of the human race; its standard the “Most Great Peace”; its consummation the advent of that golden millennium—the Day when the kingdoms of this world shall have become the Kingdom of God Himself, the Kingdom of Baha'u'llah.” Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 1...

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One universal Cause, one common Faith (Bahaism)

"That which the Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy and mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith. This can in no wise be achieved except through the power of a skilled, an all-powerful and inspired Physician. This, verily, is the truth, and all else naught...

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The diversity of religion shall cease!

"We desire but the good of the world and the happiness of the nations; that all nations shall become one in faith and all men as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men shall be strengthened; that diversity of religion shall cease and differences of race be annulled. So it shall be; these fruitless strifes, these ruinous...

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Baha'i World Government (12 Quotes from Shoghi Effendi)

"... A single, organically-united, unshattered World Common wealth." - Shoghi Effendi, Messages to America, p. 81 “... a stage which, in the fullness of time, will culminate in the establishment of the World Baha’i Commonwealth, functioning in the plenitude of its powers” - Shoghi Effendi, Baha’i World. Vol. XIII, p. 138 "... the precautionary...

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Baha'i Faith, the inevitable destiny of the peoples and nations of the earth!

"It is the structure of His New World Order, now stirring in the womb of the administrative institutions He Himself has created, that will serve both as a pattern and a nucleus of the World Commonwealth which is the sure, the inevitable destiny of the peoples and nations of the earth." - Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day is Come, p. ...

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Baha’is ultimately seek for the world to become a single super-state with Baha’ism as its religion.

In keeping with their emphasis on unity, Baha’is ultimately seek for the world to become a single super-state with Baha’i as its religion. Shoghi Effendi portrayed this as a commonwealth in which all the peoples of the world would be subject to a single global authority. Nations would wave national sovereignty and relinquish rights to the Baha’i world...

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Baha'is dream to establish a Baha’i world Super-State!

“a Baha’i world Super-State, a commonwealth in which all the peoples of the world would be subject to a single global authority. All nations would waive their national sovereignty and cede key rights to the Baha’i world Super-state.” - The Baha'i Faith, by John Boykin, Page 31Summarizes the quote of Bahau'llah mentioned here :http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/WOB/wob-20.html...

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How Bahá'í institutions work?

The Bahá'í world community will expand its endeavours in both social and economic development and external affairs, and thus continue to collaborate directly with the forces leading towards the establishment of order in the world. By improving its coordinating capacity, the Office of Social and Economic Development will assist in building, as resources...

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What are Baha'i Training Institutes meant for?

As the term "institute" has assumed various uses in the Bahá'í community, a word of clarification is needed. The next four years will represent an extraordinary period in the history of our Faith, a turning point of epochal magnitude. What the friends throughout the world are now being asked to do is to commit themselves, their material resources,...

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Centre your energies in the propagation of Baha'ism

Bahá'u'lláh instructs Baha'is :"Centre your energies in the propagation of the Faith of God. Whoso is worthy of so high a calling, let him arise and promote it. Whoso in unable, it is his duty to appoint him who will, in his stead, proclaim this Revelation..." http://bahai-library.com/uhj_ridvan_1996...

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Zionist Executive thanks Shoghi Effendi for his contributions

"Zionist Executive much appreciate your friendly message and good wishes we trust that newly established university may contribute not only advancement of science and learning but also to better understanding between men which ideal is so well served by Bahá'ís." Twenty-five years later the tie established is still there: "The Hebrew University was...

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Israel is "heart and nerve centre" of the Baha'i Faith.

Ruhiyyih Khanum :Shoghi Effendi referred to the Holy Land as the "heart and nerve centre" of the Faith. http://bahai-library.com/khanum_guardian_bahai_faith&chapter=10...

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Shoghi Effendi got money from Amelia Collins to buy the Temple Land in Israel

Shoghi Effendi said about the purchase of Temple Land in Israel : "The Government has offered it to me for sale and I would like to acquire it for a house of worship but I do not have the funds and do not wish to write Iranian friends again to send money. The time is short. I am concerned as the deadline is next Thursday and if I can’t buy it the...

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Shoghi Effendi's buying of properties in Israel

Ruhiyyih Khanum said : ...at the time of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's passing the area of Bahá'í properties on Mt. Carmel probably did not exceed 10,000 square metres, and that Shoghi Effendi had, by 1957, raised this to 230,000 square metres, and that in Bahji the comparable figures would be 1,000 square metres for 1921 and 257,000 square metres for 1957, we get...

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14,000,000 of Bahá’ís !?

On June 16, 1912, a newspaper story in The Anaconda Standard of Montclair, New Jersey, introduced "‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Persian religious leader and spiritual and temporal head of the 14,000,000 of Bahá’ís scattered throughout the world." http://centenary.bahai.us/news/gossip-metropolis...

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Stephen Birkland's warning to Juan Cole

Stephen Birkland's warning to Juan Cole in 1996 “the International Teaching Centre has asked me--with the knowledge of the Universal House of Justice--to warn you that your promulgation of views contrary to the Teachings was damaging to the Cause. If you were to resume in any fashion this course of action, the effect would be to bring you into direct...

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The Baha’i faith imposes a system of in-house censorship on all Baha’is

Juan Cole says :The Baha’i faith imposes a system of in-house censorship on all Baha’is (Johnson 1997, Rifkin 1997), just as most Middle Eastern governments have practiced censorship since the rise of printing in the nineteenth century. Within the Baha’i religion, any piece of writing by a Baha’i author about the religion intended for publication is...

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...to be a Baha’i is to be under constant surveillance by one's community

Juan Cole says : ...to be a Baha’i is to be under constant surveillance by one's community, and to be open to being reported on if one says or does anything that seems to another Baha’i out of the ordinary. The accused has no access to such reports and no right to face his or her accuser. http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ejrcole/bahai/1999/jssr/bh...

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Information about the conduct of individuals which adversely affects the interests of the Faith may be conveyed by the Counsellors to the NSA

"Information about the conduct of individuals which adversely affects the interests of the Faith may be conveyed by the Counsellors to the National Spiritual Assembly either directly or, if the Counsellors so choose, through one or more of their Auxiliary Board members. The method of conveyance of such information is left to the discretion of the...

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Baha'i Adminstration is the ideal instrument to make spiritual laws function properly in the material affairs of this world.

"He hopes you will devote as much of your spare time as possible to the work of the Cause, especially in impressing upon the believers the importance of the Administration and helping them to really understand its purpose and all it can achieve once they get it to function properly. In other words it is a perfect form which must be animated by the...

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No compromise whatever should be allowed, even though the outcome of it be death or expulsion.

A distinction of a fundamental importance must, therefore, be made between spiritual and administrative matters. Whereas the former are sacred and inviolable, and hence cannot be subject to compromise, the latter are secondary and can consequently be given up and even sacrificed for the sake of obedience to the laws and regulations of the government....

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Obedience to the regulations and orders of the state is indeed, the sacred obligation of every true and loyal Bahá'í

Shoghi Efendi said : Obedience to the regulations and orders of the state is indeed, the sacred obligation of every true and loyal Bahá'í. Both Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá have urged us all to be submissive and loyal to the political authorities of our respective countries. http://bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/ldg/vol1/sec-35.html...

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The friends are warned in strongest terms against reading the literature of Covenant-Breakers

...the friends are warned in strongest terms against reading such literature because Covenant-breaking is a spiritual poison and the calumnies and distortions of the truth which the Covenant-breakers give out are such that they can undermine the faith of the believer and plant the seeds of doubt unless he is forearmed with an unshakable belief in Bahá'u'lláh...

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When the Bahá'í State will be established 'they' will be merged in the Universal House of Justice.

Shoghi Effendi stated "The Universal Court of Arbitration and the International Tribunal are the same. When the Bahá'í State will be established they will be merged in the Universal House of Justice." The quote is referenced in Susan Maneck's review of Sen McGlinn's "Theocratic Assumptions in Bahá'í Literatur...

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There is no specific minimum age mentioned in the Bahá'í teachings at which girls may marry.

Shoghi Effendi said : "There is no specific minimum age mentioned in the Bahá'í teachings at which girls may marry." He noted "In dealing with people who are still backward in relation to our civilized standards...we must not be too strict in enforcing our opinions on peoples still living in primitive social orders." http://bahai-library.com/uhj_reconciliation_apparent_contradictions#s3...

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In 1917 Khayru'llah wrote a letter to Professor Edward Browne of Cambridge..

"The Baha'i movement in America became slow and dull since the sad dissension reached the West nineteen years ago. I thought then that to call the people to this Great Truth was equivalent to inviting them into a quarrel. But the visit of Abbas Effendi Abdu'l-Baha to this country, his false teachings, his misrepresentation of Baha'ism, his dissimulation,...

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Baha'is should not say Christian prayers!

"He does not feel that the friends should make a practice of saying grace or of teaching it to children. This is not part of the Bahá’í Faith, but a Christian practice, and as the Cause embraces members of all races and religions we should be careful not to introduce into it the customs of our previous beliefs. Bahá’u’lláh has given us the obligatory...

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In mutli-faith gatherings Baha'is should attract others to Baha'ism.

"In some places the Bahá’ís have held meetings for prayer, for people who desire to meet and pray. As we have such wonderful prayers and meditations in our writings, the reading of these with friends who are interested in and crave for this type of small meeting is often a step towards attracting them to the Faith. Perhaps you can start such an activity...

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The first Englishman to become a Bahá’í died of TB at the age of 30

In 1902, Thomas Breakwell, the first Englishman to become a Bahá’í and the first to make a Bahá’í pilgrimage, died of tuberculosis at the age of 30, one year after having become a Bahá’í. On hearing of his death, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá wrote a tablet in his honor... O Breakwell! O my dear one! Where are thy beauteous eyes? Thy smiling lips? Thy princely cheek?...

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Jews will regain their ancient glory if they accept Baha'u'llah

"...If the Jews study the teachings they will find in them the hopes and aspirations that they have always cherished. Bahá'u'lláh bears a wonderful message to the Jews and many of them have come to appreciate it and are active in carrying it to others of their race. Through Bahá'u'lláh, the Master tells us, they shall regain their ancient glory and...

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There are no rites and rituals in the Baha'i faith!?

"The Prayer for the Dead should be recited at the funeral if the deceased is 15 years old or more. If there is no one at the funeral able to read, it is sufficient to say only that part of the Prayer which requires the repetition nineteen times of each of six short verses. "The body must be placed in the grave in such a position that the feet point...

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Abdul Baha claims 2,000,000 adherents

On 15 June 1912, an article in the Evening News of San Jose, California introduced ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, "though little known in this country, claims 2,000,000 adherents, most of them in the orient...The aim of the teacher is to unite Jew and gentile, Buddhist and Mohammedan. In a brotherhood that shall have no creed but the good of humanity. The Bahá’ís have...

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There is none other God besides Me!

“God, there is none other God besides Me!” Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, Page 346http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/gwb-154.html...

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It is incumbent upon the Baha'is to refute the arguments of those that have attacked the Baha'i Faith!

"...Those men, however, who, in this Day, have been led to assail, in their inflammatory writings, the tenets of the Cause of God, are to be treated differently. It is incumbent upon all men, each according to his ability, to refute the arguments of those that have attacked the Faith of God. Thus hath it been decreed by Him Who is the All-Powerful,...

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Holy wars ordained by the Bab were offensive

In various places MacEoin has argued that an offensive, and not merely a defensive, holy war was ordained by the Bab, and that the Baha’i representation of the Bab and His message is inaccurate. MacEoin’s views on this issue are summarized in his 1982 article,“The Babi Concept of Holy War.” (Gate of the heart, Nader Saiedi, Page 3...

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The danger of meeting with children of Covenant-breakers

"The danger of meeting with children of Covenant-breakers is that even although they may never have been declared Bahá'ís there is always the likelihood that they have been strongly indoctrinated by their parents with the poison of Covenant-breaking." https://bahai-library.com/pdf/compilations/nonassociation_covenant_breakers.pdf...

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Obedience to the National Spiritual Assembly is the Basis for Unity

"...the Guardian wishes me to again affirm his view that the authority of the National Spiritual Assembly is undivided and unchallengeable in all matters pertaining to the administration of the Faith ... and that, therefore, the obedience of individual Bahá'ís, delegates, groups, and assemblies to that authority is imperative, and should be whole-hearted...

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Non-Baha'i should also follow the Bahá'í law of divorce!

"As regards Bahá'í divorce as mentioned in your letter of June 12th: Bahá'ís (whether one party or both are believers) should follow the Bahá'í law of divorce, i.e., one year of waiting, and not neglect this divinely given law. Whether they were Bahá'ís when married or not has nothing to do with it." (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian...

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The new believers should be made to realize...

Allegiance to the Faith cannot be partial and half-hearted. Either we should accept the Cause without any qualification whatever, or cease calling ourselves Bahá'ís. The new believers should be made to realize that it is not sufficient for them to accept some aspects of the teachings and reject those which cannot suit their mentality in order to become...

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