Bahá’u’lláh’s letter to Pope Pius IX
In 1869, while in Akka, Bahá’u’lláh wrote to the then Pope of the Roman Catholic Church: Pope Pius IX. History does not record any reply. As …
O Ahmad, be thou so steadfast in my love that thy heart shall not waver …
Written in Adrianople in 1865, the Tablet of Ahmad is one of the most powerful of Bahá’u’lláh’s writings. Adrianople, now known as Edirne, was …
Only Human
Human beings are prone to error. So much so, that often our messages about ourselves are entirely cynical about our capacity as human beings to …
White Australia Policy
Most us take a multicultural, multiracial reality in our stride – a normal and welcome part of life. It is a very recent development. For …
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the 500 year old Ottoman caliphate. And before the Ottomans captured the city and made it their own, it had stood …
Healing the Wounds of War: a Spiritual Axis
After World War 2 the world was in ruins. The nations that fought against each other in that war were the last people who you …
The House the Prince Wanted to Build
After Bahá’u’lláh had returned to Baghdad from his two years of withdrawal to the mountains of Kurdistan, he lived in a house close to the …
Waging Peace in the Midst of War
As we have already seen, during World War 1 Abdu’l Baha wrote a series of letters to the Baha’is of North America. While the world …
Harmony of Science and Religion: History of an Idea
A Baha’i principle is that of harmony of science and religion. The use of “harmony” to express the relationship between science and religion is apt …