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In 1901 when the American Baha'i community numbered only roughly 2000 members, [49] they approached the US Ambassador to Persia Herbert W. Bowen in Paris concerning the situation of Baháʼís. [50] As an example of the persecution Baha'is faced (then and now) in Iran, even an American diplomat was murdered in 1924 by a mob on suspicion of ...
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, son of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, visited the United States and Canada in 1912. [1]ʻAbdu'l-Bahá wrote a series of letters, or tablets, to the followers of the religion in the United States in 1916–1917; these letters were compiled together in the book titled Tablets of the Divine Plan.
Baha'i Chair for Studies in Development [11] − at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Baha'i Chair for World Peace [12] − at the University of Maryland, College Park in College Park, Maryland, United States of America. Chair in Baháʼí Studies [13] − at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Jerusalem, Israel.
In 1937 the First Seven Year Plan (1937–44), which was an international plan designed by Shoghi Effendi, gave the American Baháʼís the goal of establishing the Baháʼí Faith in every country in Latin America. With the spread of American Baháʼís communities and assemblies began to form in 1938 across Latin America. [23]
Pages in category "American Bahá'ís" The following 125 pages are in this category, out of 125 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Sil Lai Abrams;
Louis George Gregory (June 6, 1874 – July 30, 1951) was a prominent American member of the Baháʼí Faith who was devoted to its expansion in the United States and elsewhere. He traveled especially in the South to spread his religion as well as advocating for racial unity.
[94] [95] In 2013, two scholars of demography wrote that, "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 [sic] was thus the fastest-growing religion between 1910 and 2010, growing at least twice as fast as the population of almost every UN ...
Martha Louise Root. Martha Louise Root (August 10, 1872 – September 28, 1939) was an American traveling teacher of the Baháʼí Faith in the early 20th century. From the declaration of her belief in 1909 until her death thirty years later, she went around the world four times.