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In 1944, in a list of challenges for the future, Shoghi Effendi wrote in God Passes By (411): Similarly, in his Tawqiaat to the Bahais of the East, page 360, dated Ridvan 105/1948 he says that “the court of Bahai religious law with full powers will be established on unassailable foundations” (...

A letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi says (in part): We have a lot of prayers for healing. Which one is the Healing Prayer that is referenced here? The quote above is part of a long letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi dated January 10, 1936, addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly of the...

In verse 147 of the Ketab-e Aqdas, Baha’u’llah says (in Arabic) that begging is forbidden and giving to one who begs is haram. He says “All have been enjoined to earn a living, and as for those who are incapable of doing so, it is incumbent on the Deputies of God and on the wealthy ( وکلآء و...

A quote attributed to Abdu’l-Baha has been used often on blogs and micro-blogs. Perhaps it is popular today because the opening — “The darkness of this gloomy night shall pass away” — chimes with a need today. Consisting largely of bromides reminiscent of American self-help literature, the quote...

For my line of research, the interesting part relates to church and state. He writes: 1) that shows that the way he described the relationship between the Guardian and the House of Justice, in his commentaries on the Will and Testament, was already in his mind before he had read the Will and...

I have uploaded my 2005 Master’s dissertation, "Church and State" here: https://senmcglinn.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/church-and-state-2005b.pdf Since 2005, Bahai Studies has moved on. What was once somewhat controversial is now accepted as common sense: the separation of Church and State is...

In February 1921, soon after he became a student in Balliol College, Oxford, Shoghi Effendi, who was soon to be appointed Head of the Bahai Community, gave a presentation on “The Bahai Movement’ to the Oxford University Asiatic Society. I have prepared a text version from Volume 1 of The Dawn, a...

That's already done Badger: "The Faith which this order serves, safeguards and promotes, is, it should be noted in this connection, essentially supernatural, supranational, entirely non-political, non-partisan, and diametrically opposed to any policy or school of thought that seeks to exalt any...

Relax, that can never ever happen. “Theirs is not the purpose,… to violate, under any circumstances, the provisions of their country’s constitution, much less to allow the machinery of their administration to supersede the government of their respective countries.” (Shoghi Effendi, in The World...

In 2009, Roshan Danesh wrote, in the Journal of Law and Religion, that "there are no explicit statements [in Bahai Scriptures] about the Universal House of Justice and civil institutions which necessitate a fully integrationist conclusion." It would appear that he hoped to find some basis there...

Yes, if the system of government is a democracy, then everyone votes for the government, Bahai and non-Bahai. There's a UHJ policy to that effect: ==== "In another national community where the number of believers had increased to the point where the population of some villages had become 100% or...

B Badger, your quote with "The Bahai theocracy, on the contrary, ..." is incomplete, making it misleading. The letter reads, "The Baha’i theocracy, on the contrary, is both divinely ordained as a system and, of course, based on the teachings of the Prophet Himself. This seems to reconcile the...

From the Bahai World Centre, July 6, 2015. This November will witness the first universal observance of the Twin Holy Birthdays of the Bab and Baha’u’llah according to the Badi` calendar. In anticipation of this special occasion, the Universal House of Justice is pleased to present you with...

On July 10, 2014, the Universal House of Justice announced three decisions regarding the Badi` (Bahai) calendar, which will affect the dates of Feasts and Holy Days. Naw Ruz will usually fall on March 20th, which means that all the Feast days will be one day earlier, and the births of the Bab...

Pretty close, but the local bodies (Local Spiritual Assemblies) do not directly elect the National Spiritual Assembly. Rather, local communities elect one, two or sometimes three delegates, according to the number of Bahais in the area, and the delegates go to a national convention, where stuff...

Arthra -- it is not necessary for the civil authorities to recognise the Bahai communities. It works the other way around: the Bahais form their local and national Assemblies, and if the laws of the state allow it, the Assemblies then incorporate and seek other forms of legal recognition.

The trial took place on schedule; the sentences are not yet announced

Not counting Mullah Husayn of course. And But sure, I know what you mean.

Hi Wil, the Bahai scriptures and the practice of Abdu'l-Baha includes the saying of grace, before and after meals, but this is not a prominent part of the practice of the Bahais in the West, thus far. Bahai practice is still developing, guided in part by the Bahai scriptures and in part by the...

Destruction of the House of Baha’u'llah: update July 17, 2013 In a message addressed to the Bahais of the world, the Universal House of Justice has stated: “… it was with utter shock and desolating grief that the Baha’is in Baghdad discovered on 26 June that the “most holy habitation” of...