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hi all- i'm writing to get your insight on something a Baha'i friend of mine said the other day. we were sitting on the grass, myself, this friend, and a boy we'd just met. the boy asked some questions about the Baha'i Faith and my friend answered them. he ended his brief explaination with...

hey all- i have some questions related to a personal situation a friend is facing, and would appreciate your ideas! i good friend of mine has just converted to the Baha'i Faith from Catholicism. not only was he a devout Catholic, but was seriously considering entering the preisthood as his...

hey all- i have a question about muslim clothing requirements. for Muslim men and women both it's obligatory to cover one's head when one prays. is this the purpose of hijab? if so, is hijab sort of like the women's version of the kufi? then, why is it that women are most often seen...

hey all- i had some questions about Bahai prayer. i know that many Baha'i prayers are taken from the prayers and / or sayings of Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi; are Baha'is allowed / encouraged to make up their own prayers? are there any recommended prayer positions...

i know that christians have a variety of creeds, and muslims have the shahada, but is there any prayer in Judaism that summarizes Jewish beliefs in a similar way, like a declaration of faith? thank you! ISFP

mix-and-match spirituality. the spiritual path that seeks to commune with the Tao while borrowing from Buddhism a belief in karma and transmigration, the doctrine of ahimsa from Jainism, and the Navajo hozho. is mix-and-match spirituality honoring or disrepecting the traditions it borrows...

hey all, a while back, i listened to an NPR reporter interviewing a group of Pakistani children on what they thought about the president of Pakistan. one of the children said "we hate him. he's not even a muslim. he's a shia." now, i know that catholics and protestants have been saying...

hey, all this may well have been done already, sorry. i attend a few on-campus worship sessions of various faiths, and notice that generally within a group, there are similar ways of sitting, holding one's hands, or carrying one's self during prayer or meditation. how do you position...

hey all i've been reading a number of sources on Islam and comparatice religion in general, and a surprising number of them list the Bahai Faith as a sect of Islam (specifically a Shia sect). every Bahai i've talked to has been very clear that Bahai-ism is not a sect of Islam, and yet...

hello all. i'm becoming more aware of my humbling lack of understanding concerning Islam, and have begun searching for material on Islam not put out by TIME or NewsWeek. i've been reading a book by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf called "What's Right With Islam" and was wondering if anyone else...

browsing through the monotheism section i noticed something. no Sikhism forum. i was under the impression Sikhism was monotheistic. is it not?

personally, what connections do you draw between music and spirituality? do you incorporate music into worship or meditation? does music inspire you or help to connect you with your religious roots?