• basic timeline of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions emphasizing dates that are relatively well known. For a more comprehensive chronology of the timeline, see...
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    Baháʼí administration Baháʼí–Azali split Baháʼí cosmology Baháʼí Faith and gender equality Baháʼí Faith in fiction Baháʼí studies Baháʼí timeline Progressive...
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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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  • and restraint outside of matrimony, Baháʼí practices exclude premarital, extramarital, or homosexual intimacy. Baháʼí institutions have taken no position...
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    nine-member supreme ruling body of the Baháʼí Faith. It was envisioned by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, as an institution that could legislate...
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  • of God are directly linked with the Baháʼí concepts of progressive revelation and unity of religion. The Baháʼí concept of the intermediary between God...
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  • present day, the Baháʼí Faith spread almost worldwide, especially in the Global South. Baháʼí timeline Outline of the Baháʼí Faith Baháʼí studies Sir Justin...
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  • The Baháʼí calendar used in the Baháʼí Faith is a solar calendar consisting of nineteen months and four or five intercalary days, with new year at the...
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  • Short Introduction to the Baháʼí Faith, and Smith's The Baháʼí Religion are some examples. Of considerable importance to the Baháʼí community worldwide is...
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    it had evolved into the quintessential Baháʼí school directly inspiring Louhelen Baháʼí School and Bosch Baháʼí School, the other two of the three schools...
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    is one of the core teachings of the Baháʼí Faith, alongside the unity of God, and the unity of humanity. The Baháʼí teachings state that there is but one...
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  • around one hundred Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assemblies in Turkey. Many of the important geographic areas of the early period of the Baháʼí Faith were historically...
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  • religious text of the Baháʼí Faith, written by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the religion, in 1873. Though it is the main source of Baháʼí laws and practices...
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    of any region. According to the Annual Report of the Baháʼí community, there were 61,650 Baháʼí core activities taking place in July 2020, with 406,000...
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    of existing Baháʼí communities, responding to persecution in the Middle East, coordinating teaching efforts, and building up the Baháʼí World Centre...
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  • Baháʼí Faith has maintained its unity and avoided serious division, although several attempts have been made to create sects. Every attempted Baháʼí schism...
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  • various countries, especially in Iran, where the Baháʼí Faith originated and where one of the largest Baháʼí populations in the world is located. The origins...
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  • Baháʼí laws are laws and ordinances used in the Baháʼí Faith and are a fundamental part of Baháʼí practice. The laws are based on authenticated texts...
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  • The Baháʼí teachings represent a considerable number of theological, ethical, social, and spiritual ideas that were established in the Baháʼí Faith by...
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  • and Baháʼí communities organize their own commemorative meetings. All but two of the holy days are scheduled annually on fixed dates in the Baháʼí calendar...
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  • ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to refer to elected councils that govern the Baháʼí Faith. Because the Baháʼí Faith has no clergy, they carry out the affairs of the community...
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  • of Justice, the governing body of the Baháʼí Faith, explains that the distinctive characteristics of the Baháʼí administrative system provide the nucleus...
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    Baháʼí (Follower of the All-Glorious). These are expressed in Arabic regardless of the language in use (see Baháʼí symbols). Religion portal Baháʼí Faith...
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  • Tablet of the Land of Ba, Necati Alkan, Baháʼí Studies Review, 2005 Scharbrodt, Oliver (2008). Islam and the Baháʼí Faith: A Comparative Study of Muhammad...
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  • listed Baháʼí membership as over 7 million and described it as the fastest growing religion by percentage across the 20th century. The number of Baháʼí adherents...
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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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  • Ḥuqúqu'lláh is a Baháʼí law established by Baháʼu'lláh in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in 1873. It is separate and distinct from the general Baháʼí funds. It provides...
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  • relates closely to Baháʼí views on God's essential unity, and the nature of prophets, termed Manifestations of God. It also ties into Baháʼí views of the purpose...
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    Amanat designed the three administrative buildings on the Baháʼí Arc in Haifa, Israel, the Baháʼí House of Worship in Samoa, the Jiang'an Library for the...
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  • The Bahá'í Faith teaches that there is a harmony or unity between science and religion, and that true science and true religion can never conflict. This...
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