The Baha'i Faith in Poland begins in the 1870's when Polish writer Walerian Jablonowski wrote several articles covering its early history in Persia. There was a polish language translation of Paris Talks published in 1915. After becoming a Baha'i in 1925 Poland's Lidia Zamenhof returned to Poland in 1938 as its first well known Baha'i. During the period of the Warsaw Pact Poland adopted the Soviet policy of oppression of religion, so the Baha'is, strictly adhering to their principle of obedience to legal government, abandoned its administration and properties. An analysis of publications before and during this period finds coverage by Soviet based sources basically hostile to the religion while native Polish coverage was neutral or...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Baha'i laws are laws and ordinances used in the Baha'i Faith and are a fundamental part of Baha'i practice. The laws are based are authenticated texts from Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith, and also includes subsequent interpretations from `Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi, and legislation by the Universal House of Justice. Baha'i law is presented as a set of general principles and guidelines and individuals must apply them as they best seem fit. While some of the social laws are enforced by Baha'i institutions, the emphasis is placed on individuals following the laws based on their conscience, understanding and reasoning, and Baha'is are expected to follow the laws for the love of...

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The Baha'i Faith in Kenya begins with three individuals. First Richard St. Barbe Baker took a constructive engagement with the indigenous religion of Kenyans to a United Kingdom conference on religions where in sympathy with his efforts he was presented with the Baha'i Faith and became a convert. The second was Enoch Olinga who traveled to Kenya when he served in the British Royal Army Educational Corps. The third came twenty one years after the first and marks the arrival of the Baha'i Faith in Kenya. In 1945 Mrs. Marguerite Preston (nee Wellby) arrived in Kenya. She had been a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom from 1939 through 1945 when she married a Kenyan tea grower and moved to Kenya where the couple...

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The Baha'i Faith in Senegal begins after `Abdu'l-Baha, the son of the founder of the religion, mentioned Africa as a place the religion should be more broadly visited by Baha'is. The first to set foot in the territory of French West Africa that would become Senegal arrived in 1953. The first Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly of Senegal was elected in 1966 in Dakar. In 1975 the Baha'i community elected the first National Spiritual Assembly of Senegal. The most recent estimate, by the Association of Religion Data Archives in a 2005 report details the population of Senegalese Baha'is at 22,000. Baha'is claimed there are 34 local assemblies in 2003. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

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A Baha'i House of Worship, sometimes referred to by its Arabic name of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar is the designation of a place of worship, or temple, of the Baha'i Faith. The teachings of the religion envisage Houses of Worship being surrounded by a number of dependencies dedicated to social, humanitarian, educational, and scientific pursuits, although none has yet been built to such an extent. Only eight Houses of Worship have been built around the world (this includes one in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan that has since been destroyed), with a ninth soon to be constructed in Chile. Baha'i communities own many properties where Houses of Worship remain to be constructed as the Baha'i community grows and develops further. The Houses of Worship are open...

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The Baha'i Faith was first mentioned the Chile in Baha'i sources as early as 1916, with Baha'is visiting as early as 1919 but the community wasn't founded in Chile until 1940 with the beginning of the arrival of coordinated pioneers from the United States finding national Chilean converts and achieved an independent national community in 1963. In 2002 this community was picked for the establishment of the first Baha'i Temple of South America which the community is still prosecuting. The US government estimated 6000 Baha'is in Chile as of 2007 though the Association of Religion Data Archives (relying mostly on the World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated some 25,000 Baha'is in 2005. Данное издание не является...

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The Baha'i teachings represent a considerable number of theological, social, and spiritual ideas that were established in the Baha'i Faith by its Central Figures. These, combined with the authentic teachings of several past religions, including Islam and Christianity, are regarded by Baha'is as teachings revealed by God. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

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The Baha'i Faith in Georgia begins with its arrival in the region in 1850 through its association with the precursor religion the Babi Faith during the lifetime of Baha'u'llah. During the period of Soviet policy of religious oppression, the institutions of the Baha'is in the Soviet Republics were progressively dissolved and so disappeared from communication with Baha'is elsewhere. However in 1963 an individual was identified in Tibilisi. Following Perestroika the first Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly of Georgia formed in 1991 and Georgian Baha'is elected their first National Spiritual Assembly in 1995.The religion is noted as growing in Georgia. The Association of Religion Data Archives (relying on World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated...

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The Baha'i Faith in Taiwan began after the religion entered areas of China and nearby Japan. The first Baha'is arrived in Taiwan in 1949 and the first of these to have become a Baha'i was Mr. Jerome Chu (Chu Yao-lung) in 1945 while visiting the United States. By May 1955 there were eighteen Baha'is in six localities across Taiwan. The first Local Spiritual Assembly in Taiwan was elected in Tainan in 1956. The National Spiritual Assembly was first elected in 1967 when there were local assemblies in Taipei, Tainan, Hualien, and Pingtung. Circa 2006 the Baha'is showed up in the national census with 16,000 members and 13 assemblies. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается...

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The Baha'i Faith in Bosnia and Herzegovina begins with mention by `Abdu'l-Baha, then head of the religion, of Austria-Hungary which Bosnia and Herzegovina were part of at the time. Between the World Wars when Bosnia and Herzegovina were part of Yugoslavia, several members of Yugoslavian royalty had contact with prominent members of the religion. During the period of Communism in Yugoslavia, the first member of the Baha'i Faith was in 1963 and the first Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly was formed in 1990. With the Yugoslavian civil war and separation into Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Baha'is had not elected a Baha'i National Spiritual Assembly but do have a small population in a few regions in the country. Данное издание не...

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The Baha'i Faith in Norway began with contact between traveling Scandinavians with early Persian believers of the Baha'i Faith in the mid-to-late 1800s. Baha'is first visited Scandinavia in the 1920s following `Abdu'l-Baha's, then head of the religion, request outlining Norway among the countries Baha'is should pioneer to and the first Baha'i to settle in Norway was Johanna Schubartt. Following a period of more Baha'i pioneers coming to the country, Baha'i Local Spiritual Assemblies spread across Norway while the national community eventually formed a Baha'i National Spiritual Assembly in 1962. There are currently around 1000 Baha'is in the country. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

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The Baha'i World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Baha'i Faith. The World Centre consists of the Shrine of Baha'u'llah near Acre, Israel, the Shrine of the Bab and its gardens on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, and various other buildings in the area including the Arc buildings. Much of the international governance and coordination of the Baha'i Faith occurs at the Baha'i World Centre. These include decisions that affect the religion on a global level, and the study and translation of the Baha'i holy writings. The Universal House of Justice, representing the supreme governing body of the Baha'i Faith, resides in Haifa. The Baha'i World Centre is also the current destination for Baha'i pilgrimage....

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The Baha'i Faith in Nepal begins after a Nepalese leader encountered the religion in his travels before World War II. Following World War II, the first known Baha'i to entire Nepal was about 1952 in the person N. P. Sinha who moved to Birganj and the first Nepalese Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly elected in 1959, and its National Assembly in 1972. For a period of time, between 1976 and 1981, all assemblies were dissolved due to legal restrictions. The 2001 census reported 1211 Baha'is, and since the 1990s the Baha'i community of Nepal has been involved in a number of interfaith organizations including the Inter-religious Council of Nepal promoting peace in the country. Данное издание не является...

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The Baha'i Faith in New Caledonia was first mentioned by `Abdu'l-Baha in 1916, though the first Baha'i arrived in 1952 during a temporary visit because of restrictive policies on English-speaking visitors. In 1961 Jeannette Outhey was the first New Caledonian to join the religion and with other converts and pioneers elected the first Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly of Noumea. The Baha'i National Spiritual Assembly of New Caledonia was elected in 1977. Multiplying its involvements through to today, the 2001 population was reported at 1,070 and growing. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

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Le bahaisme aussi connue sous le nom de religion baha’ie, behaisme ou de foi baha'ie a ete fondee par le Persan Mirza Husayn 'Ali (1817-1892) en 1863. Ce nom est derive du surnom donne a son fondateur : Baha'u'llah (en arabe, « Gloire de Dieu » ou « splendeur de Dieu »). Les baha'is sont les disciples de Baha'u'llah. Ils s'organisent autour de plus de 100 000 centres (repertories par le centre mondial de Haifa) a travers le monde, et leurs ecrits sont publies en plus de 800 langues (accessibles dans les bibliotheques bahaies). En 2007, cette religion comptait environ 5 millions de membres appartenant a plus de 2100 groupes ethniques, repartis dans plus de 189 pays. Son centre mondial est situe a Haifa, en Israel. Данное...

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The Baha'i Faith in the United Arab Emirates began before the country gained independence in 1971. The first Baha'is arrived in Dubai by 1950, and by 1957 there were four Baha'i Local Spiritual Assemblies in the region of the United Arab Emirates and a regional National Spiritual Assembly of the Arabian Peninsula. Recent estimates count some 75,000 Baha'is or 1.6% of the national population - second only to Iran in number of Baha'is in the nations of the Middle East - though the World Christian Encyclopedia estimates closer to 51,700, 1.3%, in 2005. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

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The Baha'i Faith in Angola begins after `Abdu'l-Baha wrote letters encouraging taking the religion to Africa in 1916. The first Baha'i pioneered to Angola about 1952. By 1963 there was a Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly in Luanda and smaller groups of Baha'is in other cities. In 1992 the Baha'is of Angola elected their first National Spiritual Assembly. The Association of Religion Data Archives (relying mostly on the World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated some 1800 Baha'is in 2005. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

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The Baha'i Faith in Kiribati begins after 1916 with a mention by `Abdu'l-Baha, then head of the religion, that Baha'is should take the religion to the Gilbert Islands which form part of modern Kiribati. The first Baha'is pioneered to the island of Abaiang(aka Charlotte Island, of the Gilbert Islands), on March 4, 1954. They encountered serious opposition from some Catholics on the islands and were eventually deported and the first convert banished to his home island. However in one year there was a community of more than 200 Baha'is and a Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly. Three years later the island where the first convert was sent to was found to now have 10 Baha'is. By 1963 there were 14 assemblies. As the Ellice Islands gained...

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The Baha'i Faith in Australia has a long history beginning with a mention by `Abdu'l-Baha, the son of the founder of the religion, in 1916 following which United Kingdom/American emigrants John and Clara Dunn came to Australia in 1920. They found people willing to convert to the Baha'i Faith in several cities while further immigrant Baha'is also arrived. The first Local Spiritual Assembly was elected in Melbourne followed by the first election of the National Spiritual Assembly in 1934. Though at first denied in 1948, Iranian Baha'is arrived in number after 1973 following the persecution of Baha'is in Iran. Since the 1980s the Baha'is of Australia have become involved and spoken out on a number of civic issues - from interfaith...

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The first mentions of the Baha'i Faith in the Netherlands were in Dutch newspapers which in 1852 covered some of the events relating to the Babi movement which the Baha'i Faith regards as a precursor religion. Circa 1904 Algemeen Handelsblad, an Amsterdam newspaper, sent a correspondent to investigate the Baha'is in Persia. The first Baha'is to settle in the Netherlands were a couple of families — the Tijssens and Greevens, both of whom left Germany for the Netherlands in 1937 as business practices were affected by Nazi policies. Following World War II the Baha'is established a committee to oversee introducing the religion across Europe and so the permanent growth of the community in the Netherlands begins with Baha'i pioneers arriving...

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Baha'i history is often traced through a sequence of leaders, beginning with the Bab's May 23, 1844 declaration in Shiraz, and ultimately resting on an administrative order established by the central figures of the religion. The religion had its background in two earlier movements in the nineteenth century, Shaykhism and Babism. Shaykism centred on theosophical doctrines and many Shaykhis expected the return of the hidden Twelfth Imam. Many Shaykhis joined the messianic Babi movement in the 1840s where the Bab proclaimed himself to be the return of the hidden Imam. As the Babi movement spread in Iran, violence broke out between the ruling Shi'a Muslim government and the Babis, and ended when government troops massacred the Babis, and...

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The Baha'i Faith in Laos begins after a brief mention by `Abdu'l-Baha in 1916 and the first Baha'i enters Laos in about 1955. The first Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly is known to be first elected by 1958 in Vientiane and eventually Laos' own National Spiritual Assembly is first elected in 1967. The current community is approximately eight thousand adherents and four centers: Vientiane, Vientiane Province, Kaysone Phomvihane, and in Pakxe. and smaller populations in other provinces. While well established and able to function as communities in these cities Baha'is have a harder time in other provinces and cannot print their own religious materials. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

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The Baha'i Faith in Uganda started to grow in 1951 and in four years time there were 500 Baha'is in 80 localities, including 13 Baha'i Local Spiritual Assemblies, representing 30 tribes, and had dispatched 9 pioneers to other African locations. Following the reign of Idi Amin when the Baha'i Faith was banned and the murder of Baha'i Hand of the Cause Enoch Olinga and his family, the community continues to grow though estimates of the population range widely from 19,000 to 105,000 and the community's involvements have included diverse efforts to promote the welfare of the Ugandan people. The Association of Religion Data Archives (relying on World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated about 78500. Данное издание не...

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The Baha'i Faith in Guyana was first mentioned in Baha'i sources as early as 1916, the first Baha'is visited as early as 1927 but the community was founded in Guyana in 1953 with the beginning of the arrival of coordinated pioneers and from Guyanese converts. The community elected the first Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly in 1955 and an independent National Assembly in 1977. The country has experienced large migrations and the size of the Baha'i community has also dramatically changed. In the most recent cycle the 2002 national census showed about 0.1%, or 500, Baha'is mostly in three of it's Regions though Baha'is were noted in every Region. However by 2005 the Association of Religion Data Archives estimated there were some 12000...

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The Baha'i Faith in Spain begins with coverage of events in the history of the Babi religion in the 1850s. The first mention of Spain in Baha'i literature was `Abdu'l-Baha mentioning it as a place to take the religion to in 1916. The first Baha'i to visit Spain was in 1930 and the first pioneer to stay was Virginia Orbison in January 1947. Following some conversions to the religion the first Baha'i Local Spiritual Assembly of Madrid was elected in 1948. As of 1959 there were 28 Baha'is registered in Spain. Following the spread of the religion the first National Spiritual Assembly was elected in 1962. Following the election the breadth of initiatives of the community increased privately until 1968 when the national assembly was able to...

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