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  Introduction            Mrs. Ruth White was an influential and a devoted Baha’i. She met Abdul-Baha in Boston in 1912, and who twice visited him shortly before his death in Haifa, became an enthusiastic admirer and disciple of the…

Abstract Following the emergence of the Baháʼí Faith, its leaders and followers actively sought to attract people from various walks of life (or different social groups). Through extensive propaganda and false promises, they succeeded in…

Denis MacEoin: a pioneering scholar Denis MacEoin (born 1949, Belfast, Northern Ireland) has been editor of Middle East Quarterly since June 2009. A former lecturer in Islamic studies, his academic specializations are Shia, Shaykhism,…

      Dr. Charles Ainsworth Mitchell (20 November 1867 – 5 January 1948) was a British chemist and forensic scientist who made a special study of the microscopic and chemical study of handwritings. He was a Fellow of the Royal Institute…

  By Dennis James Rogers            I became a member of the Bahá'í Faith in the early seventies while an undergraduate at a small private Midwestern university. The initial attraction was to the social teachings of the Faith…

  By Karen Bacquet It has taken me a long time to decide whether or not to publicly tell the story of how I became a Bahá'í and why I left the Bahá'í community. However, I've…

  By Dale Husband            Dale Husband was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 8, 1969 and grew up in Haltom City, Texas. Originally a Protestant Christian, he has since taken a long spiritual journey through both Unitarian…

  By Dale Husband           Dale Husband was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 8, 1969 and grew up in Haltom City, Texas. Originally a Protestant Christian, he has since taken a long spiritual journey through…

  By Dale Husband             Dale Husband was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 8, 1969 and grew up in Haltom City, Texas. Originally a Protestant Christian, he has since taken a long spiritual journey through both Unitarian…