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	Bahai-Faith.com -- The Baha'i Faith: An Ex-Baha'i Christian View
		Baha'is do not actively seek to implement Baha'i law in society at this time because their numbers are so small, but their vision of the future includes a peaceful, democratic takeover of the world by Baha'is and a civilization ruled by Baha'i principles and institutions.
		Baha'is are sometimes discouraged by their leaders from reading anything he has written -- even his popular book on the origin of the Baha'i faith, Modernity and the Millennium -- simply because it is by the prominent heretic Juan Cole.
		Baha'i Faith is a cause of dislike, hatred and division.
	www.bahai-faith.com (11729 words)

	Orthodox Bahá'í Faith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Orthodox Bahá'í Faith is a Bahá'í division which formed in 1969 around the leadership of Joel Marangella, who claimed to be the legitimate successor to Mason Remey, who himself separated from the Bahá'í Faith in 1960.
		The Orthodox Bahá'ís and members of the Bahá'í Faith who follow the Universal House of Justice have mutually excommunicated one another over their differences.
		According to the members of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith, Mason Remey appointed Joel Bray Marangella to succeed him as Guardian when he activated the Second International Bahá'í Council with Marangella as its appointed President in October 1965.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orthodox_Bahai_Faith (628 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: The Baha'i
		Baha'is believe the old world orders are in the process of crumbling and giving way to a world in which the principles of Baha'i are established.
		An introduction to the Baha'i Faith at the University of Virginia.
		This profile of the Baha'i Faith from A Handbook for Chaplains was prepared by The Institute for the Study of American Religion (J. Gordon Melton, Director) for the U.S. Army Chaplains in 1993 and published on-line (with updates) in 1999.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/bahi.html (2413 words)

	Wikinfo \| Baha'i Faith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Bahá'í Faith, according to The Britannica Book of the Year (1992), is the second most widespread of the world's independent religions in terms of the number of countries in which it is represented, established in 247 countries and territories throughout the world.
		According to Baha'i religious teachings, the purpose of the Covenant is to safeguard the unity of the Bahá'í community, protecting it from the influence of schismatics.
		The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race, and to foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Bahai (3697 words)

	Baha'i faith
		The Bahá'í Faith is the second most widespread of the world's independent religions in terms of the number of countries in which it is represented (second due to its absence from the Vatican City), established in 236 countries and territories throughout the world.
		Bahá'ís believe that through the history of the Faith, each of these attempts to attack the Faith have faded away into obscurity through the protection of the "Covenant", which is essentially the written Will and Testaments of the respective Centers of the Covenant.
		Since Remey's death in 1974, some would claim a schism of the Bahá'í Faith has occurred and that the Faith is divided between the majority followers under the administration of the Universal House of Justice in Haifa and the Orthodox Bahai Faith or perhaps one of the Minor Baha'i divisions derived from Remey's claims.
	www.findthelinks.com /Religion/bahai_faith.htm (1283 words)

	Bahai Faith - Christian Dialogue and Issues
		The Baha'i religion teaches that Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, Muhammad, and the Bab (the Persian founder of a nineteenth-century religious movement which laid the foundation for Baha'ism) were all prophets or manifestations of God for their time.
		Because the Baha'i accepts Baha'u'llah's claim to fulfill Christ's second coming, he (or she) thinks he is justified in interpreting biblical prophecies symbolically which, if taken literally, would disprove Baha'u'llah's claim, but if taken nonliterally can be used to prove it.
		Baha'is generally argue that in both cases the error that led to the rejection of the "manifestation" was an overly literal interpretation of biblical prophecies.
	www.arabicbible.com /christian/bahai_faith.htm (3843 words)

	LOCAL BAHAI COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX BAHAIS OF BANGLORE
		Mason Remy tried hard to convince these Hands of Cause and asked them not to separate Guardianship from the Bahai Faith, They could not be convinced and they pushed the Bahai world towards such darkness from where it was difficult for the Bahais to come out.
		On 5th December 1961 Mason Remy through a letter appointed Joel Marengella as the Third Guardian of the Bahai Faith and asked him to lead the Bahai all over the world.
		In 1992 the Orthodox Bahai got a pleasant Success when in the capitol of India, Delhi, there was establishment of National Orthodox Bahai Council.
	www.geocities.com /obcbangalore/1.htm (419 words)

	CULT 007A Baha'i World Faith The Baha'i World Faith claims to be a religion of unique rele (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Baha'i cry for one world religion appeals to the ecumenical spirit of the age, especially in light of the continuing insistence that Baha'is are in perfect harmony with the Christian Faith.
		The second level of Baha'i is the National Spiritual Assembly of nine members elected each year by the delegates to the faith's national conventions.
		Baha'u'llah appealed to members of these faiths out of their own scriptures, claiming not only to be the one whom the Bab foretold, but also the return of the Shi'ite Hidden Imam, the return of Christ, AND the Comforter whom Jesus said would come.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys2/bahai-ct.htm (2239 words)

	Abdul-Baha
		Àbdu'l-Bahá Abbas, also known as Abbas Effendi, was the son of Bahá'u'lláh, the Prophet and Founder of the Bahá'í Faith and Orthodox Bahai Faith.
		Imprisoned at the age of 9, released in old age, 'Abdu'l-Bahá carried the Faith to the United States, Canada, and Europe on an extensive teaching tour in 1912.
		At his death in 1921 his will and testament appointed his grandson Shoghi Effendi Rabbani as the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ab/Abdul-Baha.html (108 words)

	Major Religions Ranked by Size
		As is typical with a religious group made up primarily of converts, Baha'is who drift from active participation in the movement are less likely to retain nominal identification with the religion -- because it was not the religion of their parents or the majority religion of the surrounding culture.
		On the other hand, there are no countries in which people are automatically assigned to the Baha'i Faith at birth (as is the case with Islam, Christianity, Shinto, Buddhism, and other faiths), so their numbers aren't inflated with people who have never willingly participated in or been influenced by the religion while adults.
		On balance, while official Baha'i figures are not a measure of active participants, the proportion of participating adherents among claimed adherents is thought to be higher than average among the "major religions" on this list.
	www.adherents.com /Religions_By_Adherents.html (11821 words)

	Orthodox Bahai Faith
		The Orthodox Bahá'í Faith is a movement which started within the Baha'i Faith, though now independent of it, with a total membership estimated at up to a few thousand.
		Although the beliefs of the main division and the Orthodox Bahá'ís are for the most part identical, they differ on the issue of ongoing leadership.
		Joel Bray Marangella became Guardian of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith based on the activation by Mason Remey of the Second International Bahai Council with Joel as its appointed President in 1966, and by Mason's earlier written appointment of him as Guardian.
	www.mik.fastload.org /or/Orthodox_Bahai_Faith.html (473 words)

	Bahai News - Kazakhstan "target of religious aggression" from Bahai faith - paper
		The spread of the Bahai faith in Kazakhstan represents a danger to the state, since the top echelons of society are deliberately being targeted, the Kazakh newspaper Ekspress K said on 3 July.
		The Bahai faith preaches equality and nondiscrimination and calls for a complete renewal of human society, from the personal to the political.
		Given that according to the Bahais' calculations one person in every hundred on the planet is a follower of their faith, it is not ruled out that in the ranks of the authorities there are already people motivated not by the interests of the state but by the interests of this community," the article said.
	www.uga.edu /bahai/News/070701.html (678 words)

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		The doctrine of Divine Manifestations is the central plank of Baha'i theology.
		Through this doctrine Baha'is are able to take seemingly amiable positions toward members of the major world religions, for each of their founders were manifestations of God and thus each religion has a measure of truth.
		The Baha'is are concerned chiefly with man's relationship to man, as evidenced by the Baha'i thirteen "principles" which denote social and political concerns rather than religious.
	www.caic.org.au /miscult/bahai/bahai-1.htm (4475 words)

	Baha'i Faith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Another policy, which appears to contradict the faith's promotion of gender equality, is the exclusion of women from serving on its highest religious court.
		Typically, the leaders of the splinter group follow most of the beliefs and practices of their religion of origin; they generally regard their own faith group as being the true representative of the religion.
		After the death of Abdu'l-Baha, the authority passed to Shoghi Effendi, "the infallible Center of the Baha'i faith," the "Center of the Cause," the generally accepted sole interpreter of the Baha'i teachings.
	www.chaplaincare.navy.mil /Baha'i.htm (2093 words)

	True Seeker: October 2007
		One interesting contrast between the Orthodox Bahai Faith, and the dominating group of sans-Guardian Bahai's presently headquartered in Haifa and Wilmette, is the manner in which the two organizations promote their teachings.
		Even when somebody approaches the Orthodox Baha'is stating their intention to join the Faith, instead of being quickly absorbed into the community, an effort is made to ensure that those seekers have a deepened knowledge of the Faith's teachings before their declarations are accepted.
		The sans-Guardian Baha'is even have the audacity to criticize the Orthodox Baha'is because of the fewness of their members, not realizing that we have a religion here, and not a product to be sold.
	trueseeker.typepad.com /true_seeker/2007/10/index.html (1647 words)

	ABC-Dir: Faith
		People of faith can help defend those who are being persecuted for their faith, or other persons of faith who...
		Faith was diagnosed with anencephaly while still in the womb.
		The Richmond Declaration of Faith of 1887 is the classic statement of faith of the Orthodox branch of the Religious...
	www.abc-directory.com /view/faith (286 words)

	HISTORY OF THE ORTHODOX BAHAI FAITH IN INDIA
		Most of the Indian Bahá'ís, had never heard about the continuation of the Guardianship and had been told by their respective administrative bodies that the Guardianship had ended with the passing of Shoghi Effendi.
		Vinod Kumar, a young and faithful Bahá'í, as its secretary.
		Overwhelmed by the success of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith and the eagerness of the Indian believers to accept the Faith under the Guardianship, the third Guardian, Joel B. Marangella, sent two American believers, Mr.
	members.iinet.net.au /~guardian/history.html (446 words)

	Overview of the Bábi Faith
		Orthodox Islam holds that Muhammad was the "Seal of the Prophets" and thus the bearer of God's final revelation to humankind until the "Day of Judgment." Only Islam has remained pure and undiminished because its repository, the Qur'an, represents the authentic words uttered by the Prophet himself.
		The excuse given to the Shah was that the Báb's arrival in the capital might produce a confrontation between His followers and those of the orthodox clergy, and could possibly lead to public disorder of the kind which was common to this period.
		The new faith spread even to Azerbaijan, and the governor and other officials of the fortress of Mah-Kú were disarmed by the captivating sincerity of their prisoner.
	info.bahai.org /babi-faith.html (7549 words)

	Inter Faith Forum
		She professes the faith uniquely revealed in the Holy Scriptures and set forth in the catholic creeds, which faith the church is called upon to proclaim afresh in each generation.
		Baha’is believe that All Religion is One, God is the One Creator. Bahai’s are followers of the teachings of Baha’u’llah. (Means Glory of God).
		Death: Baha’is can only be buried not cremated, Baha’u’llah said it takes nine months to come into this world and it should take at least the same for the body to decompose naturally.
	www.kingston.gov.uk /browse/community_people_and_living/interfaith.htm (672 words)

	Controversial items in the Baha'i faith
		Similarly, heterosexual Baha'i couples who were married in a non-Baha'i ceremony have had their rights removed.
		After the death of Abdu'l-Baha, the authority passed to Shoghi Effendi, "the infallible Center of the Baha'i faith," the "Center of the Cause," and the generally accepted sole interpreter of the Baha'i teachings.
		The main Baha'i body in the U.S., whose legal name is "The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of America" (NSA), launched a lawsuit in 2006-NOV against Franklin Schlatter, Joel Marangella, The Provisional National Baha'i Council, the Second International Baha'i Council, and Baha'i Publishers under the Provisions of the Covenant.
	www.religioustolerance.org /bahai5.htm (1240 words)

	Bahai Mirage
		While studying the Bahai Faith, one is constantly led to believe that the Bahai Faith is the "new" Universal religion - a religion with universal laws; a religion which has replaced all faiths like Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam to name a few.
		The Bahai Faith seeks to mislead humanity under the garb of being a Universal religion.
		The OBF believes the head of the faith is the living Guardian of the Cause, while the other group believes their sans-Guardian so-called Universal House of Justice is the head of the Faith and that there were no other Guardians after Shoughi Effendi.
	www.geocities.com /bahai_mirage/index.html (2998 words)

	Ex-Baha'i Story: The Baha'i Faith left me spiritually cold & hungry
		Finding the Baha'i faith, therefore, seemed initially to be the answer to all that I had been seeking for.
		I also noticed that many Baha'is lived their whole lives within the context of these activities and did not seem to engage with the wider world, unless it was to prosleytize them for the faith.
		My commitment to the Baha'i faith ended at that very moment and I set myself to working out how I was going to tell the Baha'is that I would be going through with my resignation after all.
	www.bahai-faith.com /ex-Bahai-4.html (2657 words)

	Baha'i Faith in Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This Poignant Baha'i prayer, revealed in Arabic by Baha'u'llah, was chanted by the stirring voices of the Persian Baha'i youth of Shiraz.
		Baha'is and other religious groups that are not associated with any of the three "heavenly religions" have been compelled either to misrepresent themselves or go without valid identity documents.
		The report argued that because the Baha'i Faith was not recognized in the country as a "divine religion," its followers were not entitled to citizenship rights.
	bahai-egypt.blogspot.com (8718 words)

	ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE HANDS OF THE FAITH
		The direction of the Faith assumed by the Hands of the Faith during the interregnum is now over and at an end and I am directing the affairs of the International Council which affairs are the affairs of the Cause.
		During the lifetime of the Beloved Guardian of the Faith, all infallible command of the International council was vested in him as the Guardian of the Faith.
		The Hands of the Faith should have all faith in me, their Guardian, and they should hold silence before the believing world lest they be criticized and lose face before the Bahá'í world of the present and of the future on down through the ages to come.
	bahai-guardian.com /announce.html (7928 words)

	Many Ways To God - Christian-Faith.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Islam teaches the oneness of God and denies the Trinity, while Roman Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and the majority of protestant churches affirm the doctrine of the trinity.
		Any religious movement which claims this, such as the Bahai faith, has already separated itself from any other religious movement in order to maintain its distinctive doctrines anyway.
		We are not called to compromise our faith in Jesus Christ, or to deny His claims to be the only way to God (John 14:6), but we are called to love others.
	www.christian-faith.com /html/page/many_ways_to_god_ (863 words)

	The Bahai Awareness Homepage, Bahaullah, Bab, Shoghi, Effendi, Haifa, Acca, Abdul Baha, Islam
		The ‘divinely guided’ leaders of the Bahais keep falling over their words, and the current generation of Bahai preachers are busy in keeping this truth as far away as possible from the general masses.
		Though Bahais go to great heights to equate themselves with Islam — why else would they try to project Bab as an illiterate prophet, when actually he took lessons in his childhood like other children, and attended lectures of Sayyed Kazim as a young man? Refer article on Bab's claims of being Ummi.
		Even an orthodox Christian scholar like Sir William Muir in his book ‘The Coran’ written in 1878 says that after the revelation of the second sunnah itself, the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) started the propagation of Islam.
	www.bahaiawareness.com /questions.html (2754 words)

	THE ORTHODOX BAHÁ'Í FAITH IN INDIA
		An outstanding Orthodox Baha'i whom the Orthodox Bahá'ís are fortunate to count as a supporter.
		He is an Orthodox Bahá'í from Punjab, actively involved in removing the gap between rich and the poor through the teachings of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith.
		She is an oustanding Orthodox Bahá'í from Delhi, an editor of the first and very informative news letter of the Orthodox Bahá'ís: "Herald of the Covenant," and member of the first Provisional National Bahá'í Council of India.
	www.bahai-guardian.com /galaxy.html (490 words)

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