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The Bahá’í World Volume 29

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A ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 9—12, 109, 268, 275, 299, 301, 303, 304 passing of 304 Will and Testament of 304 writings and utterances of 25—30, 50, 66, 74, 83, 147, 153—54, 158, 159, 182, 184—86, 189—90, 213—14, 215—16, 223, 229—30, 249, 296 Adams, Mohamed 51 Adelman, Howard 177 advancement of women 33, 50—53, 117, 120, 122—24, 219—27, 24952 Advancement of Women: A Bahá’í' Perspective 52 Afnan, Elham 175 Agenda 21 71, 229, 230, 231, 232 Ahderom, Techeste 88, 92—93, 243 Aiff, Martin 267 Ajami, Fouad 206 ‘Alá’í, Diane 89 Ala’i, Najmieh 268 Albright, Madeleine 135 Ali Khan, Ustad Amjad 97 Ali, Muhammad Ashraf 77 All India Radio 68 All Party Parliamentary Friends of the Bahá’ís 134 Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) 185,231,239 Always Be Tolerant Organization (ABETO) 70 Amanat, Hossein 189 Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih @émum See Hands of the Cause of God American Jewish Committee 140 Amor, Abdelfattah 133, 138, 140, 254 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 68, 193 Angola 68 Annan, Kofi 64, 88, 91, 92, 245

Antenne Lumiére 59

Arbab Correa, Haleh 100

Are 32, 300, 303 See also Bahá’í World Centre

Archbishop of Canterbury 124

Area Growth Programs 83

Argentina 80, 281, 283

arts 55, 62—66

Arturo, Lawrence 89, 91

Associations for Bahá’í Studies 28183

Association for World Education 141

Association médicale bahé’ie 286

Atkinson, Robert 145

Aum Shinri Kyo 204

Australia 59, 62, 63, 64, 127, 133, 137, 140, 281, 283

Australian Agency for lntemational Development (AusAID) 58

Australian High Commission 221

Australia, National Gallery of 63

Austria 120, 127, 269

Auxiliary Boards 41—47, 111, 198, 300

conference of 38, 4147

B Báb, the 8, 11,72, 112, 175, 182, 188, 300, 304 Shrine of11,108,109,111—13, 127, 177, 181—82, 187—88, 268, 303, 304 Terraces Of the Shrine of 32, 11014, 175—90 writings of 175, 296 Bábi religion 9 Bahá’í Association for the Arts 286 Bahá’í community 13—18 Bahá’í Computer and Communications Association (BCCA) 286 Bahá’í Era 300 See also Bahá’í Faith, ages of Bahá’í Esperanto League 286

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Bahá’í Faith administrative order of 11—13, 36, 299, 301—02, 304 ages of 34, 38, 48 aims of 15, 18 history of 8—11, 13 holy days 302 involvement in the life of society 70—74 laws and moral teachings 14 reading list of basic Bahá’í books 295—97 spiritual and moral teachings of 13—15 statistics of the Bahá’í world community 277—80 teaching the Bahá’í Faith 18, 8385 Bahá’í Health Agency 286 Bahá’í, Husnieh 268 Bahá’í International Community 8, 15, 17, 34, 67, 71—72, 74, 8890, 98, 116—17,119—29, 173, 214, 230, 251, 260, 269, 300 Geneva Office 286 Office for the Advancement of Women 15, 120, 122—24, 286, 300 Office of the Environment 15, 120, 124—25, 286, 300 Office of Public Information 15, 113, 119, 126—129, 286, 300 Paris Office 128, 287 statements of 229—64 United Nations Office 15, 88, 97, 119—20, 125, 286, 300 Bahá’í Justice Society 287 Bahá’í Medical Association of Canada 287 Bahá’í Office of the Environment for Taiwan 287 Bahá’í Publishing Trusts 283—86 Bahá’í World Centre 10, 11, 32, 4147, 109—14, 268, 271, 274,

301—03 Office of Social and Economic Development 33, 274 Visitorsto 114, 126—27 Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS) 116—17 Bahá’í World Web site 33, 116—18, 127 Bahamas 80 Bahá’u’lláh 9—10, 14, 17,32, 109, 168, 300, 301, 303—04 Shrine of 113, 189,268, 301,304 writings of 21—25, 53, 56, 62, 65, 74, 78, 99, 146, 154, 157, 159, 167,171,181,182—83,191, 235, 237, 238, 241, 252, 261, 262, 263, 264, 295, 296 Bahjí 301 Mansion of 113, 301 Visitors’ Center 32, 113 Banani, Amin 105 Bangladesh 83 Barbados 172 Barli Development Institute for Rural Women (BDIRW) 22027 BBC 58 Beeby, Thomas 187 Belarus 75 Belgium 127,271,283 Bellamy, Carol 64 Benin 275 Berdjis, Massoud 269 Bolivia 7, 55, 61, 72, 80, 98 Bosnia-Herzegovina 61, 172 Botswana 52 Boyd, Russell 65 B0yles,Ann 201 Braithwaite, Helena 65 Brazil 60,61, 74, 125, 140, 269, 274, 281, 283 Peace Monument in 74, 125 Bremer, Paul 205, 207, 210 Brown, Joanne Marie Salas 53

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Bulgaria 128 Burkina Faso 82

C

Calendar, Bahá’í 301

Cambodia 57, 172

Cameroon 60, 274, 281, 284

Canada 54—55, 59, 79, 107, 127, 137, 140, 197, 268, 276, 282

Canadian High Commission 221

Canadian International Development ,Agency(CHILA) 98,221

Canary Islands 76

Caribbean islands 80

Centre for the Study of the Texts 109, 110, 189

Century quz'g/zt 35, 133, 148, 169, 212, 214, 216, 289

Chad 59

Chair for Bahá’í Studies 103, 105

@ihriq 112

Children’s Theater Company 64

Chile 79, 80, 120, 127, 281

China 127, 204

Clinton, William 135

Clinton, Hillary 64

CNN 72

Codification of‘the Law of Huqdqu ’lláh, A 35

Collins, William 76

Colloquium on Science, Religion, and Development 95—100

Colombia 7, 81, 98, 100, 172, 192, 281

Commitment to Global Peace See Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, Declaration of

community development 74—78

Congo, Democratic Republic of 42, 84—85, 192

Congo Republic 85

Constantinescu, Emil 61

Constantinescu, Fori 61 Continental Counsellors 37—38, 4147, 111, 195, 197—99, 300, 301 conference of 38, 46—47 Conventions, Bahá’í 302 Copithorne, Maurice 138, 140, 255 Céte d’Ivoire 67, 270, 284 culture conservatism and dynamism in 145—73 evolution of 154—60 globalization of 149, 152 historical development of 149 ritual in 150 role of religion in 16&67, 170 Czech Republic 127

D

Danesh, Hossain 104, 105, 107 Darwin, Charles 160 Dawn-Breakers, The 11 Dawson, Patrick 66

de Araujo, Victor 269—70

de Vila, Tito H02 72

Denmark 107 D_habihi-Muqaddam, Sirfis 138 Dominica 68

Dominican Republic 79 Dorzhieva, Oxanna 57

Drake, CJM 202 Dugal-Gujral, Bani 91, 97

E

Earth Charter 125

Earth Summit see United Nations, Conference for Environment and Development

Ecuador 79, 80, 196—97, 282

education 55, 59—62, 80, 81

Education for Peace project 172

Education for Justice Project 60

Egypt 121, 257, 270, 273

situation of the Bahá’í community

in 121, 138, 257—60

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Eiyo, Judith 70

El Salvador 79—80

Encyclopedia Britannica 8

environment 185—87, 224

Equal Wings program 50—52

Erikson, Erik 165—66

concept of identity 165

Eritrea 272

Esfahani, Habib 270

Eshetu, Fisseha 61—62

ethic,g10bal 168

Ethiopia 7, 51, 61, 120, 127, 272

European Bahá’í Business F orurn 72, 125, 287

European Bahá’í Youth Council 72, 125, 287

European Public Information Bulletin 128

European Public Information Management Seminar 128

European Union 128, 134

Expo 2000 71

F

F emandez—Scarberry, Arthur 54

fifth epoch See Bahá’í Faith, ages of

Fiji 63, 80,284

Finland 271

Five Year Plan 37, 46, 195

Flores, Jayne 53

Formative Age See Bahá’í Faith, ages of

F oundation for the Application and Teaching of the Sciences (FUNDAEC) 100, 172

Four Year Plan 31—34, 38, 195, 198

F ozdar, John 75

France 126, 271

Fun'ltan, ‘Ali-Akbar See Hands of the Cause of God

G gardens and ecology 185—87 and mystical experience 181—83,

187—88 as a model for development 18890 as images of paradise 176—78 Garden Of Eden 176—78 Gethsemane 178 hanging gardens of Babylon 177 as represented in the Bahá’í writings 182, 187—88, 189—90 as utopia 178—81 beauty of 184—85 influence on city planning 179—81 Gates, Rose 270 Georgia, Republic of 127 German Templer Colony 188 Germany 71, 127, 134,267, 269, 271, 282, 284 Ghana 52, 275, 282 glossary of Bahá’í terms 299—304 God Passes By 11 Golden Age See Bahá’í Faith, Ages of Greenspan, Louis 177 Grimsson, Olafur Ragnar 73 Guadeloupe 268 Guam 52 Guam, University of 53 Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith See Shoghi Effendi Guardianship 12 Gudmundsson, Vilhjalmur 73 Guyana 79

H Habitat II 87, 230 Haghighi, Kiumars 106 Hague Appeal for Peace 245 Haifa Tourist Board 114, 127 Haines, Alice 65 Hamadani, SM Waris 76 Hands of the Cause of God 12, 44, 300, 301, 302 Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum

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274, 299 Furt'ltan, ‘Ali-Akbar 45, 46, 111 Muhájir, Rahmatu’lláh 220 Mfllschlegel, Adelbert 269 Olinga, Enoch 274 Robarts, John 272 Varqél, ‘Ali-Muhammad 44, 111 Happy Hippo Show, The 33, 78 See also Royaumont Process Harald V, King (of Norway) 68 Hawaiian Islands 78, 80, 282 Health for Humanity 287 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the 103—05 Helen Maxwell Gallery 63 Historic Age See Bahá’í Faith, ages of Honduras 61 Hong Kong 284 Hong Kong Bahá’í Professional Forum 287 Hope for the Heart literacy project 172 Houses of Worship, Bahá’í 15 in India 73—74, 96, 97 in Panama 68 Howard, Ebenezer 180 human rights 117, 120—22, 125 Human Rights Educatian Newsletter 122 Hungary 127 Huququ’lláh 269, 302 Huxley,A1dous 179

I

Iceland 73

Importance ofobligatory Prayer and Fasting, The 35

India 56, 68, 70, 73—74, 96, 97, 98, 127, 172, 197, 204, 219—27, 282, 284

indigenous peoples 53—55, 61, 84

Indonesia 60 Institute for Studies in Global

Prosperity 95, 96,98, 101, 129 Institution of the Counsellors, The 35 International Advisory Council of Religious and Spiritual Leaders 239—40 International Association for Religious Freedom 141 International Bahá’í Archives 11, 109, 189, 268 International Bahá’í Library Web site 117 International Bill of Human Rights 133 International Conference on Modern Religions 103—07 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 173, 261 International Day of Prayer for World Peace 67—68 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People 54 International Environment F orum 287 International Monetary F und 124, 169, 246 International Teaching Centre 35, 37—38, 41, 44, 302 building 40, 110—11, 189 inauguration of 37, 41—47, 111 International Women’s Day 51, 52, 224 lntemational Year of the Family 60 interreligious dialogue 34, 66—70, 103—07 Iran 33, 121, 182, 188, 253,268, 269, 271, 274 situation of the Bahá’í community in 17, 33, 121, 131-41, 253—56 Iráq 271 Ireland 66, 67, 127, 137, 140 Israel 107, 126, 127,207,268 Israel Postal Authority 1 14

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Italy 77, 120, 121, 127, 128, 272, 284

J

Japan 204, 282, 284

JaVid, Shahin 73

Jihad vs. MC World 152

Johnson, Kirk 53

Johnston,Janice 66

Jordan 64

Jung, CG 155, 163—65 archetypes 155

K

Kallingal,George 53

Kamien, Anita 106

Kapoor,Vijai 96

Kéghifi-Najafébédi, Hidéyat 138

Kazakhstan 61

Kenya 52, 71, 120, 274, 282, 284

Khádem, Mojgan 64~65

Khatami, Mohammad 134

Qulfisi, Manfiflihr 131—32, 138

King David String Ensemble, the 106

Kiribati 44, 80

Kitáb-i-Aqdas 14, 33, 76, 76—78, 302, 303, 304

Kitáb-i-1qém 269

Knight of Bahá’u’lláh 270, 275, 276, 302

Korea 284

Kosovo 128

Kouchner, Bernard 128

Krier, Leon 180

Kiing, Hans 134, 168

L

Lafe,Tiki 75

Lambden, Stephen 105

Landegg Academy 104—05, 172, 271, 287

Laos 81

Laqueur, Walter 201, 204

Laszlo, Ervin 167

Latvia 127

Lebanon 271, 284

Letters of the Living 182

Levy, Sandra 65

Library of Congress 76

Lincoln, Albert 90, 235

Local Spiritual Assembly See Spiritual Assembly, Local

Ludher, Lee Lee Loh 52, 81

Luff, Peter 134

Luxembourg 271

Lyons, Susan 55

M

Macedonia 78

Magidor, Menachem 104—05

Méh-Kfi 112, 175, 188

Malawi 61

Malaysia 50, 52, 75, 282, 284

Maneck, Susan 105

Manifestations of God 8—10, 13

Mariana Islands 80

Marshall Islands 80

Marshall, Katherine 97, 97—98

Martel, Pat 55

Matembe, Miria 70

Mauritius 67

Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation 67

McGilligan, James 226

McGilligan, Janak Palta 223, 226

Mesbah, ‘Abdu’lláh 270—71

Millennium Assembly, Young People’s 245

Millennium Dome 72

Millennium Forum of NGOS See United Nations, Millennium Forum of NGOS

Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders 36—37, 67, 87, 89—91, 125, 129, 212, 232, 235

Millennium Summit of World

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Leaders. See United Nations, Millennium Summit of World Leaders Mirzá ‘Ali-Muhammad See the Báb Mirzá Husayn-‘Ali See Bahá’u’lláh Mongolia 84 Monument Gardens 112, 303 moral education 33, 35, 60, 61, 194 More, Thomas 179 Utopia 179 Morgan, Denver 65—66 Morocco 271 Mom's, William 179, 185 Mottahedeh Development Services 221, 287 Mount Carmel 175, 186, 301, 303 Bahá’í projects on 109~14 Murdoch, Simon 63

N

Namdar, Feizollah 271

Namibia 52, 127,267

Né$iri’d-Din Shah 300

Nasirizédih, ‘Ata’u’lláh Hamid 138

National Spiritual Assembly See Spiritual Assembly, National

Nasser, Gama] Abdel 257-—58

Nepal 98, 127

Netherlands 97, 284

Netzer, Ammon 107

New Era Development Institute 172

New Era Foundation 221

New Zealand 59, 63, 127, 268, 282

New Zealand Official Development Assistance (NZODA) 58—59

Nicobar Islands, see Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Niger 52, 285

Nigeria 127, 283, 285

Nineteen Day Feast 303

Noor, Queen (of Jordan) 64

Norway 68—70, 73, 127, 134, 140,

285 Commission on Human Values 69 Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) 74, 221 Nfir University 72

O

Odemyr, Hans 271—72

Olmert, Ehud 104—05

One Country 117, 120, 128—29 Web site 117, 128

Opik, Lembit 134

P

Pacific Daily News 53

Pakistan 77, 79,285

Palmer, Martin 185

Panama 68, 82, 127

Pandeya, AN 66

Paraguay 79, 80

Parliament of the World’s Religions 168, 172, 231, 239

Payam-e—Doost 33

peace 17

Lesser Peace 36, 303

Perth International Arts Festival 64

Philippines 61, 282, 285

pioneer 303

Poe, Helen 76, 77

Poland 285

Portugal 285

Prince Philip, HRH the Duke Of Edinburgh 239

Pring, Martin 65

Promise of World Peace, The 17, 68, 210, 237

Prosperity ofHumankina’, The 18, 237, 239

Puerto Rico 283

Puri, DN 66

R

race unity 53—55, 261—64 Radio Bra'koss 59 Ra’fati, Vahid 105 RAGA Radio 84

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Regional Bahá’í Council 37, 304

Regional Spiritual Assembly See Spiritual Assembly, Regional

Riḍván 304

Riḍván—the New Dawn Oratorio 65

Robarts, Audrey 272

Robiati, Augusto 272—73

Robinson, Mary 133,261

Romania 61, 128,285

Roosta, Manijeh 72

Royaumont Process 61, 78, 128

RTCN 84

Ruhi Institute 82, 192, 196, 197

Russian Federation 7, 56, 83, 107, 127, 271, 283, 285

Rwanda 84

S

Sabri, Hassan Abdel—Fattah 273

Sahba, Fariborz 181

Salas Brown, Joanne Marie 53

Samoa 58

Samoan Nutrition Center 58

Samoan Television Corporation 58

Sant’Elia, Antonio 180

scholarship 77—78 religious 103—07

Schroeder, Gerhard 134

science and religion 99—100

Seoul International Conference of NGOS 245

Senegal 270

Serenades 64—65

Sesame Street 64

Shah, Ramnik 73

Sharon, Moshe 104, 105

Shieh,Thomas 53

Shoghi Effendi 10—11, 12, 109, 116, 147, 156, 213, 268, 275, 299, 300, 301, 302, 304

writings of 16, 115, 152, 158, 160,

170, 183, 187—88, 189, 216—17, 297

Shpakovskaya,Agata 75

Sicily 77

Sierra Leone 7, 51

Simon Wiesenthal Center 140

Singapore 127, 283

Singh, Choudhary Randhir 68

Slovenia 127

social and economic development 33, 56—59, 117, 194, 219—27

spiritual perspective in 95—101, 229—33 statistics 279

Solomon Islands 59

Soltani, Fatollah 273—74

Sorabjee, Zena 73, 97

South Africa 52, 61, 107, 172, 270, 275, 285

Spain 76, 283, 285

Spirit Run 53, 54

Spiritual Assembly, Local 13, 195, 303

Spiritual Assembly, National 12, 33, 75,121,122, 303

Spiritual Assembly, Regional 13, 304

Sri Lanka 69, 98

St. Lucia 268

State Bahá’í Council 304

Stolberg, Jens 73

Strandlie Thoresen, Britt 69

study circles. See training institutas

Swaminathan, MS 100

Sweden 107, 272, 285

Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) 221

Swindon Twelve t0 Eighteen Program (STEP) 57

Switzerland 71—72, 104, 107, 120, 121,125, 135,172, 269, 270, 271, 282

T

Tablet 304

Tablets Of the Divine Plan 10 Ta’i, Benham 97

Taiwan 285

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Taj Mahal 73 Tanyi, David 274 Tanzania 52, 129,273 Ten Year Crusade (1953—1963) 302, 305 See also Knight of Bahá’u’lláh terrorism 201—17 and Islamic fundamentalism 20607 causes of 203—04, 208 history and development of 20408 response to 209—12 role of religion in combating 21314, 215—17 Thailand 68, 107, 120 Theatrical Youth of Macedonia 78 Toki, Leba 63—64 Tbgo 275 Tonga 78 training institutes 81—82, 192—99 Tranquility Zones 58, 73, 198 Trinidad and Tobago 283 Turning Pointfor All Nations 18 Tuvalu 80

U Uganda 51, 52, 70, 273, 286 Ukraine 82, 12(k27 Unidad de [05 Pueblos school 55 United Kingdom 57—58, 66, 73, 107, 125, 126, 127, 134, 172, 180, 198, 269, 273, 282, 286 United Nations 15—16, 54, 60, 67, 70—71, 87—93, 119—25, 137—40, 243, 245—46, 250, 257, 269 Commission on Human Rights 134, 138, 139—40, 253 Commission on the Status of Women 123, 126, 249 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 126 Committee on the Rights of the Child 126, 139

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Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) 74, 87, 125, 229, 231, 245

Conference of Non-Govemmental Organizations (CONGO) 245

Conference on the State Of the World’s Children 64

Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 124, 126

Decade for Human Rights Education 120, 121—22

fiftieth anniversary of 18

Geneva 2000 Summit for Social Development 72

Human Rights Committee 126, 257, 259—260

International Labour Organization (ILO) 135

International Year for the Culture ofPeace 122

International Year of Peace 15

Millennium Forum ofNGOs 34, 36—37, 87, 88—89, 92, 125, 129, 212, 243417 Declaration of 88, 92, 244, 245—46

Millennium Summit of World Leaders 36—37, 87, 91—93, 125, 129, 212 Declaration of 91 presentation of the Millennium Forum to 243—47

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 58, 64, 79, 98, 120, 123—24, 126, 128, 221, 240

United Nations Development F und for Women (UNIFEM) 98, 120, 124, 125

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 98, 240

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 120, 126, 214

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 98, 100, 167, 214, 240

United Nations Environment Program 226

World Conference against Racism 54, 121, 133, 255

World Conference on Human Rights 87

World Conference on Religion and Peace 123

World Conference on Women 87

World Health Assembly 126

World Health Organization (WHO) 98, 120, 126

World Summit for Social Development 18, 87, 124

World Summit on Sustainable Development 229

United States 53, 54, 59, 64—65, 76, 107, 120, 127, 129, 135, 207, 269, 275, 286

Commission on Religious Freedom 135

Federal Bureau of Investigation 202

National Commission on Terrorism 205, 209

unity Bahá’í Vision of 169—70 in diversity 158—60 Unity College 62 Universal House Of Justice 8, 12, 31, 41, 46, 47, 79, 83, 111, 195—96, 220, 301, 302, 305

election of 303, 304

messages of 31—38, 44, 48, 93, 167, 194, 195, 210—13

Research Department of 271

Seat of 109, 189

Uruguay 68, 80

V

Vahedi, Farida 96

Vajdi, Táhirih K 220, 226

Vanuatu 195

Varqé, ‘Ali-Muhammad See Hands of the Cause of God

Varqa Foundation 79

Venezuela 61, 283

Virtues Project 59—60

Vishina Niketan Peace Center 69

W

Wales, National Chamber Orchestra of 65

“Wanita 2000” 50, 52

War 011 Want 221

Waradi, Akuila 63

Warren, Lally 52

Weinberg, Matthew 96, 100—01

White, Robin 63

Who 15 Writing the Future? 18, 33

Wilkinson, Paul 202, 203

Winckler, Bahíyyih Randall 274—75

Women and the Peace Process 52

World Bank 97, 98, 124, 169, 240, 246

World Development Report 2000/

2001 124

World Citizenship 122

World Civil Society Conference 245

World Community Foundation 221, 287

World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) 97, 124, 231, 237, 239

World F 00d Day 58

World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs 61

World Trade Organization 246

World Wide Web 115—18, 127

Wright, Robert 148—49, 155, 159, 170—71

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Y

Young Lions social project 5&57

Y0ung,Aden 65

youth 52, 54, 56—58, 77, 78—81,

196, 198

Bahá’í Youth Movement 79—80 conferences 79, 79~81 International Youth Congresses

79—80 workshops 78

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Youth Can Move the World project 79 Youth Leadership Project for the

Common Good 80 Yugoslavia 127

Z

Zakovitch, Yair 105

Zaire see Congo, Democratic Republic of

Zambia 52, 283

“zero-sum” and “non-zerO—sum” games 148—49

Zimbabwe 52, 61

Zinky, Kay 275

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In just over one hundred years, the Bahá’í Faith has grown from an 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 challenges prevailing 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, human ity 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 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 Baha” 1 concern.

For the serious researcher and the general student alike, the dramatic growth of the Baha’ i 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.

ISBN 0-85398-977—X (Hardcover) ISBN 0-85398-978-8 (Softcover)