Word: baha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard-Radcliffe Baha'i Association presented its call of "One planet, one people...please" at an information session yesterday at the Science Center...
...association is fully recognized by the College and currently has 12 members, said secretary Lori McLaughlin '85. James M. Markart '84, association chairman, explained that the Harvard group also works with a local chapter of Baha...
...Baha'i religion, founded in Iran in 1844, holds as its basic principle the unity of mankind, McLaughlin said. This commitment, she added, also includes equality of sexes and races, the refusal to fight, the advocacy of non-partisan nuclear disarmament, and the disavowal of all divisive actions...
...hated as heretics because they believe that The Promised One-expected by Shi'ite Muslims-has already come in the person of Baha'u'llah, who founded the Bahá'i faith in 19th century Persia. But why the attacks on Anglicans? The church has existed in Iran for 150 years, but the 1,000 native Anglicans are associated with onetime British colonialism and suspected of serving as spies. There is a second reason: "Most of our members are Muslim converts," Margaret Dehqani-Tafti told a British reporter. "They are trying to drive...