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...followers of the Bab was the son of a government minister, Mirza Husayn 'Ali. He became the Bab's staunchest adherent and was subsequently imprisoned. Exiled from Persia, he announced in Baghdad in 1863 that he was the one foretold by the Bab. He was called Baha'u'llah, meaning, the "Glory of God"; most of the Bab's known as Baha'is. Further exile took Baha'u'llah to Constantinople, Adrianople, and finally to the Turkish penal colony of Akka (in present day Israel) where he remained a prisoner until his death...
...Persia in 1817, a child was born. He was named Mirza Hussein Ali and he died in 1892-in the year of his 75th birthday-as Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i religion. In North India in 1894, a child was born. He was named Merwan Sheriar Irani and he died in 1969-in the year of his 75th birthday-as Meher Baba, Avatar of the Baba-lovers. In South India in 1895 a child was born. He was named Jiddu Krishnamurti and he still lives-in this, the year of his 75th birthday-as Krishnamurti, bright mystery...
Baha'is are working toward bringing the whole world under their spiritual and political jurisdiction. In their religious and civil conceptions, they stress the collective more than the individual, obedience more than assertiveness. Properly convened, their supreme International House of Justice is deemed infallible. Baha"u'llah is buried in Israel and Baha'i International Headquarters is there. At one meeting, I heard Baha'i pioneer, Dan Jordan, beamingly report a message the Israeli government once sent the Baha'is: "We love you." Well, perhaps we must courageously and plainly tell the Palestinians: "God is simply not on your side...
Three Harvard Baha'is will fly to London this week to attend a five-day international Baha'i Jubilee, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the public declaration of Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i faith...
...religion was founded in 1857, and in April, 1863, Baha'u'llah announced to his followers that God had commissioned him to unite all the nations, races, and religions of the world. He then dispatch...