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The Baha'i Faith is the youngest of the world’s independent monotheistic
religions. Founded in Iran in 1844, it now has more than 5 million
adherents in 236 countries and territories.
Baha'is come from nearly every national, ethnic and religious background,
making the Baha'i Faith the second-most widespread religion in the
world.
Baha'is view all the world's major religions as a part of a single,
progressive process through which God reveals His will to humanity.
The Founder of the Baha'i Faith, Baha'u'llah (1817-1892), is recognized
as the most recent in a line of Divine Messengers that stretches
back beyond recorded time and includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster,
Christ and Muhammad.
The central theme of Baha'u'llah's message is that humanity is one
single race and that the day has come for humanity’s unification
into one global society. While reaffirming the core ethical principles
common to all religions, Baha'u'llah also revealed new laws and
teachings to lay the foundations of a global civilization. “A new
life,” Baha'u'llah declares, “is, in this age, stirring within all
the peoples of the earth.”
The worldwide Baha'i community, composed of people from virtually
every racial, ethnic and religious background, is working to give
practical expression to Baha'u'llah’s vision of world unity.
We invite you to learn more about the Baha'i Faith and benefit
from the spirtual and practical insights found in the Revelation
of Baha'u'llah, God's message for humanity in this day.
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