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Abdu’l-Baha Arrives in America

Abdu’l-Baha Arrives in America

Jonathan Menon May 23, 2013
In 1912 Abdu’l-Baha made a remarkable journey to North America to spread the Baha’i message of peace; social, racial and gender equality; progressive revelation; and world unity.  Last year 239Days.com chronicled the one-hundreth anniversary of the visit. Over the next eight months, BahaiTeachings.org will feature highlights from that coverage. THE LADDER THEY DROPPED was made of thick rope with hard wooden slats for rungs. Wendell Phillips Dodge clung to it for dear life, twenty-five feet above the frigid waters of the bay. Beneath him a small steamship, a revenue cutter of the United States... Read More
Who Made These Borders? Part 1

Who Made These Borders? Part 1

Nader Saiedi May 20, 2013
(excerpted from Abdu’l-Baha’s Journey West: The Course of Human Solidarity, Palgrave, 2013, used with permission) One of the most perplexing contradictions of modern times is the fact that while the twentieth century was a century of increasing belief in principles of human rights, democratic ideals, the equality of human beings, social justice, peaceful resolution of conflict and of the barbarism of war; yet at the same time it was the bloodiest century. Two world wars and various forms of genocide are among the mass brutalities that distinguish the twentieth century as... Read More
Baha’u’llah Addresses Queen Victoria

Baha’u’llah Addresses Queen Victoria

David Langness May 19, 2013
Queen Victoria, the British Empire’s most celebrated and longest-serving monarch, reigned for almost sixty-four years, from 1837 until her death in 1901. Many historians credit her with revitalizing the monarchy while bringing democracy to her people. Great Britain and Canada still celebrate Victoria’s reign in May every year, observing the holidays called Commonwealth Day and Victoria Day. Baha’is around the world also recognize Queen Victoria’s legacy, because Baha’u’llah praised her for Britain’s efforts to end the slave trade and implement direct democratic rule. During the period between 1867 and 1870, while... Read More
Race, Peace and the Baha’is

Race, Peace and the Baha’is

Negar Mottahedeh May 19, 2013
(excerpted from Abdu’l-Baha’s Journey West: The Course of Human Solidarity, Palgrave, 2013, used with permission) In 1908, the Young Turks of the Committee of Union and Progress revolted against the despotic Sultan Abdu’l-Hamid II and with that singular act ended the centuries-long reign of the Ottoman Empire, paving the way for a semi-secular government based in the city of Constantinople. This sudden transformation of the social order also liberated political and religious prisoners throughout the Empire, and Abdu’l-Baha tasted freedom for the first time since childhood. He was 64 years... Read More
I Believe God Exists

I Believe God Exists

Russell Ballew May 17, 2013
Living in the West African town of Zwedru our family faced multiple challenges with disease and poverty. Malaria, for example, made the difficult task of having to lug water from the local well very painful. The dictionary defines lack as a particular deficiency or absence. We had our fair share of lack, but not for failing to do. Mom worked very hard. But the modest checks she received for being the best nurse within a hundred miles usually came four months late. So we learned to get by, with more... Read More
Utopian Ideal or Grounded Reality?

Utopian Ideal or Grounded Reality?

Erica Toussaint-Brock May 16, 2013
Erica Toussaint-Brock recently attended the Eleventh Baha’i International Convention in Haifa, Israel as a delegate from the United States. Every five years the nine elected members of each Baha’i National Spiritual Assembly serve as the delegates who then elect their International governing body, the Universal House of Justice. This election, unique in the world, allows delegates from every nation to cast their ballots for this global democratic governing body, and to offer their observations about the development of the Baha’i communities in their countries. A hush falls over the massive... Read More

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