The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionHarper & Row, 1984 - 226 pages Grandpa tells his two young houseguests a story about his own childhood when he was scared at bedtime. |
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... mullas . The lútís , who originally formed chivalrous broth- erhoods similar to those of their counterparts , the fatí's in Anatolia and the Arab lands , acted to support clerical power by defying the state and by enforcing fatvás . In ...
... mullas . The lútís , who originally formed chivalrous broth- erhoods similar to those of their counterparts , the fatí's in Anatolia and the Arab lands , acted to support clerical power by defying the state and by enforcing fatvás . In ...
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... mullas . This raised for them the question of self - defense . Islam , unlike Christianity , contains a much - misunderstood doctrine of jihád ( holy war ) , which permits the conversion of pagan popula- tions by force of arms . It also ...
... mullas . This raised for them the question of self - defense . Islam , unlike Christianity , contains a much - misunderstood doctrine of jihád ( holy war ) , which permits the conversion of pagan popula- tions by force of arms . It also ...
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... mullas determined to portray the movement as the enemy of both decency and public order . 13 The situation was made even more unstable in September 1848 , when Muhammad Shah finally succumbed to his many illnesses . His death ...
... mullas determined to portray the movement as the enemy of both decency and public order . 13 The situation was made even more unstable in September 1848 , when Muhammad Shah finally succumbed to his many illnesses . His death ...
Contents
The Bábí Faith | 6 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
Copyright | |
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