A Stronger Thought of Peace
When a thought of war comes oppose it with a stronger thought of peace. It is such a striking statement that it often comes to …
Clara and Hyde Dunn – the Baha’i Faith Comes to Australia
On 10 April 1920, when Clara and Hyde Dunn arrived in Sydney, Australia was, to most of the world, a far-away place. To the bulk …
A Crazy Beautiful Idea: The World as One
I am a citizen of the world. The planet is my home. My countrymen and women all the world’s peoples. The highest loyalty I can …
A Light in Dungeon Darkness: the Siyah-Chal and the beginning of Bahá’u’lláh’s mission
Chained, humiliated and conducted over fifteen miles in the heat of summer, Bahá’u’lláh had been cast into Tehran’s most notorious dungeon: Siyah-Chal – the Black …
When Religious People do Bad Things
In a world in which crimes are explicitly committed in the name of religion, a conversation about how best to respond to the problem is …
To the Rulers of Society: the Summons of the Lord of Hosts
A number of articles have already noted that Bahá’u’lláh wrote to the rulers of society. For example, the Suriy-i-Haykal – the Tablet of the Temple; …
The Resignation of Captain von Goumoens
When the Austrian Captain Alfred von Goumoens obtained a posting as a military attache to Persia, it was the kind of appointment that is the …
Bahá’u’lláh: Against Persecution of Minorities
In the world as we know it today – and through much of historical time – to be identified by a society as a member …
A Father’s Dream
Mirza Abbas Buzurg, Bahá’u’lláh’s father, was a prominent minister of the Persian government. In 1817, in the ancient city of Tehran, his wife Khadijah Khanum …