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The Baháʼí Faith's history has also been broken into three stages based on the religion's geographic spread by historian Peter Smith. First, in the "Islamic" stage from 1844 to c.1892, Bábism and then the Baháʼí Faith originated in the Middle East and other nearby predominantly Muslim regions.
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 Baháʼí teachings, which are incorporated in the Baháʼí writings. [1] cover theological, ethical, social, and spiritual concepts which were established by Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith, and elucidated at his passing by his son, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, following whom, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s grandson, Shoghi Effendi.
The Bahá'í Historical Record Survey was an early demographic review of the Bahá'í Faith in the United States and Canada done circa 1934-1936. The backgrounds of Bahá'ís were later studied in a number of ways - racial and ethnic heritage, previous religious background, geographical spread and sometimes how these have changed over the years.
Baháʼí Library: Chronology of the Bábí and Baháʼí Faiths and related history; Visual overview of the Baha'i Cycle, Era, Ages, Epochs and Plans; Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1853-1863; Newspaper Collections and the Bahá'í Faith
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.
The Baháʼí Faith formed in the late 19th century in the Middle East, later gaining converts in India, East Africa, and the Western world.The Bahá'í Faith is established in more than 100,000 localities in virtually every country and territory around the world.
Affairs of Bahá’í communities are administered, in most countries, [u] using Bahá’í principles of consultation [189] and collective decision-making. [190] As there is no clergy in the Bahá’í Faith, [191] [v] no individual Bahá’í has the authority to tell another how to think or what to do. [193]