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    The Baháʼí Faith was first mentioned in the United States in 1893 at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. Soon after, early American converts...
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  • The Baháʼí Faith formed in the late 19th century in the Middle East, later gaining converts in India, East Africa, and the Western world. Traveling promoters...
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    the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, visited the United States and Canada in 1912. Baháʼí Houses of Worship were completed in Wilmette, Illinois, United States...
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    of the Baháʼí Faith which states that there is a fundamental unity in many of the world's religions. The principle states that the teachings of the major...
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  • of matrimony, Baháʼí practices exclude premarital, extramarital, or homosexual intimacy. Baháʼí institutions have taken no position on the sexual practices...
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  • The Orthodox Baháʼí Faith is an extremely small Baháʼí sect that was formed in 1960 by Mason Remey, and subsequently was the name used by one of his disputed...
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  • collectively, mostly in the United States. About a dozen efforts have been made to form sects in the history of the Baháʼí Faith. The first major challenge...
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    The Baháʼí Faith is an independent world religion that originated in 19th century Iran, with an emphasis on the spiritual unity of mankind. Although it...
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  • The Baháʼí Faith in the United Kingdom started in 1898 when Mrs. Mary Thornburgh-Cropper (d. 1938), an American by birth, became the first adherent of...
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  • The Baháʼí Faith is a relatively new religion teaching the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. The criticisms the religion has...
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    (as with the teachings of Jesus and Moses) to have been superseded by those of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. Baháʼís believe in Muhammad...
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    The Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois (or Chicago Baháʼí Temple) is a Baháʼí temple. It is the second Baháʼí House of Worship ever constructed...
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    non-Hindu antecedents. Baháʼí Faith and Buddhism Baháʼí Faith and Zoroastrianism Religion in India Baháʼí Faith in Nepal Baháʼí Faith and the unity of religion...
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  • The Baháʼí Faith is a world religion that was founded in the 19th century Middle East. Its founders and the majority of its early followers were of Iranian...
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  • The Manifestation of God (Persian: مظهر ظهور maẓhar ẓohūr) is a concept in the Baháʼí Faith that refers to what are commonly called prophets. The Manifestations...
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    All-Glorious). These are expressed in Arabic regardless of the language in use (see Baháʼí symbols). Religion portal Baháʼí Faith and the unity of religion Conceptions...
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    The Baháʼí Faith in Egypt has existed for over 150 years. The first followers of the Baháʼí Faith arrived in Egypt in 1863. Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the...
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  • The history of the Baháʼí Faith in Morocco began around 1946. In 1953 the Baháʼís initiated a Ten Year Crusade during which a number of Baháʼís pioneered...
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  • The Baháʼí Faith originated in the 19th century Persian empire, and soon spread into the neighboring British India, which is now Pakistan and other states...
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    Though mentioned in German literature in the 19th century, the history of the Baháʼí Faith in Germany (German: Bahaitum) begins in the early 20th century...
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    The Baháʼí Faith in Samoa and American Samoa begins with the then head of the religion, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, mentioning the islands in 1916. This inspired Baháʼís...
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    A Baháʼí House of Worship or Baháʼí temple is a place of worship of the Baháʼí Faith. It is also referred to by the name Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, which is Arabic...
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  • The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Baháʼí Faith. Baháʼí Faith – relatively new religion teaching the essential...
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    or other symbols. The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people...
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  • The Baháʼí Faith in Kiribati begins after 1916 with a mention by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, then head of the the religion, that Baháʼís should take the religion to...
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    The Baháʼí World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Baháʼí Faith, representing sites in or near the cities of...
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  • The Baháʼí Faith in Japan begins after a few mentions of the country by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá first in 1875. Japanese contact with the religion came from the West...
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  • The Baháʼí Faith in the Philippines is a community of Filipinos, who like their fellow Baháʼís living in other parts of the world, view the world's major...
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  • The Baháʼí Faith in Turkmenistan begins before Russian advances into the region when the area was under the influence of Persia. By 1887 a community of...
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  • The Baháʼí Faith in Brazil started in 1919 with Baháʼís first visiting the country that year, and the first Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly in Brazil was...
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