Baha’is in Jordan By: Mohammad Gogani Abstract Jordan is a country in South-West Asia that was established under the guardianship of England after the end of the First World War and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire In 1948. It became a kingdom with the changes made in its borders and limited to Israel from the west. The population of …

Baha’is in Iraq BY: Mahdi Habibi, Hamid Farnaq Abstract Baha’i and the modern state of Iraq have interacted with each other since the beginning of their establishment. Baha’u’llah’s first destination outside of Iran was Ottoman Iraq, and his declaration as “Manifestation of God” began from a garden in Baghdad.  A look at the development of Baha’ism during the British mandate …

Baha’ism; in terms of logic and content By: Abdul-hussein Fakhari Abstract An examination of the Baha’i Faith from the point of logic and content shows that its decline and end are imminent from the views of scholars and researchers of thought, because it has neither a new word for the contemporary world nor its promises have been fulfilled. It contains …

    Introduction of Edward G. Browne to the Book “Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi” By: Mohammad-Reza Giyahpoor     Abstract One of the westerners who met Abdu’l-Bahá was a man from America. After his meeting, he wrote a book about Abdu’l-Bahá called “Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi”. The publisher of the book asked Edward Granville Browne (1862-1926), a …

Baha’ism and the basis of its modern development; An Analysis of the Baha’i Scholarship and Studies Project (Part II) By: Mohammad Hosseini Abstract The first part of this article with attention to the  keyword decoding “Baha, Rockefeller i Scholarship” ; studies the  principles and objectives of the Baha’i Scholarship. In the second part of this article, with reference to the …

An Analysis of the Baha’i Scholarship and ABS Project Mohammad Hosseini Abstract This article explains the project named Baha’i Studies by exploring the keyword Baha’i scholarship. According to the article, Baha’i Studies refers to a long-term strategy that has been clearly taken seriously since the time of Shoghi Effendi. Although this grand project was not carried out during Shoghi’s lifetime, …

Religious propaganda and the legal restrictions on this subject; the normative argument against the Baha’i rights to religious propaganda By: Mohammad Hosseini Abstract Religious propaganda is an important requirement of Baha’i Ideology and has now become a prescriptive-offensive strategy for Baha’is in disguise the right to propagate religion or the right to express one’s religion. Although it is necessary for …

The concept of religion and the challenge of identity construction Part 3: An Analysis of the Relation between Religion and Baha’ism in Religious Theory Mohammad Hussaini Abstract Exploring the comparison between religion and Baha’ism within religious theory requires drawing a framework. The Baha’i Faith defines its identity under the concept of religion, but are the teachings of the Baha’i Faith …

Persian prophet and writing works in Arabic Elahe Yazdiani   Abstract One of the main characteristics of all the divine messengers is speaking with the language of people to whom have been sent. It is obvious that the most familiar persons to a prophet or divine leader are people of his tribe, city, and nation. Therefore, a prophet or divine …

Sanctification, an approach to the independent identity of the Bahai community  Mohammad Gogani, Mahdi Habibi   Abstract Margit Warburg has studied the history and sociology of the Bahais, and especially the issue of globalization. She has spent more than 25 years, within the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, researching about this community in various countries and particularly in the …