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The Shaykhi Reform Movement

           The era of awakening for liberation from religious orthodoxy began in Iran (Persia) in the early 19th century. The first reformer was Shaylch Ahmad Ahsa’i, born 1741 A.D. From his youth this great personage was a seeker of…

The Origin of the Baha’i Movement

            Kamar Bahai (October 5,1904 - November 10,1970) was a granddaughter of Baha’u’llah through his son Badi Ullah. This introductory essay about the origin of the Bahá'í Faith and its founder is compiled from part of a circular…

The Paradox of the Bahá’í Faith

           In 1891, Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri, a Persian nobleman in exile who called himself Baha’u’llah (“The Glory of God”), wrote the following words, claiming to be revealing God’s message for a new era of human civilization: The first…