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Bahá'í Houses of Worship are places where both Baháʼís and non-Baháʼís can express devotion to God. [152] They are also known by the name Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (Arabic for "Dawning-place of the remembrance of God"). [153] Only the holy scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith and other religions can be read or chanted inside, and while readings ...
The harmony of science and religion is a central tenet of the Baháʼí teachings, [37] stressing that true science and true religion must be in harmony, and thus rejecting the view that science and religion are in conflict. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá asserted that religion based on superstition and which does not accord with science but is instead based ...
Under the leadership of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, the religion gained a footing in Europe and America, and was consolidated in Iran, where it still suffers intense persecution. [3] After the death of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in 1921, the leadership of the Baháʼí community was passed on to his grandson, Shoghi Effendi, who was appointed in ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's will.
In 2013, the book The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography wrote, "The Baha'i Faith is the only religion to have grown faster in every United Nations region over the past 100 years than the general population; Bahaʼi was thus the fastest-growing religion between 1910 and 2010, growing at least ...
Director Justin Baldoni’s religious beliefs are reportedly playing a part in his ongoing legal drama with It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively.. Baldoni, 41, is a member of the Baha'i faith, a ...
The Baha'i Faith and the World's Religions. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. pp. 1– 38. Momen, Moojan (1997). A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith. Oneworld. ISBN 9781851681204. Momen, Moojan (1988). Studies in Honor of the Late Husayn M. Balyuzi. Kalimat Press. pp. 185– 217. ISBN 9780933770720. Smith, Peter (2008). An Introduction to the ...
Unity of religion is a core teaching of the Baháʼí Faith which states that there is a fundamental unity in many of the world's religions. [1] The principle states that the teachings of the major religions are part of a single plan directed from the same God. [2]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Baháʼí Faith.. Baháʼí Faith – relatively new religion teaching the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people, established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th-century Middle East and now estimated to have a worldwide following of 5–8 million adherents, known as Baháʼís.