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lol... but didnt they ignore him (that was the whole point, no?) I think Queen Marie of Romania replied back... or Queen Victoria... ? I'll have a look for you online... EDIT: ok, so I found something: Responses of Napoleon III and Queen Victoria to the Tablets of Baha'u'llah http://bahai-library.co...

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http://www.myspace.com/nabilandkarim

They're also good

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Good stuff

It seems very similar to Ocean, but more of an online version.
I was randomly browsing the books available under Baha'i Studies and noticed that unlike Ocean, you dont seem to have any of William Sears' books. Is there any particular reason (e.g. copyright) ?

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Taa-daa: http://bahai-library.org/books/conqueror/memories.html

Also, go back to the main page for more info:
http://bahai-library.com/?file=faizi_conqueror_hearts

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I was messaging another member on the messageboards (AdibM). I promised I would send him the quotation where Shoghi Effendi prophecises the Internet. I have also put it here for other people to see. They can refer back to if later on if they want. A mechanism of world inter-communication will be dev...

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SIX other people?!?! I have no idea where this person got that from... To the best of my knowledge, this is what usually happens: You and the guy talk about it or whatever Then the 4 parents give their consent, THEN that means that you are engaged (because you cant get engaged without their consent...

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^ lol, that my be true... HOWEVER, think of it in another light: you have 11 months to read Door of Hope (by David S. Ruhe) ;-) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512RGFWD5WL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg Lots of people have said that its a good ...

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Quick summary for those of you who are new to this: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/media/ALeqM5jhqDdpdl5iqxjVW4pL0S-0b4OVxA?size=m Shirin Ebadi (pictured above) won the nobel peace prize in 2003. She is a human rights activist. She is not a Bahai. The following article (below) describes how h...

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Here are a few suggestions: 1. Register your CV online [remembering to take off your home address and only have your email address and cell-phone number as a point of contact]. 2. Since you said you enjoy typing, have you considered "transcribing"? Some companies record important meetings,...

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I will ask one of my friends from you (he's also from Ottawa). Hopefully he should know because he's quite musical.

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Click here to download this report as a pdf file.

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They send you a list of hotels, so dont worry about that. When I went on my 3-day, I stayed at the Mount Carmel Hotel. When you look at a standard picture of the shrines, inthe background you can see the dan panorama hotel (its in the background on the left). The Mount Carmel Hotel is along the same...

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This may be the wrong forum to post this... But have you guys ever had times when you KNOW you're being tested?One bad thing after the next that you had no way of foreseeing, that you then have to handle. Over the past week, i've had a lot of bad luck, and it's almost inescapable. Just when i think...

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This might also be useful to you:

http://ruhiresources.org/

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In all honesty, I dont think that's possible because it'll be going against copyright laws (or something else along those lines)...

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This is the reason: . . . I'm imagining a series of articles sympathetically discussing ideas about the writings of Baha'u'llah from people I've seen scorned, defamed and stigmatized, including: - People I've associated with the Dialogue/Talisman Chronicles - People I've been tempted to scorn and ma...

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If you want, I can contact Wendi (Moojan Momen's wife) by email on your behalf, and ask her to forward the message onto him...

How does that sound?

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I've come across (what I would refer to as) Disclaimers within the original Bahai texts. (I've quoted them at the bottom of my post). I wanted to get people's opinions and see whether you think this is unique to the Bahai dispensation, because I for one havent come across anything like this in, say,...

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:-k This is something which is easier to explain in person rather than on the internet, but i'll try anyway... First its important to get the jist of the prayer: O SON OF DESIRE! The learned and the wise have for long years striven and failed to attain the presence of the All-Glorious; they have spe...

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Allah' u 'abha friends, I was recently studying the Tablet of the Holy Mariner and was greatly shaken and somewhat troubled by what I read and interpreted from it. It is a prayer endowed with a special significance, and I have a deep respect and fascination with it. When I referenced the Baha'i lib...

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Yeah, the Gleanings is useful becuase you can read one paragraph at a time, so its good for people who still want to read even though theyre busy. I found it to be quite useful and ended up writing all over mine: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/413821289_1d827d2f31.jpg?v=0 Unfortunatley, I ended ...

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Just wondering...what book is everyone reading right now? Ive just started The Priceless Pearl and LOVE Ruhiyyih Khanom's style of writing. I havent even finished the first chapter and im already glued :D page 10: Dr Baghdadi recounts how, on one of these visits when Shoghi Effendi, a child of five ...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhUAsbfvHf8

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4 people in Yemen are being deported by force simply because they are Bahai. They will be deported to Iran, where we all know is the worst place for Bahai's to be. Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVMZnEONRRg Please watch and send the link to everyone so that we raise awareness. If nobody does...

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Thank you for your candor, DH and Loren. And DH: no need to be embarrassed about going off on a tangent, as you said. Actually your story about discussing world issues in terms of your own beliefs was really helpful. I'm wondering in your 20 years, how have you gained knowledge... did you take Ruhi...

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What you have discovered is amazing and your voice should be heard. =D> You could get a nobel peace prize!! I am in no way a professional when it comes to marketing, but if I only had one suggestion to you, this would be it: Make just one video and promote that. People find it easier to watch a vide...

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http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_ ... ivity.html

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*bumpety bump*

http://www.rabbanitrust.org/bahai_sed_conference.htm

Dates:
evening of Fri 19th Dec 2008 till noon on Mon 22nd Dec 2008 .

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YOU JOINED

finally!!

Call the NSA, im sure they can help. You always get sellers come to big Bahai conferences (selling their jewellry) so the NSA might know who some of these people are. Thats what I would do if I were you

Also, look on eBay.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNyS9KTdNz0

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ciwan wrote:By the way, I didn't quite get the one with google, your favourite one...

Huququlah.... "ha-Google-ah" ....

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Q:Why do Bahais need to visit Dracula? A: Because we need to bring ourselves to a-count each day! Q: If a Bahai opened up a dry-cleaners, what would it be called? A: Blessed is the Spot. Q: Why was Baha'u'llah such a good interior designer? A: He turned abasement into glory! Q: Why don't Bahá'ís ge...

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^ thanks for your posts, onepence :) I finally found the passage I was looking for: Source: Kitab Aqdas, Note 49 (Pages 188-189). http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/aqdas/notes.html#n49 49. The Lord hath ordained that in every city a House of Justice be established ¦30 The institution o...

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I was actually thinking of this a while ago.
I guess the only thing is that we have to wait for instructions from the Universal House of Justice, like everything else!

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http://childrensclasses.org/

Bahai Children's Classes Ideas

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^ Its not "hearsay"... I read it myself O:) . I just cannot quote it right now because I dont have it infront of me, but wanted to bring something new to the table, because people often refer to the 'twin trumpet blasts' but leave it at that. I was referring to the passage that mentions &q;...

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. . . From the posts so far on this topic I have come to understand the belief of the Baha'i Faith regarding this subject. But what I fail to understand is how the Baha'i Faith claims to believe in the message of Islam when it completely denies one of the most fundamental beliefs, the belief that M...

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Thanks for the comments so far

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Somebody sent me this a few years ago and I thought id post it here for other people ================================================= One, Susanne and Craig's book, just out ( "Marriage Can Be Forever: Preparation Counts,") includes really good exercises for prospective couples. So it's ...

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Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHKboiwlQIo

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Download the pdf from: http://www.box.net/shared/8xsz1ya040 ________________________________ UNDERSTANDING SINGLE BAHÁ’ÍS ________________________________ A LOOK AT THE CURRENT STATE OF NORTH AMERICAN SINGLE BAHÁ’ÍS BASED ON A LARGE ONLINE SURVEY Prepared by Kamilla Bahbani & David Diehl June 20...

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Bab = Mahdi

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Hi everyone Has anyone read Memorials of the Faithful by AbdulBaha? I randomly bought this because I thought it would be a useful book to have However, are you supposed to read the Dawnbreakers/Nabils Narrative first? Thats the impression Ive got, because Memorials of the Faithful is a collection of...

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I thought I should copy something from another thread. Some people may have missed it if they didnt read the thread) Anyway, apparently you can download an Add-on for firefox, which shows you the Bahai calendar Taa-daa: http://www.mamad.net/images/fex/previews/preview_02_en.png or http://www.mamad.n...

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nharandi: did you buy it in the end? did you like it?

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MontanaDon: Thanks for that :thumbs: Do you have the book? If so, would you be able to quickly summarise those pages for us please? nharandi: I done a search for the book, and here are the details: http://www.bahaibookstore.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=7181 http://www.bahaibookstore.com/client/Product...

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I searched online and couldnt find anything either. But now that youve asked this question, I too want to know the answer to this, so i'll keep searching

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Whats the best Christian prophecy book youve come across (besides Thief in the Night) ??? Ive heard Michael Sours is a good author. I remember flicking through one of his books and thinking to myself "wow" (I really liked his style of writing). Trouble is, most Christian prophecy books al...

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http://www.ojbs.org//issues/issue_1_200 ... moriam.pdf

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Wow. Madness.

I guess they should buy seeds aswell (to plant their own fruit etc). But then again I dont know if thats possible (considering Iceland is a really cold country)

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...Any thoughts? :shock: Well, from a woman's point of view, i personally find all those pictures disgusting. This is what a man's body should look like: http://www.jintropin.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/bodybuilding.jpg or http://www.o-blade.com/img/bodybuilding-photography.jpg any more than thi...

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Iranian Government officials vandalise a Bahai cemetary by chopping down every tree in sight. How very mature. MORE PICTURES: http://iranpresswatch.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/what-crime-did-these-trees-commit/ http://iranpresswatch.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsc00662.jpg http://iranpresswatch.files....

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lol...for a moment i thought this was spam

So have you been to one of these conferences before, Vel?

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" Bahá'u'lláh as Zoroastrian saviour"
by Christopher Buck
Published in the Baha'i Studies Review, vol. 8 (1998)

http://bahai-library.org/articles/buck.zoroaster.html

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Ive started this thread for people to post some good online resources regarding Zoroastrianism and the Bahai Faith . http://img2.travelblog.org/Photos/2461/76177/t/462379-Zoroastrianism-0.jpg Random fact O:) --- Three messengers of God have come from Iran: Zoroaster, the Bab and Bahaullah. Hello to ...

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I found this on my computer but can't remember where i got it. David I came across this page when searching for " The Condition of non-Baha'i Relatives after Death " http://bahaistudies.net/relatives.html This is what it says at the bottom of the page " (The Universal House of Justic...

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From the e-book: Developing Distinctive Bahai communities (Located on page 187) http://bahai-library.com/nsa/ddbc.pdf Israelis Whenever an Israeli citizen living in the West, irrespective of his background and religious affiliation, declares his belief and interest in becoming a member of the Bahá’í...

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Does anyone know if the 95-day rule also applies to half-persians aswell, or is it strictly for full persians?

Also, what is the significance of this? Why does it only apply to persian people?

Ive always wanted to know the answer to this but ive just been too lazy to ask
thanks

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Jonah, is there any way in which you can re-do this site again, please?
Practically all threads are half-missing because people's posts arent there

The above is a prime example

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In my opinion, I think it would be much much better if the "discussion" forum was split up into mini-forums (e.g. "relation to other religions", or "Bahai history" or whatever). (We can brainstorm the different sub-forums which can be made, later on --- if necessary). T...

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Medical evidence does not support suicide by Kelly Thursday February 12, 2004 Guardian Newspaper http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4856799-103683,00.html Since three of us wrote our letter to the Guardian on January 27, questioning whether Dr Kelly's death was suicide, we have received profess...

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Hi Brettz9, thanks for the reply I just tried it but it wont work for me... When I click Submit I get the following error message: You cannot use certain BBCodes: [flash]. I thought it was because Im using Firefox, so I switched to Internet Explorer to see what happens but still got the same message

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Dear Jonah,

...lol

please can you do something so that we can embed youtube videos within our messages?

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*bump*

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BAHA'IS IMPRISONED IN YEMEN MAY FACE DEPORTATION TO IRAN http://news.bahai.org/sites/news.bahai.org/files/imagecache/bwns_feature_image/sites/news.bahai.org/files/images/651_00_MapYemen.jpg NEW YORK, 27 August 2008 (BWNS) -- Three Baha'is currently imprisoned in Yemen are facing the possibility of ...

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*bump*

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READ BELOW BEFORE CLICKING ON LINK. Dear printer repair man: Please come to my house and check my printer. Every time I use the printer and I walk away while it prints - my papers are wrinkled, even shredded. Sometimes the ink is blurred. It doesn't do it when I am standing at the printer. I'm so fr...

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