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Baháʼí World Centre

May 15, 2023

For the buildings, see Baháʼí World Centre buildings.

The Baháʼí World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Baháʼí Faith,[1] representing sites in or near the cities of Acre and Haifa, Israel.

View towards the Shrine of the Báb from upper Terraces
The Baháʼí Arc from the International Archives building

Much of the international governance and coordination of the Baháʼí Faith occurs at the Baháʼí World Centre, including global teaching plans and study and translation of the Baháʼí holy writings. The Universal House of Justice, representing the supreme governing body of the Baháʼí Faith, resides in Haifa. The Baháʼí World Centre is also a major destination for religious tourism, and the current destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage, attracting annually about one million visitors.[2]

The location of the Baháʼí World Centre originated in Baháʼu'lláh's banishment and imprisonment to the fortress of Acre in 1868 by Ottoman authorities.[3][4]

Many of the locations at the Baháʼí World Centre, including the terraces and the Shrine of the Báb which constitute the north slope of Mount Carmel, were inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2008.[5]

History

 
Shrine of the Báb and the lower terraces at night

The location of the administrative centre was a result of a successive number of banishments and imprisonments of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith. Baháʼu'lláh was banished from Persia by Nasser al-Din Shah in 1853, at which time Baháʼu'lláh went to Baghdad in the Ottoman Empire.[6] Later he was exiled by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, at the behest of the Persian Shah, to territories further away from Iran and finally to Acre in Ottoman Syria in 1868.[7] Baháʼu'lláh lived out the rest of his life in the area and he communicated with his followers throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and India through special couriers, and Acre became the centre of the expanding network of Baháʼí groups.[1] When Baháʼu'lláh's imprisonment was eased, the area also became a centre of Baháʼí pilgrimage as Baháʼís would travel the long distance to see Baháʼu'lláh.[1]

The location of the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel was indicated by Baháʼu'lláh to his son ʻAbdu'l-Bahá during a visit to Haifa. Furthermore, the establishing of the administrative centre of the Baháʼí Faith on Mount Carmel was also indicated by Baháʼu'lláh in his Tablet of Carmel, which is considered one of the charter documents of the Baháʼí administration.[8]

Baháʼu'lláh died in 1892 near Acre, and his resting place is in Bahji. Following his death, Baháʼu'lláh's son ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was appointed to be the head of his father's faith and the condition of the area as the centre of Baháʼí activity continued.[1] He continued to correspond with Baháʼís all over the world, including now Baháʼís in the West. While he was still officially a prisoner and confined to Acre, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá also organized the transfer of the remains of the Báb from Iran to Palestine. He organized the purchase of land on Mount Carmel that Baháʼu'lláh had instructed should be used to lay the remains of the Báb, and organized for the construction of the Shrine of the Báb. This process took another 10 years and was completed in 1909.[1][9]

In 1908, the Young Turks revolution freed all political prisoners in the Ottoman Empire, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was freed from imprisonment. Soon after the revolution, he moved to live in Haifa near the Shrine of the Báb,[10] and since then the administrative headquarters of the religion have been in Haifa.[1] During the final years of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's life the increasing levels of correspondence led to the employment of a number of secretaries including some in Western languages and the provision of a Pilgrim House in the area.[1] ʻAbdu'l-Bahá died in 1921, and was buried in a room of the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa.[11]

After ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's death, Shoghi Effendi was the head of the religion, and he directed the development of a number of separate projects in the area.[1] He renovated the house of Baháʼu'lláh in Bahji in 1929, and in the 1950s secured legal possession of the lands around the building, creating a number of gardens.[12] He also obtained possession of other sites around Acre related to Baháʼu'lláh's life, including the House of ʻAbbud. Around Haifa, he expanded the Shrine of the Báb by developing its golden-domed superstructure, and purchased lands surrounding the Shrine in order to create gardens. Shoghi Effendi had also decided that the buildings housing the institutions of the religion indicated in Baháʼu'lláh's Tablet of Carmel, including the Universal House of Justice, the as yet unestablished governing body of the worldwide Baháʼí community, would be arranged in the shape of an arc surrounded by gardens.[8] The fulcrum of this arc would be the Monument Gardens, which hold the graves of members of the Baháʼí holy family.[13] During his own lifetime he started the construction of one of the buildings comprising the arc, the International Archives building.[1] He also negotiated tax-exempt status for all Baha'i properties.[12] The religion's situation in Israel was clarified in an agreement signed in 1987 by then Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, in which the government formally acknowledged the Baháʼí Faith as a “recognized religious community in Israel,” declared its "friendly relations" with the Baháʼí world community, noted that the "holiest places of the Baháʼí Faith, … are located in Israel", and confirmed "that the Universal House of Justice is the Trustee of the Baháʼí International Community over the Holy Places of the Baháʼí Faith in Israel and over the Baháʼí endowments in Israel".[12]

Buildings

Main article: Baháʼí World Centre buildings

The other buildings of the Arc, the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts, and the Seat of the International Teaching Centre, were completed in 1982, 1999 and 2000 respectively.[8][14] The fifth and yet-to-be-built building, the International Baháʼí library, is planned to be eventually built at the eastern end of the Arc,[14] and is anticipated as a center for "knowledge in all fields", including scientific investigation.[15] The terraces around the Shrine of the Báb were also completed in 2001.[14]

Administration

 
Centre for the Study of the Texts

Much of the international governance and coordination of the Baháʼí Faith occurs at the Baháʼí World Centre. These include decisions that affect the religion on a global level, and the study and translation of the Baháʼí holy writings. The Universal House of Justice, representing the supreme governing body of the Baháʼí Faith, resides in Haifa, along with the International Teaching Centre, which coordinates the activities between the Continental Counsellors and works as a liaison between them and the House of Justice.[8]

Staff

During Shoghi Effendi's time as the head of the Baháʼí Faith, the British Mandate of Palestine was dealing with a growing conflict between Zionists and Arabs in the region of Palestine. With the end of the mandate in 1948, and the resulting 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the majority of the Baháʼís in Israel left the country, and only Shoghi Effendi and a few others remained behind. In 1963 the first Universal House of Justice was elected, with its seat in Haifa, and since then the number of support staff in Haifa has grown to several hundred support staff from over sixty countries.[16] The increase in staff was due to the international growth of the Baháʼí community and the increased range of work which is done at the Baháʼí World Centre; the staff include the House of Justice's specialized departments such as the secretariat, research, finance, statistics and others which tend to the maintenance of the gardens and buildings. Additionally, select individuals are approinted to other Baháʼí bodies such as the International Teaching Centre and the Baháʼí International Development Organization and as such serve at the Baháʼí World Centre.[16][17]

Uniquely, despite the presence of several hundred volunteer staff in Haifa and Acre, there is no formal community of Baháʼís in Israel in the sense that there are no Nineteen Day Feasts, Spiritual Assemblies etc. Additionally, since the days of Baháʼu'lláh, Baháʼís have observed a self-imposed ban on teaching their religion to the local population of Israel. Formal declarations of faith by Israelis are not accepted. In a letter dated 1995, the Baháʼí Universal House of Justice wrote:

...the people in Israel have access to factual information about the Faith, its history and general principles. Books concerning the Faith are available in libraries throughout Israel, and Israelis are welcome to visit the Shrines and the surrounding gardens. However, in keeping with a policy that has been strictly followed since the days of Baháʼu'lláh, Baháʼís do not teach the Faith in Israel. Likewise, the Faith is not taught to Israelis abroad if they intend to return to Israel. When Israelis ask about the Faith, their questions are answered, but this is done in a manner which provides factual information without stimulating further interest.[18]

In 2002, the Finance Ministry of Israel threatened to invalidate a status agreement between the Baha'i World Center and the Israeli government. The Baha'is were told to hire more Israelis at their centers in the Haifa region.[19]

The local Israelis and the staff of the Baháʼí World Centre have little contact with each other. Even the staff members who have lived in Israel for many years usually do not speak Hebrew or Arabic. Mothers with small children who are married to the staff members and Iranian Baháʼís with Jewish backgrounds are somehow connected to the Israeli society.[20]

Perception by residents

Some faculty at the University of Haifa conducted interviews with 29 people from Haifa who were affected by the expansions at the Baháʼí World Centre beginning in the late 1980s and continuing throughout the 1990s. The construction included Gardens, terraces, the Center for the Study of texts, the International Teaching Center, and the expansion of the Archives. This culminated in an opening in 2001.[21]

The interviewees perceived the site as "a symbol of the city", "excellently managed and maintained", and post-construction, residents recognized the advantages of "financial contribution to the neighborhood community center and to Arab students in the city, increased property values, and improved environmental quality." However, they also felt "alienated and increasingly distanced from the site" due to fencing and access control, and inequality when they compared the site's "esthetically impressive, well-cultivated appearance to their own neighboring neighborhoods."[22]

The city of Haifa and others supported the site's establishment and promoted the projects for their inter-religious tolerance, esthetics, economic growth, tourism, and boosting the international status of the city of Haifa.[22] The interviews suggested that the expansion created conflicts with some locals who perceived the construction as "misleading and/or overly aggressive and exerting undue power and political influence over decision-makers... Disputes emerged not around values but primarily around questions of physical planning and local nuisances."[23] The interviewees who felt that they were treated unfairly wanted any-time unfettered access to the Baháʼí properties after opening, but the properties had controlled access with open hours and guided tours.[24] Some regarded Haifa as “a city that became sacred as a result of the slightly strange and mysterious Baha'i religion".[22]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Smith 2000.
  2. ^ Kreiner, Shmueli & Gal 2015.
  3. ^ Chehabi 2008, pp. 190–194.
  4. ^ Buck 2003, pp. 83–106.
  5. ^ UNESCO 2008a.
  6. ^ Balyuzi 2001, p. 99.
  7. ^ Taherzadeh 1977, pp. 56–58.
  8. ^ a b c d Smith 2000, pp. 45–46.
  9. ^ Balyuzi 2001, pp. 90–93.
  10. ^ Balyuzi 2001, p. 131.
  11. ^ Balyuzi 2001, p. 452.
  12. ^ a b c Universal House of Justice 1987.
  13. ^ Rabbani 1969, p. 261.
  14. ^ a b c Smith 2008, p. 74.
  15. ^ Universal House of Justice 1987b.
  16. ^ a b Smith 2008, p. 75.
  17. ^ Universal House of Justice 2018.
  18. ^ Universal House of Justice 1995.
  19. ^ "Treasury tells Bahai to hire more Israelis if status pact is to be renewed". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  20. ^ Warburg, Margit (2006). Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Bahaʹis from a Globalisation Perspective. Brill. p. 471. ISBN 978-90-04-14373-9.
  21. ^ Kreiner, Shmueli & Gal 2015, pp. 229–230.
  22. ^ a b c Kreiner, Shmueli & Gal 2015, p. 234.
  23. ^ Kreiner, Shmueli & Gal 2015, p. 235.
  24. ^ Kreiner, Shmueli & Gal 2015, pp. 234–235.

References

  • Adamson, Hugh C. (2009). "World Centre, Baháʼí". The A to Z of the Baháʼí Faith. Plymouth, UK: The Scarecrow Press. pp. 503–504. ISBN 978-0-8108-6853-3.
  • Balyuzi, H.M. (2001). ʻAbdu'l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-043-8.
  • Braun, E.; Chance, H. (1982). A Crown of Beauty, The Baháʼí Faith and the Holy Land. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-139-6.
  • Chehabi, H.E. (2008). "Anatomy of Prejudice". In Brookshaw, Dominic P.; Fazel, Seena B. (eds.). The Baha'is of Iran: Socio-historical studies. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-00280-3.
  • Buck, Christopher (2003). "Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Baháʼís". Studies in Contemporary Islam. 5 (1).
  • Kreiner, Noga Collins; Shmueli, Deborah F.; Gal, Michal Ben (30 April 2015). "Understanding conflicts at religious-tourism sites: The Baha'i World Center, Israel". Tourism Management Perspectives. 16: 228–236. doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2015.04.001. ISSN 2211-9736.
  • Momen, Moojan (2009). "Baháʼí World Center". Baháʼí Encyclopedia Project. Evanston, IL: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of the United States.
  • Rabbani, Ruhiyyih (1969). The Priceless Pearl (Hardcover ed.). London, UK: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. ISBN 1-870989-91-0.
  • Smith, Peter (2000). "Baháʼí World Centre". A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications. pp. 71–72. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
  • Smith, Peter (2008). An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86251-6.
  • Taherzadeh, Adib (1977). The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-071-3.
  • UNESCO (8 July 2008a). "Three new sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List". Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  • UNESCO (2008b). "Bahá'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee". Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  • Universal House of Justice (30 March 1987). "Regarding the development of the properties of the Baháʼí World Centre". Baháʼí Reference Library, Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice. Baháʼí International Community. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  • Universal House of Justice (31 August 1987b). "To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh throughout the world". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  • Universal House of Justice (23 June 1995). "Teaching the Faith in Israel". Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  • Universal House of Justice (9 November 2018). "9 November 2018 – To the Baháʼís of the World". Baháʼí Reference Library. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bahá'í World Centre.
  • www.bahai.org - Official website
    • Bahá’í Media Bank - Photographs for download
    • The Baháʼí Gardens - Official Website for visitors
  • Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee - UNESCO World Heritage entry
  • Works by Baha'i World Centre at Project Gutenberg
  • Works by or about Baháʼí World Centre at Internet Archive

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For the buildings see Bahaʼi World Centre buildings The Bahaʼi World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Bahaʼi Faith 1 representing sites in or near the cities of Acre and Haifa Israel View towards the Shrine of the Bab from upper Terraces The Bahaʼi Arc from the International Archives building Much of the international governance and coordination of the Bahaʼi Faith occurs at the Bahaʼi World Centre including global teaching plans and study and translation of the Bahaʼi holy writings The Universal House of Justice representing the supreme governing body of the Bahaʼi Faith resides in Haifa The Bahaʼi World Centre is also a major destination for religious tourism and the current destination for Bahaʼi pilgrimage attracting annually about one million visitors 2 The location of the Bahaʼi World Centre originated in Bahaʼu llah s banishment and imprisonment to the fortress of Acre in 1868 by Ottoman authorities 3 4 Many of the locations at the Bahaʼi World Centre including the terraces and the Shrine of the Bab which constitute the north slope of Mount Carmel were inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2008 5 Contents 1 History 2 Buildings 3 Administration 3 1 Staff 4 Perception by residents 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksHistory Edit Shrine of the Bab and the lower terraces at night The location of the administrative centre was a result of a successive number of banishments and imprisonments of Bahaʼu llah founder of the Bahaʼi Faith Bahaʼu llah was banished from Persia by Nasser al Din Shah in 1853 at which time Bahaʼu llah went to Baghdad in the Ottoman Empire 6 Later he was exiled by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire at the behest of the Persian Shah to territories further away from Iran and finally to Acre in Ottoman Syria in 1868 7 Bahaʼu llah lived out the rest of his life in the area and he communicated with his followers throughout the Middle East Central Asia and India through special couriers and Acre became the centre of the expanding network of Bahaʼi groups 1 When Bahaʼu llah s imprisonment was eased the area also became a centre of Bahaʼi pilgrimage as Bahaʼis would travel the long distance to see Bahaʼu llah 1 The location of the Shrine of the Bab on Mount Carmel was indicated by Bahaʼu llah to his son ʻAbdu l Baha during a visit to Haifa Furthermore the establishing of the administrative centre of the Bahaʼi Faith on Mount Carmel was also indicated by Bahaʼu llah in his Tablet of Carmel which is considered one of the charter documents of the Bahaʼi administration 8 Bahaʼu llah died in 1892 near Acre and his resting place is in Bahji Following his death Bahaʼu llah s son ʻAbdu l Baha was appointed to be the head of his father s faith and the condition of the area as the centre of Bahaʼi activity continued 1 He continued to correspond with Bahaʼis all over the world including now Bahaʼis in the West While he was still officially a prisoner and confined to Acre ʻAbdu l Baha also organized the transfer of the remains of the Bab from Iran to Palestine He organized the purchase of land on Mount Carmel that Bahaʼu llah had instructed should be used to lay the remains of the Bab and organized for the construction of the Shrine of the Bab This process took another 10 years and was completed in 1909 1 9 In 1908 the Young Turks revolution freed all political prisoners in the Ottoman Empire and ʻAbdu l Baha was freed from imprisonment Soon after the revolution he moved to live in Haifa near the Shrine of the Bab 10 and since then the administrative headquarters of the religion have been in Haifa 1 During the final years of ʻAbdu l Baha s life the increasing levels of correspondence led to the employment of a number of secretaries including some in Western languages and the provision of a Pilgrim House in the area 1 ʻAbdu l Baha died in 1921 and was buried in a room of the Shrine of the Bab in Haifa 11 After ʻAbdu l Baha s death Shoghi Effendi was the head of the religion and he directed the development of a number of separate projects in the area 1 He renovated the house of Bahaʼu llah in Bahji in 1929 and in the 1950s secured legal possession of the lands around the building creating a number of gardens 12 He also obtained possession of other sites around Acre related to Bahaʼu llah s life including the House of ʻAbbud Around Haifa he expanded the Shrine of the Bab by developing its golden domed superstructure and purchased lands surrounding the Shrine in order to create gardens Shoghi Effendi had also decided that the buildings housing the institutions of the religion indicated in Bahaʼu llah s Tablet of Carmel including the Universal House of Justice the as yet unestablished governing body of the worldwide Bahaʼi community would be arranged in the shape of an arc surrounded by gardens 8 The fulcrum of this arc would be the Monument Gardens which hold the graves of members of the Bahaʼi holy family 13 During his own lifetime he started the construction of one of the buildings comprising the arc the International Archives building 1 He also negotiated tax exempt status for all Baha i properties 12 The religion s situation in Israel was clarified in an agreement signed in 1987 by then Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres in which the government formally acknowledged the Bahaʼi Faith as a recognized religious community in Israel declared its friendly relations with the Bahaʼi world community noted that the holiest places of the Bahaʼi Faith are located in Israel and confirmed that the Universal House of Justice is the Trustee of the Bahaʼi International Community over the Holy Places of the Bahaʼi Faith in Israel and over the Bahaʼi endowments in Israel 12 Buildings EditMain article Bahaʼi World Centre buildings The other buildings of the Arc the Seat of the Universal House of Justice the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts and the Seat of the International Teaching Centre were completed in 1982 1999 and 2000 respectively 8 14 The fifth and yet to be built building the International Bahaʼi library is planned to be eventually built at the eastern end of the Arc 14 and is anticipated as a center for knowledge in all fields including scientific investigation 15 The terraces around the Shrine of the Bab were also completed in 2001 14 Administration Edit Centre for the Study of the Texts Much of the international governance and coordination of the Bahaʼi Faith occurs at the Bahaʼi World Centre These include decisions that affect the religion on a global level and the study and translation of the Bahaʼi holy writings The Universal House of Justice representing the supreme governing body of the Bahaʼi Faith resides in Haifa along with the International Teaching Centre which coordinates the activities between the Continental Counsellors and works as a liaison between them and the House of Justice 8 Staff Edit During Shoghi Effendi s time as the head of the Bahaʼi Faith the British Mandate of Palestine was dealing with a growing conflict between Zionists and Arabs in the region of Palestine With the end of the mandate in 1948 and the resulting 1948 Arab Israeli War the majority of the Bahaʼis in Israel left the country and only Shoghi Effendi and a few others remained behind In 1963 the first Universal House of Justice was elected with its seat in Haifa and since then the number of support staff in Haifa has grown to several hundred support staff from over sixty countries 16 The increase in staff was due to the international growth of the Bahaʼi community and the increased range of work which is done at the Bahaʼi World Centre the staff include the House of Justice s specialized departments such as the secretariat research finance statistics and others which tend to the maintenance of the gardens and buildings Additionally select individuals are approinted to other Bahaʼi bodies such as the International Teaching Centre and the Bahaʼi International Development Organization and as such serve at the Bahaʼi World Centre 16 17 Uniquely despite the presence of several hundred volunteer staff in Haifa and Acre there is no formal community of Bahaʼis in Israel in the sense that there are no Nineteen Day Feasts Spiritual Assemblies etc Additionally since the days of Bahaʼu llah Bahaʼis have observed a self imposed ban on teaching their religion to the local population of Israel Formal declarations of faith by Israelis are not accepted In a letter dated 1995 the Bahaʼi Universal House of Justice wrote the people in Israel have access to factual information about the Faith its history and general principles Books concerning the Faith are available in libraries throughout Israel and Israelis are welcome to visit the Shrines and the surrounding gardens However in keeping with a policy that has been strictly followed since the days of Bahaʼu llah Bahaʼis do not teach the Faith in Israel Likewise the Faith is not taught to Israelis abroad if they intend to return to Israel When Israelis ask about the Faith their questions are answered but this is done in a manner which provides factual information without stimulating further interest 18 In 2002 the Finance Ministry of Israel threatened to invalidate a status agreement between the Baha i World Center and the Israeli government The Baha is were told to hire more Israelis at their centers in the Haifa region 19 The local Israelis and the staff of the Bahaʼi World Centre have little contact with each other Even the staff members who have lived in Israel for many years usually do not speak Hebrew or Arabic Mothers with small children who are married to the staff members and Iranian Bahaʼis with Jewish backgrounds are somehow connected to the Israeli society 20 Perception by residents EditSome faculty at the University of Haifa conducted interviews with 29 people from Haifa who were affected by the expansions at the Bahaʼi World Centre beginning in the late 1980s and continuing throughout the 1990s The construction included Gardens terraces the Center for the Study of texts the International Teaching Center and the expansion of the Archives This culminated in an opening in 2001 21 The interviewees perceived the site as a symbol of the city excellently managed and maintained and post construction residents recognized the advantages of financial contribution to the neighborhood community center and to Arab students in the city increased property values and improved environmental quality However they also felt alienated and increasingly distanced from the site due to fencing and access control and inequality when they compared the site s esthetically impressive well cultivated appearance to their own neighboring neighborhoods 22 The city of Haifa and others supported the site s establishment and promoted the projects for their inter religious tolerance esthetics economic growth tourism and boosting the international status of the city of Haifa 22 The interviews suggested that the expansion created conflicts with some locals who perceived the construction as misleading and or overly aggressive and exerting undue power and political influence over decision makers Disputes emerged not around values but primarily around questions of physical planning and local nuisances 23 The interviewees who felt that they were treated unfairly wanted any time unfettered access to the Bahaʼi properties after opening but the properties had controlled access with open hours and guided tours 24 Some regarded Haifa as a city that became sacred as a result of the slightly strange and mysterious Baha i religion 22 See also EditBahaʼi gardens Religion in Israel section Bahaʼi Notes Edit a b c d e f g h i Smith 2000 Kreiner Shmueli amp Gal 2015 Chehabi 2008 pp 190 194 Buck 2003 pp 83 106 UNESCO 2008a Balyuzi 2001 p 99 Taherzadeh 1977 pp 56 58 a b c d Smith 2000 pp 45 46 Balyuzi 2001 pp 90 93 Balyuzi 2001 p 131 Balyuzi 2001 p 452 a b c Universal House of Justice 1987 Rabbani 1969 p 261 a b c Smith 2008 p 74 Universal House of Justice 1987b a b Smith 2008 p 75 Universal House of Justice 2018 Universal House of Justice 1995 Treasury tells Bahai to hire more Israelis if status pact is to be renewed Haaretz com Retrieved 28 February 2021 Warburg Margit 2006 Citizens of the World A History and Sociology of the Bahaʹis from a Globalisation Perspective Brill p 471 ISBN 978 90 04 14373 9 Kreiner Shmueli amp Gal 2015 pp 229 230 a b c Kreiner Shmueli amp Gal 2015 p 234 Kreiner Shmueli amp Gal 2015 p 235 Kreiner Shmueli amp Gal 2015 pp 234 235 References EditAdamson Hugh C 2009 World Centre Bahaʼi The A to Z of the Bahaʼi Faith Plymouth UK The Scarecrow Press pp 503 504 ISBN 978 0 8108 6853 3 Balyuzi H M 2001 ʻAbdu l Baha The Centre of the Covenant of Bahaʼu llah Oxford UK George Ronald ISBN 0 85398 043 8 Braun E Chance H 1982 A Crown of Beauty The Bahaʼi Faith and the Holy Land Oxford UK George Ronald ISBN 0 85398 139 6 Chehabi H E 2008 Anatomy of Prejudice In Brookshaw Dominic P Fazel Seena B eds The Baha is of Iran Socio historical studies New York NY Routledge ISBN 978 0 203 00280 3 Buck Christopher 2003 Islam and Minorities The Case of the Bahaʼis Studies in Contemporary Islam 5 1 Kreiner Noga Collins Shmueli Deborah F Gal Michal Ben 30 April 2015 Understanding conflicts at religious tourism sites The Baha i World Center Israel Tourism Management Perspectives 16 228 236 doi 10 1016 j tmp 2015 04 001 ISSN 2211 9736 Momen Moojan 2009 Bahaʼi World Center Bahaʼi Encyclopedia Project Evanston IL National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahaʼis of the United States Rabbani Ruhiyyih 1969 The Priceless Pearl Hardcover ed London UK Bahaʼi Publishing Trust ISBN 1 870989 91 0 Smith Peter 2000 Bahaʼi World Centre A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahaʼi Faith Oxford UK Oneworld Publications pp 71 72 ISBN 1 85168 184 1 Smith Peter 2008 An Introduction to the Baha i Faith Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 86251 6 Taherzadeh Adib 1977 The Revelation of Bahaʼu llah Volume 2 Adrianople 1863 68 Oxford UK George Ronald ISBN 0 85398 071 3 UNESCO 8 July 2008a Three new sites inscribed on UNESCO s World Heritage List Retrieved 23 February 2021 UNESCO 2008b Baha i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee Retrieved 23 February 2021 Universal House of Justice 30 March 1987 Regarding the development of the properties of the Bahaʼi World Centre Bahaʼi Reference Library Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice Bahaʼi International Community Retrieved 25 December 2016 Universal House of Justice 31 August 1987b To the Followers of Baha u llah throughout the world Retrieved 24 February 2021 Universal House of Justice 23 June 1995 Teaching the Faith in Israel Retrieved 25 January 2021 Universal House of Justice 9 November 2018 9 November 2018 To the Bahaʼis of the World Bahaʼi Reference Library Retrieved 25 January 2021 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baha i World Centre www bahai org Official website Baha i Media 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