The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionHarper & Row, 1990 - 228 pages This is a study of the history, teachings, administrative structure and community life of the Baha'i faith, the youngest and fastest growing of the world's independent religions. |
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... Muslim country . It then spread to neighboring Muslim lands in the Ottoman and Russian Empires and to northern India . Though some early followers were of Jewish , Christian , or Zoroastrian background , the vast majority had been ...
... Muslim country . It then spread to neighboring Muslim lands in the Ottoman and Russian Empires and to northern India . Though some early followers were of Jewish , Christian , or Zoroastrian background , the vast majority had been ...
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... Muslim society . Muhammad took the first step in this direction when he established the first Muslim state in the city of Medina . It is no doubt significant that , whereas the Christian calendar begins with the supposed date of the ...
... Muslim society . Muhammad took the first step in this direction when he established the first Muslim state in the city of Medina . It is no doubt significant that , whereas the Christian calendar begins with the supposed date of the ...
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... Muslim clergy in Iran is its very existence . Fundamentalist Muslim theology regards Muhammad as the last messenger whom God will send , and Islam as the final religion for all humankind . In this view , therefore , it is literally ...
... Muslim clergy in Iran is its very existence . Fundamentalist Muslim theology regards Muhammad as the last messenger whom God will send , and Islam as the final religion for all humankind . In this view , therefore , it is literally ...
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