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INDEX
A ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 9, 122, 172, 175, 337 in Paris 122, 123 letter to Leo Tolstoy 175 view on equality of women and men 230, 236—237 writings and utterances of 24—28, 334 advancement of women 83—88 institutional commitment 87—88 Agence France Presse 152 Aitmatov, Chingiz 128 Alaska 96 Albania 110, 142, 146, 150 Alexander 11, Tsar of Russia Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet to 176 Shoghi Effendi’s characterization Of177 Alexander III, Tsar of Russia Shoghi Effendi’s characterization Of177 ‘Ali—Muhammad, Mirzá See the Báb All China Women’s F ederation (ACWF) 137 Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum See Hands of the Cause of God American Samoa 98, 112 Andoman and Nicobar Islands 84 Angola 7 Annan, K011, Secretary-General of the United Nations 138, 211 Anniversaries, Bahá’í 121—30 celebrations in Belgium 127, 128 interreligious conference 128 celebrations in Canada 128—30 celebrations in France 123—24 interreligious colloquium 124 media coverage 124 celebrations in Germany 128 celebrations in Ireland 126, 127—28 celebrations in the United Kingdom 125—26 Antigua/Barbuda 103 Aquino, Corazon 245
Arbab, Farzam 46
Argentina 84, 239, 253, 321, 323
ARGUS 152
Armenia 40, 43, 93
arts 34, 93—96
Associated Press 152
Association for Bahá’í Studies 75 directory Of321—23
Association médicale bahé’ie 325
Australia 83, 88, 89, 140, 151, 154, 321, 323
Austria 95,101,112
Auxiliary Boards 338
Axworthy, Lloyd 152
Azemikhah Institute 68
Azerbaijan 93
B Bab z' Babidy, first book published on Bábism 166 Báb, the 8, 11,338 Shrine of 342 terraces of the Shrine of 60—63 writings Of334 Badi, Bahá’í martyr 166 Bahá’í Association for the Arts 326 Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland 74 Bahá’í community 14—15 model of unity 217—27 Bahá’í community life Bahá’í centers 110—11 Bahá’í writings 108—09 development of 105—12 conferences 107—08 legal recognition 112 Bahá’í Computer and Communications Association 326 Bahá’í Era 338 Bahá’í Esperanto League 326 Bahá’í Faith administrative order of 1 1—13, 220—24, 337 aims of 15—18 basic reading list 333—35 history of 8—13
343
TILE Bahá’í WQELD
holy days 46, 340 laws and moral teachings 14 public recognition of 115—17 sacred writings of 21—28 spiritual teachings 13~14 view on equality of women and men 235-37, 241—43, 248 Bahá’í Health Agency 326 Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education 75, 134, 142, 151, 280, 284, 287—93 See also Iran, situation of Bahá’í community in Bahá’í International Community 8, 15—17, 131—43, 146, 150,241, 338 Geneva Office 139, 326 Office for the Advancement of Women 15, 137438, 326 Office ofPublic Information 139=—43, 326 Paris Office 139, 142, 147 Office of the Environment 15, 326 Secretariat 326 statements of 255—68, 287—93 United Nations Office 15, 88, 1323 9, 326 Bahá’í Justice Society 326 Bahá’í Medical Association ofCanada 326 Bahá’í Office) Ofthe Environment for Taiwan 326 Bahá’í Publishing Trusts, directory of 323—25 Bahá’í schools 75—79 permanent 76—77 seasonal 77—79 Bahá’í Studies, Chair in, Hebrew University of J erusalem 74 Bahá’í World Centre 8, 10, 11, 338 Bahá’í World website 141 Bahá’u’lláh 17, 235, 339 conception of future 255—68 earliest translations of His writings 167—68 Shrine of 342 writings of21—24, 257, 333~34
Bahamas 97
Banda, Edna 40
Bangladesh 71, 118, 242
Barbados 115, 120
Barnes, Kiser 52
BBC Newsfile 152
Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands 1 13, 114
Beijing Platform for Action 137, 295
Belarus 43, 103
Belgium 88, 94, 121, 128, 239, 323
Belize 80
Bellows, Bob 96
Benes, Eduard 56
Benin 84
Bermuda 110, 111
Bhutto, Benazir 245
Black Men’s Gathering 91, 92, 107
Blair, Tony 127
Blomfield, Lady Sara Louisa 125
Bolivia 71, 140, 249—54
Bosnia-Herzegovina 142, 146, 150, 246
Boston Globe 153
Boston Herald 153
Botswana 79, 107, 152
Brazi180, 83, 103, 140, 154,255, 323
Breakwell, Thomas 123
Breneman, Anne 330
Browne, Edward Granville 167
Bruntland, Gro Harlem 245
Buck, Christopher 331
Bulgaria 78, 104, 142, 146, 150
Burkina 85, 89
Bushrui, Soheil See Bahá’í Chair for World Peace,
University of Maryland
C
Cambodia 43, 105
Cameroon 7, 85, 88,98, 100, 321, 323
Canada 7, 75, 92, 97, 104, 107, 121, 128430, 151, 154,322,326
Canaly Islands 119
Canterbury, Archbishop of 135
Cape Verde 82
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Central African Republic 45, 68
Centre for the Study of the Texts 63—65
Chad 82, 84
Chapman, Anita 10215 330
Chile 81,120,138,140,321
China 140, 238
Chronicle oingher Education 153
Chronique d ’A mnesty International 153
Church Of Ireland 127
civil society definition of 19899
Civil Society Organizations (CSOS) 199—219
Civilization, global 195
Clinton, William 151
Coba, Jesus 40
Colombia 7, 117, 243, 321
Commission on Global Governance 200
CONGO (Committee of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with ECOSOC) 139
Congo Republic 83, 106, 141
Congo, Democratic Republic of 84, 94
consultation 39, 42, 222—24, 227, 339
Continental Counsellors 339 conference of 33~34, 49—51
Conventions, Bahá’í 339
Cook Islands 80
Cornell University 136
Costa Rica 88, 106, 111, 140
Céte d’Ivoire 85, 324
Covey, Stephen R. 240
Creating a Culture Of Growth 43, 140
Croatia 78, 140, 146, 147—48, 150
Cuba 40, 98
Cyprus 7, 88, 101, 140, 246
Czech Republic 56, 77
Czechoslovakia 55
Czékus, Rolf von 52
D
Davachi, Farzin and Nancy 79 Davide, Hilarion 114
Dayton Peace Accords 145
Dean, Grace 305—06 Deleuran, Jean 306 Denmark 78 development 68—71, 195 religious values in 269—77 statistics 319—20 Dhabihi-Muqaddam, Sirus 281, 285 Die Tageszeitung 152 directory of Bahá’í agencies 321—27 Dolgorukov, Dmitri Ivanovich See Russia, history OfBahá’í community Dominica 120 Dominican Republic 82, 140 Downer, Alexander 151 dpa 152 Dunbar, Hooper 46, 329 E East Leeward Islands 82, 87 Eastern Caroline Islands 97 Ecuador 81,119,321 education, moral 79—:81 Edwards, Julius 54 Effendi, Shoghi 310 El Salvador 76, 99, 140 Encyclopaedia Britannica 8 England 93 environment See Bahá’í International Community, Office Of the Environment Equatorial Guinea 103 Eritrea 43, 82 Ethiopia 76, 117 European Bahá’í Business F orum (EBBF) 71, 104, 142, 143, 326 European Bahá’í Youth Council 136, 327 European Task F orce for Women 87 European Union (EU) 145, 146, 246 European Parliament 246 Evoghli, Arsham 95 Expo 2000, Hannover 143
F Faroe Islands 88 Fatheazam, Hushmand 46
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Fattakhov, Shamil 146
Fiji 7, 103,112,324
Finland 80, 88, 245
F innbogadéttir, Vigdis 245
First World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth 137
Fisher, Helen 233—35, 247
F itzgerald, Michael 329
F orgeur-Henkart, Martha 1 17
Four Year Plan 30—33, 49—52, 107
Fozdar, Jamshed and Parvati 57
France 88, 93, 115, 121, 123—24, 325, 326
F rankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 152
French Guiana 94
Fukuyama, Francis 231—33, 235
FUNDAEC (the F oundation for the Application and Teaching of the Sciences) 243
Furfitan, ‘Ali-Akbar See Hands of the Cause of God
G Gabon 83 Gambia 85 Gandhi, Indira 245 Gemayel, H. E. Amine 75 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 259 Georgia 43, 93, 112 German Templer Colony 339 Germany 69,101,116,121,128,140, 143, 154, 239, 322, 324, 326 Ghana 94, 141, 322 Globe and Mail (Toronto) 152 glossary of Bahá’í terms 337—42 God relationship to humanity 267 Golmohammadi, Rouhollah 306—07 Grameen Bank 242 Greece 86, 93, 115 Green Acre Bahá’í School 91 Greenland 117 Greenleaf, Robert K. 240 Grinevskaya, Isabella Bab: Dramaticheskaya poema i2 istorii Persii 170—72
346
Bekha-ulla: Poema tragediia v stikhakh iz istorz'i Persiz‘ 170 Travels to the Land of the Sun 172—73 See also Russia, history of Bahá’í community Grossmann, Hartmut 52 Guadeloupe 97 Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith See Shoghi Effendi Guardianship 12 Guatemala 82, 140 Guinea 54, 55, 118 Guinea-Bissau 100 Gulpéygéni, Mirzá Abu’l-Fadl 162, 167 Guyana 70, 78, 142 Gypsy peoples See Romani peoples H Haake, Violette 52 Haiti 97, 119 Hands Ofthe Cause of God 12, 44, 339 Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih @émum 34,44, 51, 55, 107, 129, 337 Furfitan, ‘Ali-Akbar 34, 44, 51 Muhájir, Rahmatullah 55 Varqé, ‘Ali—Muhammad 44, 51, 56 “Happy Hippo Show, The” 142, 145—50 See also Royaumont Process Hatcher, William 75, 128, 330 Hautz, Larry 307 Hawaii 88, 96, 322 Health for Humanity 327 Hebrew University of J erusalem 74, 140 Chair of Bahá’í Studies 35 Helgesen, Sally 233—35 Hercus, Dame Ann 101 Herzog, Roman 128 Heyzer, Noeleen 230, 239, 246 Honduras 100, 142,253 Hong Kong 114,324,327 Hong Kong Bahá’í Professional Forum 327 House OfWOrship, Ashgabat 158, 161 , 162—65
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Houses of Worship 14 human rights 88—89 Hungary 94, 116, 140, 146, 150 Huqfiqu’lláh 51, 108, 340 Husayn-‘Ali, Mirzá See Bahá’u’lláh I Iceland 88, 108 India 81, 85,98,101,107,140,152, 238—39, 322,324 indigenous peoples 89—93 individualism 264 International Bahá’í Archives 11, 63 Archives Extension 64 International Bahá’í Convention 32—33, 39—47, 50, 59, 140 consultation in 32—33, 42 participation by indigenous believers in 42 International Children’s Day 103 International Council of Women (ICW) 87, 140 International Development Research Centre (IDRC) 269 International Environment F orum 327 International Herald Tribune 152 International Labour Organization 246 International Monetary Fund 259 International Teaching Centre 33-34, 50—52, 63, 65—66, 340 International Women’s Day 85, 87, 101, 114 involvement in the life of society 99-105 interfaith activities 100—02 Iran 89, 96, 115, 256 situation of the Bahá’í community in 17, 44, 135, 151~54, 279—86, 287—93 [ran Times 152, 153 Ireland 87,96,115,121,126,154 Israel 140, 326 Italy 88, 92, 93, 322, 324 J Jamaica 54, 81 Japan 79, 110,322,324
J avaheri, Firaydoun 52 Jerusalem Post 152 justice 22, 265
K
Kashifi-Najafabadi, Hidayat 281, 285
Kazakhstan 93, 108
Kazemzadeh, Firuz 109
Kenya 69,79, 84,94,95, 101,321,324
Khachatryan, Armen 40
Khádem-Missagh, Bijan 95
Khan, Peter 46
Khurshz’d—i-Khdvar (Sun of the East) 164, 182
King, Lauretta 52
Kiribati 108
Kitáb-i-Ahd 168
Kitáb-i-Aqdas 109, 168
Klenke, Karin 232, 234, 235, 239
Klestil, Thomas 96
Knight of Bahá’u’lláh 340
Korea 140, 324
Kyrgyzstan 43, 93
L La Croix 152 “La Nuit de l’espoir” See Anniversaries, celebrations in France Lan, David 114 Landegg Academy 77, 327 Laos 82, 108 Lészlc'), Andréz 128 Latin American Master’s Program in Social Development 250 Latvia 78 LeMond8115,152, 153 League of Nations 258 Lebanon 324 Lesotho 108 Libération 152 Liberia 31, 53—55, 81, 103 Lincoln, Joan 52 Local Spiritual Assembly 222 Locke, Kevin 94 Louis Gregory Institute 91
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Ludher, Lee Lee 43 Luxembourg 98, 140, 142
M
MacArthur Foundation 136
Macau 97
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of 78, 142, 146, 150
Madagascar 118
Madjzoub, Tahereh 307
Magee, Edith 129
Mahmoudi, Hoda 80
Mainz Dialogue 101
Malawi 87, 111
Malaysia 57—58, 70, 71, 102,107, 109, 110, 113, 322, 324
Mali 85
Malietoa, His Highness Tanumafili 1145
Malietoa, Princess Susuga To’oa Tosi 45
Malta 152
Mandela, Nelson 101
Manifestations of God 13
Mann, Thomas 121
Mariana Islands 83, 96, 98
Marie, Queen, of Romania 78
Marshall Islands 111
Martens, Ethel 308
Martin, Douglas 46
Martin, Mary Elizabeth 308—09
Martinique 97
Masaryk, Tomés Garigue 56
materialism 256
Maude, Roderic and Derwent 332
Mauritius 86, 105, 113
May Maxwell 122, 128
Mahmfid-i-Zarqání, Mirzá 330
Mayor, Federico 154
McAleese, Mary 127, 245
McKinley, Hugh 309
Meir, Golda 245
Methodist Church 127
Mexico 87, 97, 98
minorities, protection of 299—302
Mitchell, Glenford 46
Moani, Hedi 310
Mogae, Fetes 79 Mohajer, Payman 52 Mohamad, Mahathir 1 13 Moldova 43, 94, 119 Momen, Moojan 331 Momsen, Janet 230 Monadjem, Shapoor 52 Mongolia 7, 43, 96, 142 Montessori schools 102 Montreal Gazette 152 Monument Gardens 341 Morelli, Anne 128 Mottahedeh Development Services 327 Moucho, Jose 310 Mount Carmel 341 Bahá’í projects on 59—66 Mozambique 118 Muhammad-Taqi, Haj i Mirzá 161 Museveni,Y0weri 113 Myanmar 79
N
Nésiri’d-Din Shé1h 166
Nadji, Ali-Akbar 31 1
Nakhjavéni, ‘Ali-Akbar 172, 174, 175
Nakhjavéni, ‘Ali 46
Namibia 69, 115
Nantais-Bourdeau, Sylvie 331
Naqvi,A11ama Siyyid Kifayat Hussain 109
nation state, development of 195—97, 266
National Spiritual Assemblies, establishment of 53—58
Nepal 118, 120
Netherlands 88, 113, 114, 324,326
New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands 120
New Yark Times 153, 293
New Zealand 88,90, 102, 140, 322
Nicaragua 81
Nicholas 1, Tsar of Russia 159
Niderost, Heather 331
Niger 85
Nigeria 76,323,324
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Nineteen Day F east 221, 341 non-governmental codes of conduct 195 , 201-11 compared to Bahá’í teachings 212—27 Northern Ireland 104 Norway 89, 95, 116, 141, 154, 245, 325 NL’lr University 24954
O
O’Brien, Philip 311
Obituaries 305—16
“On the Wings of Words” literacy project 70, 142
One Country 141
oneness of humanity 257—58
Open University See Bahá’í Institute for Higher Ed ucation
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 246
Oslo Conference on Freedom ofReligion 0r Belief 89, 135, 141
Ottoman Empire 122
P Pakistan 98, 109, 325 Panama 96, 140 Papua New Guinea 76, 83 Paraguay 88, 253 Parks, Rosa 91 Parliament of World Religions 261 peace 9, 17 Lesser Peace 340 Perkins, Mary 332 Perén, Isabel 245 Peru 92, 239, 244 Philippines 89, 114, 322, 325 physical sciences, Changes in 261 pioneer 341 Pishrow, Hassan 312 Poland 96, 325 Pollitt, Katha 232-33, 235 Popov, Linda Kavelin and Dan 80 Portugal 88,93, 94,97, 136,325 poverty 260 Promise of World Peace, The 17, 195, 220
Promoting Positive Messages through the Media See Royaumont Process Prosperity ofHumankz'nd, The 18, 1 12, 194, 216, 217 Puerto Rico 119, 323 Q 1 Qudsi, Husayn Big 183 ‘ R race unity 89—93, 260 Rawhani,Ruhu’llah 89,135, 151, 280, 288, 312 reading list ofbasic Bahá’í books 333~35 religious prejudice 261 Rene, Sarah 46 Reunion Island 94 Reuters 152 Riḍván 342 Robarts, Geraldine 94 Robinson, Mary 133, 151, 245 Rogers, Otto Donald 52 Roman Catholic Church 127 Romani peoples 92 Romania 94,95, 101, 142, 146, 150,325 Roohizadegan, Olya 115 Root, Martha 56 Rosenberg, Ethel Jenner 125 Roumeliotis, Panagiotis 146 Rowley, John 230 Royaumont Process See also “Happy Hippo Show” ; 145~50 3 Ruaha Secondary School, Tanzania 119 ‘ Ruhe-Schoen, Janet 330 Rushdy, Gamal 312 Russia 80, 88,93, 108, 112, 146, 323, 325 communist revolution 164, 177—81 history of Bahá’í community 15 7-92 Dolgorukov, Dmitri Ivanovich 158,159,169,176 legal registration of 190 persecution by Soviet authorities 180~87 1 social and economic development 1 in 164—65 ‘
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TH_E BAHAJ WORLD
Tolstoy, Leo 172, 173—76 Turgenev, Ivan 173 mentioned in the Bahá’í writings 176—80 Russian scholars of the Bahá’í Faith Dom, J ohann Albrecht Bernhard 168 Gamazov, M. 167, 170 Ivanov, Mikhail S. 169 Kazem-Big, Mirza Alexandr 166, 170 Rosen, Baron Viktor Romanovich 162, 167 Tumanskii, Alexander 162, 167, 170 Zhukovski, VA. 168 Rwanda 106
S
Sabah 31, 53, 57, 70, 111, 113
Samandari-Ḥakím, Christine 128
Santitham School 142
850 Tomé and Principe 43, 82
Sarawak 31,53, 57—58, 82,96
Sargent, John 313
Scandinavia 245
Schechter, Fred 52
scholarship 72—75 Bahá’í Chair for World Peace 74—75 Chair in Bahá’í Studies 74 publications of 72—73
Schwerin, Kimiko 52
science and technology 261—62
Scotland 97
Semple, Ian 46
Senegal 83, 85, 99
Seychelles 120
Sharon, Moshe See Bahá’í Studies, Chair in, He brew University of Jerusalem
Shoghi Effendi 10—12, 16, 331, 342 writings of 176—80, 184, 190, 335
Sici1y43,110,111
Sierra Leone 99
Sikh Conclave of Spiritual Leaders 101-02
Singapore 110, 116, 323
Singh, H. E. Karan 75
Sixth International Conference on Moral and Ethical Principles in a Social Market Economy 104
Slovakia 31, 53, 55—56
Slovenia 78, 116, 146, 150
Slovenia and Croatia 43
Soamsawali, Princess of Thailand 110
social and economic development See development
Solomon Islands 83
Soltani, Ferdosieh 313
South Africa 87, 93, 101
South Korea 104
Southeastern Europe 145—50
Soviet Union See Russia
Spain 73, 92, 93, 140,323,325
Spiritual Assembly, Local 220, 227, 341
Spiritual Assembly, National 220, 341
Spiritual Assembly, Regional 341
Sri Lanka 83,97, 112, 245
St.He1ena 110, 111
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 108
Statesman 153
statistics of the Bahá’í world community 317~20
Stevenson, Joy 52
Sudan 97, 117
Sunday T elegraph 152
Suriname 94
Swaziland 79
Sweden 71, 96, 97, 98, 245, 325,327
Switzerland 77, 88, 322,326,327
Sydney Morning Herald 152
T
Tablet 342
Taherzadeh, Adib 46
Taiwan 86, 87,325,326
Tajikistan 43, 93
Tanzania 99, 119, 141
teaching the Bahá’í Faith 18, 117—20 Tehran Times 152
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Thailand 77, 87, 110, 140, 142 Thatcher, Margaret 245 Thomas, June Manning 331 Theresen, Lasse 95, 96, 116, 332 Thornburgh-Cropper, Mary Virginia 125 Tibet 118 Times, The of London 153 Tofa’ahau Tupou IV 1 14 Togo 85 Tolstoy, Leo
See Russia, history of Bahá’í com munity
Tonga 82,111,114 “Traditional Media as Change Agent” 84 training institutes 31, 34, 56, 58, 81—83 Trinidad and Tobago 85, 87, 99, 111,323 True, Peggy 314 Tubman, William V. S. 54 Tunisia 138, 295 Turkey 86, 89, 105, 146, 152 Turkish-Greek Women’s Peace Initiative
(WINPEACE) 85—86 Turning Pointfor All Nations 18 Tuvalu 83
U Uganda 85, 86, 92, 113, 141, 152, 325 Ukraine 140 United Kingdom 121, 124—28, 322, 325, 327 Bahá’í community of 124—27 early Bahá’ís 125 United Nations 15, 31, 88,246, 247, 258, 259 Charter of 265 Commission on Human Rights 134, 151, 259 Commission on the Status of Women 137, 295 fiftieth anniversary of 18 F ourth World Conference on Women 137 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 293 Millennium Forum, Summit, and Assembly 138
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Third World Youth Forum of the United Nations System 97, 136 UNESCO Business Forum on Enterprise, Human Development and Culture 71 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 132, 137,295 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 84, 230, 239, 295 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 132, 139 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 154, 237, 238 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development 86 Universal Declaration of Human Rights fiftieth anniversary of 88, 133 World Health Organization 295 World Summit for Social Development 17 United Press International 152 United States 69, 74, 90, 91, 97, 107, 109,118,140,146,151,154,229, 233, 245, 325, 326, 327 unity Bahá’í community model of 217-27 dimensions of, for emerging global order 1934227 unity of mankind 23 as prerequisite for material advancement 264—65 Universal House of Justice 8, 12, 329, 342 election Of39~47 establishment of 39 messages Of29~35, 46 View on equality of women and men 231 Uruguay 79, 140 Uteem, Cassam 105, 113 Uzbekistan 43, 93
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van den Hoonaard, Will 130
Vanuatu 112
Varqé, ‘Ali-Muhammad See Hands of the Cause of God
Venezuela 98, 323
Vienna, University of 140
Virgin Islands 106, 112
Virtues Guide 80
Vision TV 107
Vuyiya, Peter 314
W Wade, John 314 Walker, Penelope 46, 52 Washington Post 153 WestAustralian 152 West Leeward Islands 110, 111 ’ Western Caroline Islands 78 Western Samoa 7, 102 Whitehead, 0. Z. 315 Who Is Writing the Future? 34, 140, 194, 213, 255-68 women 7 equality of 260 health of 295—97
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See also Bahá’í International Community, Office for the Advancement of Women
World Bank 135, 136, 259
World Community F oundation 327
World Development Report 2001 136
World Economic Forum 21 1
World Faiths and Development Dialogue 135—36, 269, 276
World Religion Day 105
World War 11 258,259
Y
Yad Vashem award 1 17
youth 96—98 youth workshops 7
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 145, 146, 150
Yunus, Muhammad 242
Z Zahrai, Rúḥíyyih 315 Zambia 8, 40, 89, 98, 141 Zimbabwe 78, 84, 140 ZIPOPO
See “Happy Hippo Show”
n just over one hundred years, the Bahá’í Faith has grown from Ian obscure movement in the Middle East to the second-most widespread of the independent world religions. Embracing people from more than 2,100 ethnic, racial, and tribal groups, it is quite likely the most diverse organized body of people on the planet today. Its unity challengestprevailing theory about human nature and the prospects for our common future.
The Faith’s central message is that of unity. Its Founder, Baha’u’llah, teaches that there is only one God, that there is only one human race, and that all the world’s religions have been stages in the revelation of God’s purpose for humankind. Today, hunianity has collectively come of age: “The earth is but one country,” Baha’u’llah asserts, “and mankind its citizens.” The emergence of the Bahá’í community offers persuasive evidence that the human race, in all its diversity, can learn to live and work as a single people in its planetary homeland.
The Bahá’í World is the principal public record of the community’s growth and development. The volumes reproduce major documents and provide statistical data and other detailed information on the Bahá’í Faith’s wide-ranging program of activities, which are illustrated by many photographs and Charts. In-depth articles focus on major areas of Bahá’í concern.
For the serious researcher and the general student alike, the dramatic growth of the Bahá’í Faith raises new and interesting questions about the role of religion in social development. The Bahá’í World is designed primarily to help answer these questions. _
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