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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
Finding Peace after Miscarriage

Finding Peace after Miscarriage

Chelsea Lee Smith May 15, 2013
To read Finding Comfort after Miscarriage, Part 1 in this series. Finding a place of contentment and peace, three months after my miscarriage, remains a work in progress. I am trying to move on with life, honor the soul of my precious baby, and remember to be thankful for the many gifts in my life. One of the most surprising events of my miscarriage was realizing how much guilt I took on through the experience. I felt isolated in my grief, while being flooded with the news of so many of... Read More
Baha'is Call for Violence-Free Families

Baha’is Call for Violence-Free Families

David Langness May 14, 2013
This year, the United Nations International Day of Families focuses on the theme of “Advancing Social Integration and Inter-generational Solidarity.” The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed May 15th as the International Day of Families in 1993, and the special observance reflects the importance the international community attaches to families. Do you come from a unified, loving family? Or is violence one of the realities of your family life? Baha’is strongly believe in family unity — but also know that it doesn’t exist in every family: … the first and foremost bond is... Read More

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