Interest (riba) in Islam and the Bahá'í Faith - Gilbar,Gad (2004)
Bahá'í scripture permits charging interest (riba) on loans, in contrast to Islamic law which forbids it. Interest can be economically justified, and could affect the material position of the ulama and merchant classes.
Lecture in the University of Haifa "Lectures in Bahá'í Studies" series, January 1, 2004. Mirrored from bahai.haifa.ac.il/past_lectures.htm.
Keywords: Business; Economics; Interest; Islam

Interfaith and the Future - Hick,John (Baha'i Studies Review, 1994)
The development of the interfaith movement over the past 100 years and its possible futures.
From an address given to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the World's Parliament of Religions at the Church of Scotland Assembly Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh, 2 October 1993.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue

Interiors of the Shrines of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Author unknown, compiler (Baha'i World, 1930)
Five pictures of the shrines of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
See this complete volume online at bahai.works, and see the scanned images at bahai.media/Category:BW_Volume_3.
Keywords: Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Haifa, Israel; Visuals; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Shrine of

Interlinear Editions of the Bahá'í Writings - Universal House of Justice (2015)
Reasons why interlinear or "parallel editions" of the Writings, in which the original Arabic or Persian are presented side-by-side with an English translation, are not necessary.
Submitted by and name retained with permission of recipient; PDF original on file.
Keywords: Arabic language; Computer Translation Aid (CTA); Cross-reference; Persian language; Software; Translation; Translation, Parallel

International Bahá'í Council - Herrmann,Duane L. (Baha'i News, 1990)
History of the formation of the IBC.
Keywords: Administration; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í history; Haifa, Israel; International Bahá'í Council; Universal House of Justice

International Conference on Bahá'í Libraries and Archives - Hassall,Graham, editor (2003)
Conference convened at Landegg International University for people to share experiences, learn about best practices, and begin developing a structure for world interaction among those who handle and organize Bahá’í library and archival materials.
See also D. Valeda's full presentation Organizing Digital Collections, another version of Winters' Vision statement, and an earlier 1999 report in G. Hassall's Yerrinbool series. See also a two-decade follow-up, The Reference Desk: Projects that Support Bahá'í Scholarship in the Digital Age (Hassall, 2022).
Keywords: Anita Graves; Archives; Bahá'í Library Online; Bahá'í scholarship; Classification (library); Conferences; Dewey Decimal Classification; Dharlene Valeda; God, Worlds of; Graham Hassall; Indexes and catalogues; J. Michael Kafes; Jan Teofil Jasion; Jonah Winters; Landegg International University; Libraries; Necati Alkan; Paul Gerard; William Collins

International Criminal Court: A Bahá'í Perspective - Wheatley,Dan (Associate, 2001)
Brief history of the ICC, and Bahá'í support of it.
Paper presented at the ABS-ESE conference 'Foundational Issues in Bahá’í Studies,' Oxford, April 2000. Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk. See also the full PDF for issue 33-34.
Keywords: Crime; Human rights; International Criminal Court; Justice; War

International Youth Year, 1985 - Universal House of Justice (1985)
Two letters, giving words of inspiration and guidance for the International Youth Year, 1985.
Scanned from a booklet distributed at a National Youth Conference in Dallas, 1995.
Keywords: 1985; Youth

Internationalism and Divine Law: A Baha'i Perspective - Danesh,Roshan (Journal of Law and Religion, 2004)
On the internationalism motif in Bahá'í political and legal thought; the place of divine legal claims in contemporary debates about models of world order; religion as a unifying force; concept of divine law in both Persian and Islamic history.
Mirrored from nhbahais.com.
Keywords: Christianity; Integration and disintegration; Iran (documents); Islam; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Reform; Unity; World order

Internet and Electronic Forums Used for Teaching - Universal House of Justice (Associate, 1999)
Short letter about using electronic media for personal teaching activities.
As this letter was written in 1988, it preceded the invention of the World Wide Web by about 3 years; the "electronic forums" at the time were email, the Usenet, and Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs). Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk.
Keywords: Internet; Internet forums; Teaching

Internet Communications; Virgin Birth; Encyclopedia; Administrative Order - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Questions on email discussion groups and the Covenant, the Bahá'í stance on the Virgin Birth of Christ, the spirituality of administrating, the spiritual destiny of the American Bahá'í community, and the status of the Bahá'í Encyclopedia.
See also Seeking for Truth: Plausibility Alignment on a Bahá'í Email List, which cites this letter.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Encyclopedias; Internet; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Virgin birth of; Miracles; Mystery (mysteries); Science; Social media; Superstition; Talisman (email list)

Internet Discussions, Character of - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Internet courtesy, discipline, and the need for Bahá'ís online to be a "spiritual leaven."
Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient. Later posted to bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Criticism and apologetics; Internet; Internet forums; Moderation; Scholarship; Science; Social media; Speculation; Unity

Internet Forums, Development and Monitoring of - International Teaching Centre (1995)
Guidance for Counsellors regarding participation in and monitoring of bulletin boards, chat rooms, and email lists.
Note that, when this document was written, the World Wide Web was still brand-new — the first commercial browser, Netscape, was barely 3 months old. See more of this history, including a link to this very document (in References), in Bahá'í Negotiation with the Internet.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Internet forums

Internet Guidance - Bahá'í Internet Agency (2004)
Links to a variety of guidelines for online media: responding to opposition online; how to do podcasting and blogging; netiquette; SEO and hosting websites; using social networking sites; compilation on Internet communications; PowerPoint presentations.
See also Defending the Cause against Opponents on the Internet.
Keywords: Internet; Social media; Youth

Internet, Defending the Cause against Opponents on - Universal House of Justice (2001)
The nature of opposition to the Bahá'í Faith, and how to respond to it in internet media.
See Guidelines from the Bahá'í Internet Agency and Seeking for Truth: Plausibility Alignment on a Bahá'í Email List.
Keywords: Internet; Opposition; Social media; Talisman (email list)

Internet, the World Wide Web, and Electronic Discussion Lists: A perspective from the Bahá'í Writings - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (1998)
Compilation prepared by a member of Continental Board of Counsellors.
Keywords: Internet; Internet forums; Social media; Stephen Birkland

Internet: Creation of the newsgroup talk.religion.bahai - Universal House of Justice (1997)
Two letters, sent at different times and to different individuals, regarding the proposed newsgroup talk.religion.bahai.
Transmitted by email.
Keywords: Internet forums; Social media

Internet: Promoting the Bahá'í Faith via Personal Web Pages - Universal House of Justice (1997)
Bahá'ís may establish personal homepages on the Internet as a means of promoting the Faith.
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Internet; Teaching

Interpretation and Elucidation - Nakhjavani,Ali (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
The nature of elucidation vs. authorized interpretation, and the institution of the Guardianship.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/nakhjavani_interpretation.
Keywords: Alí Nakhjavání; Elucidation; Guardianship; Interpretation

Interpretation and the Guardianship - Semple,Ian C. (Lights of Irfan, 2005)
Two versions of a talk presented at a seminar in Haifa, 1984, on differences between personal interpretation, authoritative interpretation, divinely guided legislation, and the role of the Guardian as interpreter
This talk was given in 1984, and later slightly edited for publication in 2005. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/semple_guardianship.
Keywords: Constitutions (Bahá'í); Constitutions (general); Covenant; Guardianship; Interpretation; Irfán Colloquia; Universal House of Justice, Constitution of

Interpretation as Revelation: The Qur'an Commentary of the Báb - Lawson,Todd (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
Overview and context of two of the Bab's earliest writings and their relevance to Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá’í and Siyyid Kázim Rashtí: a commentary on the Qur'an's Chapter of the Cow, and his famous Qayyúm al-Asmá, Commentary on the Chapter of Joseph.
Mirrored with permission from Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive. First published in Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Qur’án, ed. Andrew Rippin (Oxford University Press, 1988); see lawson_interpretation_revelation_1988.pdf. Later published in The Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran, ed. Fereydun Vahman (2020).
Keywords: Qayyumul-Asma (book); Shaykhism; Tafsir (exegesis); Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow)

Interpretation in the Bahá'í Faith - Cole,Juan (Baha'i Studies Review, 1995)
The Bahá'í writings contain a complex and nuanced set of prescriptions for the interpretation of scripture. Before examining them, the very idea of "interpretation" must be clarified.
Keywords: Interpretation; Ludwig Wittgenstein

Interreligious and Intercultural Cooperation - Bahá'í International Community (2007)
Statement to the United Nations on best practices and strategies for interreligious and intercultural cooperation.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Cultural diversity; Curriculum; Devotional gatherings; Education; Human rights; Interfaith dialogue; Media (communication); Statements

Interreligious Dialogue and the Bahá'í Faith: Some Preliminary Observations - Fazel,Seena (Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1997)
An overview of pluralistic approaches and their relevance to Bahá'í studies.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Interfaith dialogue; Revisioning the Sacred (book)

Interview of Sachiro Fujita - Ioas,Sylvia (1975)
Interview of Fugita-san by Sylvia Ioas during John McHenry's pilgrimage in December, 1975 at McHenry's request.
Transcription verified by Robert Stauffer by consulting original recording of interview, in 2001. This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: 1975; 20th century; Haifa, Israel; Interviews; Japan; Sachiro Fujita; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Interview with A.L.M. Nicolas of Paris: Translator of many important works of the Báb - Sanderson,Edith (Baha'i World, 1942)
Nicolas' life, his encounter with the Bábí movement, his motivations and translation efforts.
Extracted from Peter Terry, A Prophet in Modern Times, translation of A.L.M. Nicolas, "Seyyed Ali Mohammed dit le Bab", pp. 5-10. (Numbering of notes unchanged; URL's in notes updated.) See also the original version in The Bahá'í World at Baha'i.works.
Keywords: A. L. M. Nicolas; Comte Arthur de Gobineau; Dawn-Breakers (book); Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Edith Sanderson; France; Interviews; Iran (documents); Paris, France; Shimiran, Iran; Tehran, Iran

Interview with Lilian Crawford on the Knighthood of Abdu'l-Baha - Masumian,Adib, compiler (New Era, 1979)
Interview with Lilian Crawford, a pilgrim to Haifa in 1919 who witnessed the ceremony of the knighthood of Abdu'l-Bahá, published in New Era, short-lived Bahá'í newsletter from Edinburgh; photo of the ceremony and identification of some attendees.
If you know the date of this publication, please let us know.
Keywords: 1919; Haifa, Israel; Interviews; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Knighthood (KBE)

Interview with Ruhollah Geula regarding Robert Imbrie - Lee,Anthony (1997)
Interview by Lee, the general editor of Kalimat Press, with his father-in-law, an eyewitness to these 1924 events in Tehran.
On July 18, 1924, American Vice Consul Robert Whitney Imbrie was beaten to death in Tehran. Initially the Bahá'ís were accused as the murderers, but follow-up reports showed the attack to have been the result of a mob uprising. See also New York Times articles, Vice Counsel Robert Imbrie's report to the U.S. Secretary of State, a follow-up report A consideration of the Bahai religion, and two essays in Journal of the American Foreign Services Association.
Keywords: 1924; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Robert Imbrie

Interviews With Ron Price About Poetry: Pioneering Over Four Epochs: Section VIII - Price,Ron (Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study and a Study in Autobiography, 2005)
Interested readers will find a series of 29 interviews held in the 20 years between 1996 and 2015. These interviews are essentially about my poetry and prose. The interviews, 1.4/year, concerned what I wrote during the years 1992 to 2015.
After reading interviews, listening to them on radio, and seeing them on TV for 40 years, 1956 to 1996, I became aware of how useful the interview was as a technique for personal evaluation in the public domain of whatever an artist wants to assess. It is obviously a useful means of conveying to the public what an artist is trying to do with his art, his personal activity and his life. Poetry and prose about the interview process, interviews with me and interviews with others are also included here. Part 1: May 1992 to May 1993, the 2nd Bahá'í Holy Year in forty years, was a special time for inner reflection. It was in that year that I began to write poetry seriously, and extensively. Three years later, in 1996, after writing several 1000 prose-poems, I began a series of what has become 29 interviews, from 1996 to 2015. These interviews became, over this 20 year period, part of an inner reflection, part of an attempt to understand my life, my society and the significance of the religion I had been associated with by 1996 for more than 40 years. The Bahá'í Faith claims to be the newest, the latest, of the Abrahamic religions and, as it moves toward the end of the first century of its Formative Age(1921-2021), after a bloody and indeed Heroic and Apostolic Age(1844 to 1921), it is slowly moving from the obscurity in which it had been enshrouded for a century and a half to the glaring light of public recognition. The history and the implications of this new world Faith, whose origins arguably go back for the last two and a half centuries, to the middle of the 18th century, are only slowly becoming known by the world's peoples. Part 2: This exercise of mine, this interviewing and literary analysis has been built, as I say above, on more than 40 years of reflection, as part of my association with the Bahá'í community(1953-1996), and my association with many other communities and groups in my life as far back as the 1940s. I am now 70, and I feel that this interview process, even after 20 years, has only just begun. It will continue as I live through my 70s and my 80s, into old-age, if I last that long. Part 3: As I also say, I find the interview a useful form of art, as Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors once said back in the 1960s. It is my hope, although I can not guarantee, that readers will find here at BLO, in the following thread or post, some thoughts and words of personal value to them as they take on life's tests, as they follow their own stars, and as they create using whatever gifts and potentials with which they are endowed. As this series of interviews moves through its third decade, I look forward to continuing my own reflections on decades of my writing and on more decades of my living, as well as on centuries, indeed, millennia of the great tapestry of human experience that is the recorded history of humanity.
Keywords: Ron Price

Intimate Diversity: The Presentation of Multiculturalism and Multiracialism in a High-Boundary Religious Movement - Jenkins,Kathleen (Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2003)
On the construction and maintenance of multiracial/ethnic networks in religious movements, through a comparative analysis of International Churches of Christ, The People's Temple, and the U.S. Bahá'í community.
Mirrored from nhbahais.com.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Race; Race unity; Sociology; United States (documents)

Introducing Israel - Comay,Joan (Methuen & Co., 1963)
Chapters on Haifa, Mt. Carmel, and Akka, with passing mentions of the Faith. Also published under the title Everyone's Guide to Israel.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel

Introducing Israel: Second Revised Edition - Comay,Joan (Methuen & Co., 1969)
Chapters on Haifa, Mt. Carmel, and Akka, with passing mentions of the Faith. Also published under the title Everyone's Guide to Israel.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel

Introduction - Townshend,George (Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh, 1954)
Original introduction to the Hidden Words, which is often omitted from print and online versions of the book.
See also The Hidden Words and Townshend's Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh: A Reflection. See also introduction to Gleanings.
Keywords: George Townshend; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

Introduction - Christian,W. Kenneth (Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, 1952)
Original introduction to Gleanings of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, which is often omitted from online versions of the book.
See also Gleanings of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and an index to Gleanings. See also a nicely-formatted version at miscellanie.com, and Sources of Gleanings. See also Introduction to the Hidden Words.
Keywords: Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Introductory; Outlines and summaries

Introduction to a Statement on Race Unity - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (1997)
An informal letter on the "most challenging issue confronting America."
See also the earlier document Vision of Race Unity, from 1991.
Keywords: Race; Race unity; United States (documents); Unity; Vision of Race Unity (statement)

Introduction to a Study of Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh - Anonymous (1964)
Brief study guide for and review of this collection of 184 passages selected by Shoghi Effendi for the book.
Mirrored from bahai-education.org.
Keywords: Obligatory prayer, Long; Outlines and summaries; Prayer; Prayers and Meditations of Bahá'u'lláh (book)

Introduction to a Study of the Qur'án: With Additional References from Several Bahá'í Texts - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1941)
A study guide to the Qur'an, consisting of lists of topics and verses by the "Study Outline Committee."
This publication is posted with the kind permission of the Bahá'í Publishing Trust, Wilmette, IL. The numbering scheme in this outline is based on Rodwell's translation of the Qur'án.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Laws; Outlines and summaries; Quran; Study guides

Introduction to Abdu'l-Baha's The Secret of Divine Civilization, An - Saiedi,Nader (Converging Realities, 2000)
'Abdu'l-Bahá's The Secret of Divine Civilization in the context of the Iranian social and political situation of the day, and comments on its contribution to ongoing debates on certain religious, social, and political debates.
Originally published at converge.landegg.edu, archived at archive.org. Article re-posted here with permission of publisher (notwithstanding the publisher's copyright restrictions).
Keywords: Iran (documents); Middle East; Reform; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Social and economic development; Sociology

Introduction to Compilation on Writers and Writing - Weinberg,Robert (Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
Essay written as introduction to the Compilation on Writers and Writing, both published in BSR 10.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Writing

Introduction to Green Acre Bahá'í School - Atkinson,Anne Gordon (Green Acre on the Piscataqua: A Centennial Celebration, 1990)
Brief summary of the history contained in the book-length history "Green Acre on the Piscataqua: A Centennial Celebration".
See also the earlier book Greenacre on the Piscataqua (1900). This essay was not copied from the book but was summarized anew, hand-typed, and posted (unproofread) to an internet discussion group by one of the authors. It may contain errors.
Keywords: Bahá'í schools; Bahá'í schools (conference centres); Eliot, ME; Green Acre Bahá’í School; Maine, USA; Sarah Farmer; United States (documents)

Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law - Goldziher,Ignaz (Princeton University Press, 1981)
An early academic overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history and theology. From translation of a 1910 book Vorlesungen uber den Islam, "Lectures on Islam."
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Bahá'í studies; Bábísm; Islam; Theology

Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America, Volumes 1-5 - Gallagher,Eugene V., editor; Ashcraft,W. Michael, editor (Greenwood Press, 2016)
Multiple excerpts referencing the Bahá'í Faith from this 5-volume set.
The Bahá'í Faith is mentioned on pages 26, 35, 82, 108-109, 270-271, 279, 315, 347, 618, 696, 913, 922, 1117-1166, 1173, 1221, 1496. Mirrored from vedicilluminations.com/downloads/. Robert Stockman's article in the PDF below is also posted separately at bahai-library.com/stockman_bahais_united_states.
Keywords: Introductory

Introduction to Nuqtat-al-Kaf, and Index and Concordance to the Persian Bayán - Browne,E. G. (Kitab-i Nuqtat al-Kaf: Being the Earliest History of the Babis, 1910)
Browne's English-language introduction to the earliest Bábí history Kitab-i Nuqtat al-Kaf, plus his detailed, annotated "Index of Chief Contents" of the Persian Bayán.
See also PDF scan of original.
Keywords: Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); E. G. Browne; Kitáb-i-Nuqtatul-Kaf

Introduction to the Baha'i Faith - Smith,Peter (British Library, 2019)
A look at the central features of the Baha’i Faith, including its history, and the key beliefs, organisation and world-view of the Baha’i community (archived copy, original offline).
Mirrored from bl.uk/sacred-texts/articles/an-introduction-to-the-bahai-faith [archive.org]. See also Moojan Momen's Central Figures of the Baha'i Faith and Bahá'í Sacred Texts, and see the start page British Library - Discovering Sacred Texts: Bahá'í [archive.org].
Keywords: British Museum and British Library; Introductory

Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith - Kazemzadeh,Firuz
Overview of the Faith, given at Stanford University.
Sponsored by the Bahá'í Club of Stanford. Date of this talk not given; if you know, please email me. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Introductory

Introduction to the Bahá'í Tradition - Author unknown (On Common Ground: World Religions in America, 1997)
Brief overview of The Bab and Bahá'u'lláh; worldwide expansion; affirming oneness; feast and fireside; human equality; and becoming a Bahá'í.
This article was published on CD-ROM in 1997 and later adapted for online posting by Harvard's Pluralism Project. See also The Bahá'í Tradition homepage for The Pluralism Project.
Keywords: Basics; Introductory

Introduction to the Kitáb-i-Iqán, An - Sabet,Nasser (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
The importance, style, and contents of the Book of Certitude, and its five major themes: the true seeker and independent investigation of truth, rebirth of spirituality, Christianity and Islam, the Bábí dispensation, and the process of revelation.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude)

Introduction to the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys - Gulick,Robert L. (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1957)
Essay included as a preface to a 1952 edition of Seven Valleys and published as a stand-alone booklet in 1957; see miscellanie.com
Keywords: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys)

Introduction to the Study of Some Living Religions of the East - Cave,Sydney (Duckworth & Co., 1921)
One-paragraph overview of the lives of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.

Introduction to the Study of the Hidden Words Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh - Tinto,Iscander Micael, compiler (1999)
Short compilation of passages about the Islamic Book of Fatima and the Bahá'í Hidden Words, a list of headings, and some commentary.
Mirrored with permission from iscandertinto.com. Prepared for Wilmette Institute background materials.
Keywords: Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Outlines and summaries

Introduction to the Tablet of Ashab - Cole,Juan (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1991)
Short overview of Bahá'u'lláh's evolving proclamation.
Keywords: Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One)

Introduction: A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb - Browne,E. G. (1891)
Overview of Browne's early research into the Bábís and his collecting their historical materials; autobiographical summary of part of his career; impressions of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá.
See also the complete book and abridged version. See also a scan of the original book [PDF, 32MB].
Keywords: 19th century; Akka, Israel; Biography; Cyprus; E. G. Browne; Famagusta, Cyprus; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Taríkh-i-Jadíd (New History); Travelers Narrative (book)

Introduction: Aims and Purposes of the Bahá'í Faith - Hofman,David (Baha'i World, 1986)
Introduction to this Bahá'í World volume.
See Bahá'í World volume 18 table of contents.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Purposes of; David Hofman; Introductory

Investigating Spiritualization: Noticing, Processing and the Function of Time - Fotos,Sandra S.; Hansen,Lynne (1995)
Survey and analysis of the personal adoption of virtues among Mormons and Bahá'ís.
Delivered at the North America ABS Conference in San Francisco, October 1995. This paper was awarded the prize for multiple-author research. A further treatment of some of the points raised in this presentation can be found in Sandra Fotos' "Strategies for Spiritualization" in the Journal of Bahá'í Studies 9:1 (1999), 1-25.
Keywords: Mormonism (Latter Day Saints); Spiritualization; Virtues

Investing and Finance - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (1996)
Letter from the US BNC's Finance Coordinator describing some investment principles followed by the NSA, and offering limited guidance for individuals.
While this letter reads like an official statement from the US Bahá'í National Center, it may have been intended as no more than a personal letter from an employee. [-J.W.]

Investment in your community reaps priceless profits - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2010)
Getting to know people in your community, and being helpful to your neighbors, has unexpected benefits.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2763705.
Keywords: Community (general); Community building

Invisible Occidentalism: Eighteenth-Century Indo-Persian Constructions of the West - Cole,Juan (Iranian Studies, 1992)
Iranian attitudes toward Western culture, science, and philosophers in the colonial era. (No mention of Babis or Bahá'ís.)
Purchase online: tandfonline.com.
Keywords: 18th century; Culture, Indo-Persian; Culture, Western; India; Iran (documents); Philosophers; Science

Ios, the Shepherd Boy: Some Parables Concerning the Laws of the Spiritual Life - Abdul-Bahá (Star of the West, 1922)
Five short stories by Abdu'l-Bahá told to Lua Getzinger, as recalled by May Maxwell, illustrating the spiritual life.
See this online at starofthewest.info/viewer.erb?vol=13&page=182. This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: Fiction; Lua Getsinger; May Maxwell; Metaphors and allegories; Stories; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Iqbál and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faith - Schimmel,Annemarie (The Bahá'í Faith and Islam, 1990)
One of the more influential Muslim thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Iqbal expressed views on the the Bábí and Bahá'í religions in his dissertation "The Development of Metaphysics in Persia" and his poetical magnum opus the Javidnama.
Scholarly paper presented at the "Bahá’í Faith and Islam" symposium held at McGill University, Montreal, March 1984. See more at bahaistudies.ca/books/bahai-faith-and-islam, and see also The Development of Metaphysics in Persia (1908).
Keywords: 20th century; Arts and crafts; Biography; Buddhism; Bábísm; Dante Alighieri; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Life after death (afterlife); Literature; Literature, Persian; Love; McGill University; Muhammad Iqbal; Philosophy; Poetry; Rumi (Mevlana); Salvation; Soul; Sufism; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Iran - Monteil,Vincent (Éditions du Seuil, 1957)
Passing mention of the Bab and Bahá'u'lláh.
Searchable at hathitrust.org.
Keywords: Iran; Mentions

Iran and the Muslim World: Resistance and Revolution - Keddie,Nikki R. (New York University Press, 1995)
Numerous passing mentions of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths in the context of Iranian political history, including some background of contemporary anti-Bahá'í activity.

Iran between Two Revolutions - Abrahamian,Ervand (Princeton University Press, 1982)
Multiple references to the Bahá'í Faith, in an academic book of history.
The Bahá'í excerpts below were scanned and posted to this site in 2002. The PDF of the complete book was later posted in 2020 at marxists.org.
Keywords: 20th century; Constitutional Revolution (Iran, 1905-1911); History (general); Iran (documents); Iran, General history; Iranian revolution (1979); Persecution, Iran; Shaykhism; Tudeh Party of Iran

Iran in the Twentieth Century: A Political History - Ghods,M. Reza (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1989)
Brief overview of Shaykhism and Babi/Bahá'í history, passing mentions of "Babist" as a political slur, and of Bahá'í families achieving commercial prominence under Mohammad Reza Shah.
Keywords: 20th century; Bahá'í history; Bábísm; Iran; Shaykhism

Iran Seeks to Suppress Baha'i Faith: Editorial - Author unknown (The Christian Century, 1955)
One-paragraph editorial from 1955.
Keywords: 20000 martyrs; Brotherhood; Báb, Martyrdom of; Persecution, Iran

Iran since the Revolution - Keddie,Nikki R.; Bayat,Mangol; Kazemi,Farhad (Social Science Monographs, 1985)
Passing mentions in three articles: repression of Bahá'ís in 1982, Bábí "heresy" in the early 1900s, persecution of Jews and their conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, and the anti-Bahá'í campaign of 1955.
Keywords: 1900s; 1955; 1982; Jews; Persecution, Iran

Iran since the Revolution - Zabih,Sepehr (Croom Helm, 1982)
Discussion of the Iranian constitution, with one passing mention of Bahá'ís not being recognized.
Keywords: Constitutions (general); Human rights; Iran (documents); Iranian constitution; Iranian revolution (1979)

Iran under the Ayatollahs - Hiro,Dilip (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985)
Mentions of persecutions of Baha'is in 1903, 1955, and 1978.
Keywords: 1903; 1955; 1978; Hojjatieh Society; Persecution, Iran

Iran's Genocidal Mentality - Knight,W. Andy (The Mark News, 2010)
The systematic, government-sanctioned persecution of the Bahá'í minority in Iran can be considered a crime against humanity.
Author affiliation: Chair of the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta; Fellow, Royal Society of Canada. Mirrored from themarknews.com.
Keywords: Amnesty International; Ayatollah Khamenei; Human rights; Media (communication); Misinformation and disinformation; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution, Destruction; Persecution, Human rights; Persecution, Iran; United Nations Commission on Human Rights

Iran's Systemic Denial of Access to Higher Education - Sabeti,Saman (FICHL Policy Brief Series, 2017)
Discrimination as embedded in the Iranian Constitution and in higher education since 1979; dismissal and expulsion; exclusion by application form; exclusion by process; how the victims have responded.
This article is hosted under open-access copyright at toaep.org/pbs. Find it also under toaep.org/authors/#authors_s.
Keywords: 1979; 1980s; Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Education; Human rights; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution; Persecution, Education; Persecution, Iran

Iran, Bahá'í Community of - Rafati,Vahid (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1989)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bahaism-v.
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Tehran, Iran

Iran, Democracy, and International Law - Karimi,Abteen (Maryland Journal of International Law, 2013)
Passing mentions of Bahá'í persecution in Iran (see pages 318-319).
Mirrored with CC permission from digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mjil/vol27/iss1/17/.
Keywords: Persecution, Iran

Iran: A Country Study - Nyrop,Richard F., editor (The American University, 1978)
Half-page summary of Bahá'í thought and history.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Iran

Iran: A Country Study - Curtis,Glenn E., editor (Department of the Army, 2008)
1-page overview of Bahá'í history and persecutions, with other passing mentions.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Iran; Persecution, Iran

Iran: Drehscheibe zwischen Ost und West - Schweizer,Gerhard (Klett-Cotta, 1991)
Lengthy discussion of Bábí history, Bahá'í literature and teachings, and the persecutions of 1955 and 1979.
Keywords: 1955; 1979; Bahá'í history; Bábí history; Persecution, Iran

Iran: From Religious Dispute to Revolution - Fischer,Michael M. J. (Harvard University Press, 1980)
Brief discussion of Shaykh Mohammad Taghi (Muhammad Taqi) Falsafi's anti-Bahá'í activities in the 1950s, attacks against Bahá'ís in 1978, and anti-establishment appeal of Bábí and Bahá'í teachings.
Keywords: 1950s; 1978; Mohammad Taghi Falsafi; Persecution, Iran

Iran: History of the Bahá'í Faith - Momen,Moojan (1994)
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history

Iran: Province of Ádharbáyján - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: 19th century; Azerbaijan; Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents)

Iran: Province of Fárs - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Fars, Iran; Iran (documents)

Iran: Province of Gílán - Momen,Moojan (1994)
History of the Bahá'í Faith in the Iranian province of Gilan.
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Gilan, Iran; Iran (documents)

Iran: Province of Isfahan - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Isfahan, Iran

Iran: Province of Káshán and Central Provinces (Sultánábád, Mahallát, and Gulpáygán) - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Gulpaygan, Iran; Iran (documents); Kashan, Iran; Mahallat, Iran; Sultanabad, India

Iran: Province of Khamsih (Zanján) - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Khamsih, Iran; Zanjan, Iran

Iran: Province of Khurásán - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Khurásán, Iran

Iran: Province of Khúzistán - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Khuzistan, Iran

Iran: Province of Qazvín - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Qazvin, Iran

Iran: Province of Tehran (including Qumm, Simnán, and Dámghán) - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Damghan, Iran; Iran (documents); Qom, Iran; Simnan, Iran; Tehran, Iran

Iran: Province of Yazd - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Yazd, Iran

Iran: Provinces of Kirmán and Sístán - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Kirman, Iran; Sistan, Iran

Iran: Provinces of Kirmánsháh, Hamadán, Kurdistán, and Luristán - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Hamadán, Iran; Iran (documents); Kirmánsháh, Iran; Kurdistan; Luristan, Iran

Iran: Provinces of Mázandarán and Gurgán - Momen,Moojan (1994)
See related links at Principal events of Bábí and Bahá'í history 1844-1921. Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from momen.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Gurgan, Iran; Iran (documents); Mazandaran, Iran

Iran: Religious Life - Hooglund,Eric (Countries of the World, 1991)
Descriptions of the principal religious communities in Iran.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Islam; Shia Islam (Shiism); Statistics

Iran: Suppression of religious freedom and persecution of religious minorities: case studies - Schirrmacher,Thomas (International Journal of Religious Freedom, 2009)
The legal status of non-Shiite Muslims, Bahá'ís, and various Christian confessions in Iran.
Mirrored from religionsfreiheit.net.
Keywords: Human rights; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

Iran: The Illusion of Power - Graham,Robert (Croom Helm, 1978)
1-paragraph summary of the Faith as a cause of political friction between Mohammad Reza Shah and the clergy in the 1970s, and mention of a Bahá'í, Hozbar Yazdani, owning a controlling interest in Iranians Bank.
Keywords: 1970s; Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi

Iranian Bahá'ís in captivity are living, and suffering, for all of us - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2011)
Why did a group of Bahá'ís in Iran in 1983 choose to be executed rather than renounce their faith? A new group of Bahá'ís in Iran is facing the same fate.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2631234.
Keywords: Persecution, Iran; Suffering

Iranian Believers Throughout the World, Message to - Universal House of Justice (1997)
Inspirational discussion of the history of the Bahá'ís in Iran, including exhortations for the education of Persian children and youth.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Children; Education; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Youth

Iranian Expatriates, Letter to, following 1979 Iranian Revolution - Universal House of Justice (Baha'i World, 1986)
Letter of support and guidance to Iranians who had recently fled the Iranian Revolution, dated 10 February 1980.
Also available in various formats on bahai.org/library.
Keywords: 1979; Arts and crafts; Calamities and catastrophes; Detachment; Diaspora, Persian; Integration and disintegration; Iran (documents); Materialism; Meetings; Moderation; Opposition; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Pioneering; Politics; Prayer; Prophecies; Science; Service; Steadfastness; Technology; Tests and difficulties; Virtues; Wealth and poverty; Worldwide

Iranian fun and games with Bahá'í followers - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2010)
Satirical look at contemporary Iranian persecutions of the Bahá'ís.
Mirrored with permission of author from www.stcatharinesstandard.ca.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution, Iran

Iranian Intellectuals and the Bahá'ís - Rabbani,Ahang, compiler and translator (2010)
59 essays from 2008-2009 in Iranian newspapers or IranPressWatch.org by influential thinkers, about the Bahá'í Faith in contemporary Iran. Most of these were also translated by Ahang Rabbani.
Keywords: 2000s; Persecution, Iran; Roya Boroumand; Tudeh Party of Iran

Iranian Millenarianism and Democratic Thought in the Nineteenth Century - Cole,Juan (International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1992)
The growth of belief in representative government within the Bahá'í faith in the last third of the 19th century as an example of how popular opinion in Iran was changing prior to the Constitutional Revolution.
Mirrored with permission from www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/bhconst.htm.
Keywords: 19th century; Democracy; Iran (documents); Millennialism; Politics

Iranian National Bahá'í Archives (INBA) - Various (1976)
105 volumes of Bahá'í writings and manuscripts, compiled before the Islamic revolution in Iran by the Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly and distributed as photocopies to Bahá'í scholars and archives, for preservation.
Image scans by Robert Stauffer first posted starting in the late 1990s at h-net.org (completed 2013). All volumes hand-typed and proofread by Adel Shafipour et al. over the following 25 years (almost completed 2023). See also Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq.
Keywords: Afnan Library; Archives; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Writings of; Indexes and catalogues; Iran (documents); Iranian National Bahá'í Archives (INBA); Manuscripts; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism: The Liberation Movement of Iran under the Shah and Khomeini - Chehabi,H. E. (I. B. Tauris, 1990)
Multiple passing mentions of the Faith in the context of Iranian political developments in the mid-20th century.
Keywords: 20th century; Iran

Iranian Refugees in America: A Cross-Cultural Perspective - Lewis,Frank; Stevens,Puran (Bahá'í Refugee Office of the NSA of the Bahá'ís of the United States, 1986)
Introduction to Persian culture, history, and customs, designed as an aid in cultural understanding for Americans interacting with Iranian emigrants.
Keywords: Cultural differences; Culture, Persian; Diaspora, Persian; Iran (documents); Taaruf (Tarof); United States (documents)

Iranian Refugees: The Many Faces of Persecution - Jones,Allen K. (American Council for Nationalities Service, 1984)
A paper detailing the persecution and displacement of Iranian refugees (including Bahá'ís) due to religious, ethnic, and political reasons following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, emphasizing their global spread and challenges in asylum and resettlement.
Keywords: 1979; 1980s; Human rights; Iran (documents); Migration; Persecution, Iran; Refugees; United States (documents)

Iraq, 1900 to 1950: A Political, Social, and Economic History - Longrigg,Stephen Hemsley (Oxford University Press, 1953)
Passing mention of the confiscation of Bahá'í properties in Baghdad in the early 1930s.
Keywords: 1900; 1920s; 1950; Baghdad, Iraq; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Iraq

Ireland's Multi-Ethnic Immigration Challenge: An Irish Bahá'í View - Moane,Eamonn (Solas, 2002)
After centuries of population loss, Ireland’s economic success in the 1990s led to a surge of immigration, but its reaction to a multi-ethnic influx has been disappointing. It needs Bahá'í approaches like consultation, tolerance, fairness, and morality.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 2. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: 1990s; Consultation; Cultural diversity; Integration (migration); Ireland; Migration; Tolerance

Irish Bahá'í Summer School - Taherzadeh,Adib (1999)
A wide-ranging talk on the administrative order, anecdotes about George Townshend, and time spent in Ireland.
Second audio file ends abruptly. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Administrative Order; George Townshend; Ireland

Is Economic Justice Possible?: Toward a New Conception of the Equitable Distribution of Wealth and Income - Sabet,Navid (Baha'i World, 2020)
Survey of the world's current economic condition, and on the implications of Bahá'í principles on the enormous challenge of building an economic system that is just, benefiting all of humanity.
Because this article contains both footnotes and illustrations, and because the PDF options at bahai.org allow you to only choose one or the other (documents there can be saved with illustrations or footnotes, but not both), we have a PDF at this site only for search-engine indexing — but please see the better version at bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: Charity and relief work; Economics; Equality; Justice; Wealth and poverty

Is It Unethical to Evade Taxes in an Evil or Corrupt State?: A Look at Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Mormon and Bahá'í Perspectives - McGee,Robert W. (Journal of Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy, 1999)
The ethics of tax evasion has been a neglected topic in both the accounting and ethical literature. This article reviews the recent literature, focusing on the question of whether tax evasion is ethical in a corrupt country.
Mirrored from Social Science Research Network.
Keywords: Christianity; Corruption; Economics; Ethics; Islam; Judaism; Mormonism (Latter Day Saints); Taxation

Is Spirituality Effective in Addiction Recovery and Prevention? - Ghadirian,Abdu'l-Missagh; Salehian,Shadi (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2018)
Substance abuse has become a global health crisis, the leading cause of death and disability worldwide; various theories have emerged about the positive influence of spirituality; how an effective approach to prevention and treatment might be realized.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/250. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Addiction; Alcohol; Drugs; Health and healing; Psychology; Spirituality

Is the Bahá'í Faith a "World Religion" or a "New Religious Movement"? - MacEoin,Denis; Stockman,Robert; Cole,Juan; Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (1997)
Compilation of emails about the socio-religious classification of the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Sect, NRM or World Religion; New religious movements (NRM); World religions

Is the Bahá'í Faith a World Religion? - Fazel,Seena (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
Examination of the terms "world religion" and "new religious movement" to demonstrate that the Bahá'í Faith is best categorized as a "world religion."
Also available as a formatted PDF from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/80.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Sect, NRM or World Religion; Introductory; New religious movements (NRM); World religions

Is the Baha'i Faith a World Religion? - Momen,Moojan (Soundings: Essays in Bahá'í Theology, 1989)
The Bahá'í Faith has the potential to become a world religion, but whilst it has achieved a global distribution, it is still limited by the cultural presuppositions of some of its adherents, and so does not reach all types of people.
This paper was published in Soundings: Essays in Bahá'í Theology (ed. Sen McGlinn), Open Circle Publishing, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1989, pp. 55-64. It has been scanned in from the original. The article referred to in note 4 subsequently appeared in Religion (1989) vol. 19, pp 63-91. The article referred to in note 10 subsequently appeared in Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi (ed. Moojan Momen). Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, vol. 5, Kalimat Press, Los Angeles, 1988, pp. 185-217 Mirrored with permission from www.momen.org/contents.htm.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Sect, NRM or World Religion; World religions

Is the Bahá'í view of evolution compatible with modern science? - Kitzing,Eberhard von (Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
See also Keven Brown's companion piece, Are 'Abdu'l-Bahá's views on evolution original?
Keywords: Evolution; Science

Ishqabad, City of Love: A Study into the Story of Those Who Became the Foremost in the Bahá'í Faith - Izadinia,Fuad (2014)
Biographies of many dozen Bahá'ís of historical interest; construction of the House of Worship in Turkmenistan; Bahá'í schools for boys and for girls; stories of exiled Bahá'ís.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: 1880s; 19th century; Architecture; Ashgabat; Bahá'í history by country; Bahá'í schools; Biography; Cemeteries and graves; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Russia; Turkmenistan

Ishráq Khávarí - Rafati,Vahid (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 1998)
Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
Mirrored from www.iranicaonline.org/articles/esraq-kavari.
Keywords: 1902; 1972; Biography; Scholarship; ʻAbdu'l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari

Ishraq Khavari's Books and Publications - Shafipour,Adel (2008)
A list of the research and writings of Ishráq-Khávarí, known as a brilliant scholar of the Bahá'í Faith (in the Persian language), much of whose work remains unpublished.
Mirrored from academia.edu. See also the Wikipedia page for Ishraq Khavari, which includes links to his works, and links to the pages for Fadil Mazandarani and Mirza Abu'l-Faḍl. See also Biography of Jinab Ishraq Khavari.
Keywords: Bibliography; ʻAbdu'l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari

Ishraqát, Tablet of, Date of Revelation - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Clues that could provide a date for the revelation of Bahá'u'lláh's "Tablet of Ishraqat." Includes part of Sen McGlinn's original query to which the House.
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Dating of Writings; Lawh-i-Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors); Research Department, Questions and answers

Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Baha'is - Buck,Christopher (Studies in Contemporary Islam, 2003)
"The Bahá'í question" is really a test case for whether Islam can legitimately claim to respect human rights today. Includes a Persian translation of the original article.
Keywords: Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Human rights; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

Islam and Modernism: The Iranian Revolution of 1906 - Martin,Vanessa A. (I. B. Tauris, 1989)
Overview of Shaykhism, the Bábí movement, and the ulama under the Qajar dynasty.
Keywords: 1906; Constitutional Revolution (Iran, 1905-1911); Iran

Islam and the Bahá'í Faith - Majid,Abir (2004)
Comprehensive overview of the relationship between the Bahá'í Faith and Islam, and background on Islam for Bahá'ís. Includes outline of Bahá'í principles and history, "An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith."
Originally posted to bci.org/islam-bahai without the author's name; attributed to "Bahá'í Communications International". Later moved to bahaiproofs.com. Also available in Arabic.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Prophecies

Islam and the Bahá'í Faith - Kerr,Diane Robinson (2014)
Overview of the core tenets of Islam — belief, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage — with some reflections from a Bahá'í perspective.
Mirrored with permission from the author's website, where she has many other articles, and two ebooks for sale: The Coming of Age of Humanity and Mending the Circle: A Practical Guide to Facilitating Groups.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam

Islam and the Bahá'í Faith: A Brief Guide - Troxel,Duane (Deepen, 1994)
An overview of some facts and resources about Islam Bahá'ís should know when conversing with Muslims. Includes chronology of Islam.
This is a revision of a paper published in Deepen Magazine in 1992 under the title "Islam for Bahá'ís." Also available as PDF (1.5MB) of the original printed version from the published magazine.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam

Islam and the Baha'i Faith: A comparative study of Muhammad `Abduh and `Abdul-Baha `Abbas: Review - MacEoin,Denis (Religion, 2010)
This document also available as PDF.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Muhammad Abduh; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Islam and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2002)
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Islam

Islam and the Life of the Mind - Lawson,Todd (TVO Public Television, 2005)
History of Islamic philosophy and how it connects to individual Muslims. Includes unedited, unformatted transcript.
Talk delivered at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. Aired on Think Again, a "website and podcast tapping the intellectual energy of TVO archival content; remixing past programs into web-sized theme segments promoting literacy." From tvo.org. A later version of this talk titled "The Study of Islam and the Life of the Mind in Canada" was filmed at the Centre for Islamic Studies in Damascus, February 2008, for a 1-hour program on the Arabic edition of al-Jazeera, aired 2008/02/19.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Philosophy; Philosophy, Islamic

Islam in Persia - Tisdall,W. St. Clair (The Mohammedan World of To-Day, 1906)
Passing discussions of Babis and Bahá'ís in Iran at the start of the 20th century (pages 115-118, 121, 129-130).
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: 20th century; History (general); Iran (documents); Islam

Islam in the History of Religions - Bausani,Alessandro (Problems and Methods in the History of Religions, 1972)
Methodological reflection on the question: how much does the study of so-called "superior" religions fit into the history of religions as a unitary discipline?
From "Proceedings of the Study Conference Organized by the Italian Society for the History of Religions on the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Death of Raffaele Pettazzoni, Rome, 6-8 December 1969 - Papers and Discussions" (see Google Books). The Bahá'í Faith is mentioned in passing on pp. 57 and 63.
Keywords: Alessandro Bausani; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Monotheism

Islam, A Challenge to Faith - Zwemer,Samuel M. (1907)
Overview of the Mahdi and history of the Bábí and Bahá'í faiths in the context of dissidence within Islam; quote from a Christian missionary on his inability to convert Bahá'ís, and his estimate of the Bahá'í population of Persia.

Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur'an: Some Introductory Notes - Lambden,Stephen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1991)
Islamic contributions to Western culture and science and discusses the place of Islamic Studies in the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Culture, Western; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Muhammad (Prophet); Quran; Science

Islam, the Baha'i Faith and the Eternal Covenant of Alast - Maneck,Susan (2009)
This post was one of only two made to Maneck's "A Bahá'í Perspective of Islam" blog. Select comments, with Maneck's responses, have been included. Mirrored with permission from bahai-islam.blogspot.com/2009/02/islam-bahai-faith-and-eternal-covenant.html.
Keywords: Alast (Primordial Covenant); Bible; Christianity; Covenant; Healing prayer, Long; Islam; Judaism; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Moses; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Mysticism; Quran

Islam: Beliefs and Observances - Farah,Caesar E. (Barron's Educational Series, 1970)
Overview of the Bábí and Bahá'í faiths, and their relevance to "modernity,"
May still contain scanning errors.

Islám: The First 138 Years - Rassekh,Nosratollah (World Order, 1980)
Overview of the start of Islam, the life of Muhammad, the Qur'an, succession, early splits and philosophical disagreements, and expansion across the Middle East.
Online in PDF and text formats at bahai.works. See also Christianity, A.D. 138.
Keywords: Islam; Muhammad (Prophet)

Islám: The Road Ahead: Reflections of a Bahá'í on Islamic Topics - Mustapha,Rowshan (2014)
Questions about the finality of religion, the Day of Judgment, the role of Jesus and the Mihdi, and what will happen at the End of Time, through the lens of the Bahá’í Teachings.
Document online at rowshanmustapha.com. See also Baha'u'llah: The Great Announcement of the Qur'an (Muhammad Mustapha, 1993).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Belief; Bible; Báb, The; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Death (unbelief) and life (belief); Faith (general); Heaven and hell; Hour (prophecy); Human rights; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Introductory; Islam; Jesus Christ; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Mahdi (Mihdi); Manifestations of God; Metaphors and allegories; Modernity; Mountains; Muhammad (Prophet); Opposition; Paraclete (prophecy); Plain, The (prophecy); Progressive revelation; Prophecies; Prophets; Quran; Qá'im; Religion (general); Religious leaders (clergy); Resurrection; Return; Seal of the Prophets; Stars; Trumpet blasts (prophecy); Unity of religion

Islam: The Straight Path - Esposito,John L. (Oxford University Press, 1988)
Passing mention of political persecutions.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Islam; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other

Islamic Contributions to Civilization - Cobb,Stanwood (Avalon Press, 1963)
Overview of the many inventions and sciences which were developed by or transmitted by Islamic people and nations.
Also available as PDF, and in other formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Civilization; Culture, Western; Europe; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Philosophy, Andalusi; Philosophy, Islamic; Renaissance; Science; Stanwood Cobb

Islamische Grundlagen des Kitáb-i Aqdas: Mit neuen Erkenntnissen zu seiner Datierung - Ekbal,Kamran (Iran im 19. Jahrhundert und die Enstehung der Baha'i Religion, 1998)
Book title translates to Iran in the 19th century and the emergence of the Bahá'í religion; paper title "Islamic foundations of Kitáb-i Aqdas: With new insights as to its dating." Page images scanned by author and shared with me for posting, just before his passing in 2014; converted to PDF and OCRed 2017. See also Ekbal's Der Messianismus des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts und die Entstehung der Bahá'í Religion from this same book.
Keywords: Dating of Writings; Islam; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)

Islands of the North Sea - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
This compilation is partly an "Official" one, as it contains sections compiled by the Research Dept of the UHJ, and partly a "personal" one, as it contains sections compiled by Chris Manvell for the Bahá'í Studies Review. Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Compilations by country or area; Guernsey, UK; Islands; Isle of Man, UK; Jersey, UK; North Sea; United Kingdom

Islands of the South Pacific - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
This compilation is partly an "Official" one, as it contains sections compiled by the Research Dept of the UHJ, and partly a "personal" one, as it contains sections compiled by Chris Manvell for the Bahá'í Studies Review. Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Compilations by country or area; Pacific; South Pacific

Israel between East and West - Patai,Raphael (Greenwood Publishing Corporation, 1953)
Passing mention of Bahá'ís in Palestine in the 1940s, estimating that they numbered around 300.
Keywords: 1940s; Palestine; Population

Israel Resurgent - Bentwich,Norman (Ernest Benn Ltd, 1952)
Two editions of a book with a one-paragraph overview of Babi-Bahá'í history.
First published in 1952 under the title Israel in the series "Nations of the Modern World." Revised and republished in 1960 under the title Israel Resurgent. Both versions, which differ slightly, are included.
Keywords: Bahá'í history

Israel, Teaching the Faith in - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Short overview of the policies on discussing the Bahá'í Faith in Israel; the prohibition of Bahá'ís from teaching the Bahá'í Faith to Israelis extends to internet discussions. Includes US State Dept. overview of the laws regarding proselytizing in Israel.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Internet; Israel; Israel, Bahá'í relations; Membership; Teaching

Israel: An Uncommon Guide - Comay,Joan (Random House, 1969)
Overviews of Haifa, Mount Carmel, and Akka, with brief mentions of Bahá'í locations.
See also the author's guides Introducing Israel.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel

It Is Written: A Monologue Recounting the Episode of the Martyrdom of the Báb - Sahba,Naysan (2001)
Fictional monologue of a character who participated in the execution of the Báb.
Mirrored from the old Ocean website [archive.org].
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Báb, Martyrdom of; Drama

It's not a great weight-loss plan, but fasting is good for the soul - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2011)
Humorous look at the Fast and questions from non-Bahá'ís, and an overview of the laws of fasting.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2500924.
Keywords: Fasting; Health and healing; Naw-Rúz

Ita and the Sandinista Revolution - Wilson,Robert G. (dialogue magazine, 1987)
An interview with Ita, one of the earliest participants in the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua that resulted in the removal of Anastasio Somoza from power in 1979. Includes letter about the organization "Quest for Peace."
See also "Making of Central America: Intervention, Dictatorship, and Revolution," and "Exile from El Salvador: A Conversation with Antonio." See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: 1970s; History (general); Nicaragua

Italy: History of the Bahá'í Faith - Savi,Julio (1992)
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project.
Keywords: 1898; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Italy

Itchyfeet: Travels with Reg Priestley - Priestley,Reginald L. (1991)
Autobiography of a world traveller who visited many places in and around Israel while in the Palestine Policeman service in the 1940s, and the story of his acceptance of the Bahá'í Faith.
See the author's son's brief biography of him in the Foreword to The Bahá'í Fireside Notebook, pp. 4-5. Mirrored from slideshare.net/TCE/itchyfeet-reg-priestley. Later published by Amazon (2023).
Keywords: 1940s; 20th century; Australia; Biography; Israel; Palestine; Reginald L. Priestley; Travelogues; War; World War II

J. E. Esslemont - Author unknown (Baha'i World, 1926)
Esslemont's is the only biography or in memoriam in this first volume of Bahá'í World.
See also the rest of Bahá'í World vol. 1.
Keywords: 1874; 1925; Biography; John Esslemont

Jack Boyd memoirs - Boyd,Jack (2004)
Memoirs of Jack and Eileen Boyd, pioneers in Canada, covering the years 1953-2012. Includes recollections of travel, biographies of other Bahá'ís, and historical observations.
Keywords: 1950s; 1960s; 2012; 20th century; Biography; Canada; Eileen Boyd; Jack Boyd; Scotland; United Kingdom

Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: In Memoriam - Lee,Anthony (2004)
A short biography of Bahá'í scholar and archivist R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, who passed away October 20, 2004.
This biography was first composed for the listserver H-Bahai and expanded for posting here.
Keywords: 2004; Biography; R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram

Jainism and the Bahá'í Faith: Non-Violence and Plurality Across Time and Space - Zhang,Yifan (ISJS-Transactions: A Quarterly Refereed Online Research Journal on Jainism, 2022)
Comparison of similarities in Bahá'í and Jain teachings, especially in non-violence and plurality across time and space. Link to article (offsite).
Article online at isjs.in (offsite).
Keywords: Ethics; Globalization; India; Interfaith dialogue; Jainism; Migration; Non-violence; Peace; Philosophy; Religion (general); Respect; Tolerance; Unity; War

Jalal Khazeh Remembered - Liedtke,Harry (2023)
Memory of meeting a Hand of the Cause of God at the first Bahá'í World Congress, April 28, 1963, and a brief tangent on the history of Royal Albert Hall, London.
Keywords: 1963; Jalál Kháḍih; London, England

Jamal Effendi and Sayyid Mustafa Rumi in Celebes: The Context of Early Bahá'í Missionary Activity in Indonesia - de Vries,Jelle (Baha'i Studies Review, 2007)
Details of an early Bahá'í missionary journey to the the island of Celebes (now Sulawesi) in what was then to the Dutch East Indies, including the conversion of the king and queen of Boné.
In March 2006 the NSA of the United Kingdom suspended the "Association for Bahá'í Studies (English-speaking Europe)" and replaced it with the "Association for Bahá'í Studies (United Kingdom)". At that time the Bahá'í Studies Review was given a new editorial board and a new publisher, Intellect, and housed at atypon-link.com where this article was provided as a free download. BSR has moved to yet a third website, ingentaconnect.com, which no longer offers this PDF online.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Indonesia; Jamal Effendi; Netherlands; Siyyid Muṣṭafá Rúmí

Jamál Effendi and the Early History of the Bahá'í Faith in South Asia - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Review, 1999)
Includes maps on Jamal Effendi's journeys in India, and journeys in Southeast Asia.
This article was later republished in Search for Values: Ethics in Bahá'í Thought (Kalimat, 2004). First presented on 4 December 1999, at a meeting of the Religious Studies Special Interest Group of the Association for Bahá'í Studies (ESE), held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, under the title "An Account of the Activities and an Analysis of the Role of Jamál Effendi in the Propagation of the Bahá’í Faith throughout Asia."
Keywords: Afghanistan; Bahá'í history by country; Bangladesh; Central Asia; China; India; Indonesia; Jamal Effendi; Myanmar; Pakistan; Singapore; South Asia; Southeast Asia; Sri Lanka; Tajikistan; Teaching; Thailand; Tibet; Uzbekistan

Japan Will Turn Ablaze! - Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan, 1992)
Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá, letters of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice, and historical notes about Japan.
See also Errata for Traces that Remain and Japan Will Turn Ablaze. Note: this is the original complete compilation, with photographs, not the abridged version later republished by the Bahá'í World Center.
Keywords: 20th century; Japan; Photographs; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Jesus and Early Christianity in the Gospels: A New Dialogue, by Daniel Grolin: Review - Buck,Christopher (Baha'i Studies Review, 2003)
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ in the Bahá'í Writings - Stockman,Robert (Baha'i Studies Review, 1992)
While Christians traditionally believe the Gospels to be substantially accurate, little is known about Jesus and what he actually taught; the Bahá'í writings fill in many of these gaps.
This paper is based on a presentation made at the seminar "How is Jesus Unique?" at Edinburgh University, organised by the Bahá'í Society in December 1991. See also Michael Sours' commentary on this article Commentary concerning the differences between Christian and Bahá'í terminology.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Sin; Trinity

Jesus Christ in the Bahá'í Writings, by Robert Stockman: Review: Commentary concerning the differences between Christian and Bahá'í terminology - Sours,Michael W. (Baha'i Studies Review, 1993)
Discusses the station and titles of Christ in an attempt to find common ground with Christians.
Review of Jesus Christ in the Bahá'í Writings.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ, Resurrection of - Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; Resurrection

Jesus et Muhammad - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Fireside talk.
Note: the filename of this MP3 file gives an alternate title, "Musulmans et Chretiens." Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ; Muhammad (Prophet)

Jesus the Son of God and the Incarnation Doctrine - Khursheed,Antonella; Khursheed,Anjam (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
The Bahá'í approach to the sonship and divinity of Christ is consistent with Old and New Testament usage. It examines the Incarnation Doctrine, the roots of which can be traced to pagan influences coloring Christian belief in its early centuries.
See the table of contents and editor's note in the complete issue, vol. 1.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Son of God

Jésus, Fils de Dieu et Fils de l'homme - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2002)
Fireside talk.
Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ

Jewel in the Lotus: The Extraordinary Story of the Baha'i House of Worship in New Delhi, India - Bahá'í Blog; Badiyan,Fred (2021)
Background of the Lotus Temple, one of the most outstanding architectural achievements of the 20th century; principles guiding its design, geometry, and fabrication.
Transcript auto-generated by Youtube, copied from youtube.com/watch?v=rq_X--FkFeQ. Not edited or formatted, contact us to help.
Keywords: 1970s; Architecture; India; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, New Delhi; New Delhi, India

Jewish Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith - Sharon,Moshe (2011)
On the conversion of Jews in Iran, where they were among the early converts to the new religion, first as occasional individuals, and from the late 1870s in massive numbers.
This paper was first posted in Word format at Hebrew University of Jerusalem [archive.org], where the author was the Chair in Bahá'í Studies.
Keywords: 1870s; Conversion; Interfaith dialogue; Jews; Judaism

Jews and the Crucifixion - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (1980)
The individual recipient of these letters submitted the same (or a similar) question (on Jews and the crucifixion) to the Universal House of Justice ten years later. It is available online here.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Judaism

Jináb-i-Fádil Mazandarání in the United States - Mazandarani,Asadu'llah Fadil (2009)
Digitization of a number of stenographic records which were held by the US National office from Jinab-i-Fadil’s trips to the US in the 1920s.
At the Caravan House in New York City, formerly the headquarters for Sohrab's activities in that city, R. Hollinger and P. Terry discovered Sohrab's handwritten account of Fadil's visit to North America. It was packed up and shipped to the National Bahá'í Archives in Wilmette, sometime in 1994. Ramneshi later scanned and typed it, in a project still online at sites.google.com/site/fadilmazindarani/thereproductions. Found at scribd.com/Fail-Mazandarani-in-the-US/d/17568407. Also available as formatted PDF. This document has been spellchecked, but not proofread for grammar and punctuation.
Keywords: 1920s; Green Acre Bahá’í School; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; United States (documents)

John Cornell: in memoriam - Various (1998)
Brief bio note written by Dr. Cornell in 1998 for posting at the Bahá'í Library Online, and a memoriam biography published by the BCCA in 2001.
Keywords: 1922; 2001; Bahá'í Computer and Communication Association (BCCA); Biography; Fresno, CA

John Henry Wilcott: A Pioneer Twice Over - Drong,D. Llewellyn (1998)
Book length biography of an early Bahá'í pioneer.
Keywords: 1871; 20th century; Biography; Montana, USA; Pioneering

John the Baptist and Baha'i Prophetic Categories: An Atypical Paradigm - McLean,Jack (2013)
Comparative Jewish-Christian-Islamic-Baha’i study of the prophetic station of the prophet John the Baptist, who occupies a theological status between "minor" and "major" prophet. Includes history of the present-day Sabean-Mandean Baptists in Iraq.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; John the Baptist; Manifestations of God; Prophets

John the Baptist and Interpretation - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (1989)
Various questions about the the Bahá’í position on John the Baptist, his station and teaching, and the function of interpretation.
The enclosures mentioned, which address the second question, are online here. PDF below from Microsoft Word version prepared by M. Thomas (2022); see also original scan, mirrored from adibmasumian.com. Shared by, and name retained with permission of, original recipient.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Bible; Christianity; Contradictions; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; John the Baptist; Laws; Manifestations of God; Prophets

Joseph in Religious History and the Bahá'í Writings - Buck,Christopher (2022)
Just as the story of Joseph is the "best of stories," the metaphor of Joseph is the "best of metaphors": it is the most comprehensive, pervasive symbol and allegory of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in the Bahá’í Writings.
Slides from a presentation given August 27, 2022, for the 8th Annual Raymond Flournoy Course on Islam and the Bahá’í Faith, organized and hosted by Todd Lawson on behalf of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Montréal. Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bible; Báb, The; Christianity; Imam Husayn; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ; Joseph (Prophet); Judaism; Metaphors and allegories; Moses; Muhammad (Prophet); Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Typology

Josie McFadden - Munro,Sarah (2013)
Josie McFadden is a fictitious character who works in the home of Reverend Frederick White and his wife, Jane Elizabeth White, actual people who hosted Abdu'l-Bahá in Edinburgh. Though this monologue is fiction, it is based on real events.
This is the script for an audio production available for download at 9starmedia.com/encounters-with-abdulbaha.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Edinburgh, Scotland; Scotland; United Kingdom; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Journal Diary of European Baha'i Travels: April - November 1948 - Remey,Charles Mason (1948)
A record of Remey's visits across Europe, from England to Germany. Includes coverage of Bahá'í participation in the first U.N. convention on Human Rights, held in Geneva.
Keywords: 1948; Austria; Belgium; Biography; Charles Mason Remey; Europe; France; Germany; Italy; Switzerland; Travelogues; United Kingdom

Journey of Broken Hearts - Jones Kavelin,Chris (2005)
Three poems on meeting or loving the Beloved, and one inspired by the music of Henryk Górecki.
Keywords: Poetry

Journey of Courage: From Disability to Spiritual Ability - Mezei,Frances, compiler (Bahá'í Publications Australia; Nine Pines Publishing, 2023)
The purpose of this compilation is to offer an approach to transform our limitations and attitudes when dealing with our disabilities, health conditions, and the ageing process. Includes updated Guidelines for Improving Accessibility.
Order online at bahaibooks.com.au; posted with permission.
Keywords: Aging; Disability; E-books; Health and healing

Journey through the Caucasus and the Interior of Persia - Mounsey,Augustus Henry (Smith, Elder & Co., 1872)
4-page overview of Bábí history.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Báb, Martyrdom of

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan - Bird,Isabella Lucy (John Murray, 1891)
Three brief mentions, including of a "recent" attack on a group of peaceable Babis in Isfahan, written by "Mrs. Bishop" (Bird), Honorary Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
Also online at Google Books. See also Mary Bird in Persia.
Keywords: Isfahan, Iran; Persecution, Iran

Jours de souvenance: Sélection des Écrits de Bahá'u'lláh pour les jours saints bahá'ís - Bahá'u'lláh (2021)
Quarante-cinq sélections révélées pour neuf jours saints baha'is. Traduction de Days of Remembrance.
This is an "official" translation, prepared by the French Panel named by the Universal House of Justice and published by the French publishing trust, la Maison d'éditions bahá'íes. Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also Bibliothèque baha'ie. See also English original.
Keywords: Days of Remembrance (book)

Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses - Lawson,Todd (Erin and Iran: Cultural Encounters between the Irish and the Iranians, 2015)
Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their resolution; relation between form and content; prominence of epiphany; manifestation, advent and apocalypse; and the theme of heroism, reading and identity.
The PDF below is a corrected, lightly updated version of the published copy.
Keywords: 19th century; Abjad system; Alast (Primordial Covenant); Apocalypse; Arising; Arts and crafts; Day-year principle; Disconnected letters of the Quran; Dualism; Dublin, Ireland; Epics; Epiphany; Giordano Bruno; Iran (documents); Ireland; Islam; James Joyce; Joseph (Prophet); Knowledge; Language; Literature; Literature, English; Modernism; Monism; Mythology; Numerology; Opposites; Pairs of words; Philosophy; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Qá'im; Reading; Remover of Difficulties (invocation); Shia Islam (Shiism); Time; Twelfth Imam; Typology; Ulysses (book); Words and phrases

Juan Cole manuscript and book collection: Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i texts - Cole,Juan, compiler (1997)
Manuscripts and books in Cole's library and selected Iranian National Bahá'í Archive contents.
This document is from 1997, is well out-of-date, and no longer serves its purpose; such lists of personal archives were more useful when the internet was young.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'í studies; Báb, Writings of; Bábísm; Manuscripts; Shaykhism; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Judaism and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2004)
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Judaism

Judeo-Persian Communities of Iran in the Qajar Period: Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith - Amanat,Mehrdad (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/judeo-5-2-qajar-conversion-of-jews.
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Bahá'í history; Bahá'í history by country; Conversion; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Jews; Judaism; Qajar dynasty

Julia's Journey: A Life Illumined by the Light of Akká - Shaw,Robert Gregory (2023)
A brief record of the background of Julia M. Grundy and her lifelong services to the Faith following a 1905 pilgrimage, based on genealogical and internet sources, with extracts from her pilgrim notes relating to personal encounters with 'Abdu'l-Baha.
See also Ten Days in the Light of Akka.
Keywords: 1873; 1905; 1970; Biography; Julia Grundy; Pilgrims notes

Juliet Remembers Gibran: As told to Marzieh Gail - Thompson,Juliet (World Order, 1978)
Juliet Thompson's recollections of Kahlil Gibran.
Keywords: 1856; 20th century; Biography; Juliet Thompson; Kahlil Gibran; Marzieh Gail; Painting; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits

Juliet Thompson: Champion of the Bahá'í Faith in New York City - Ahdieh,Hussein (2021)
Essay about the life of Juliet Thompson, a prominent early Bahá'í and friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Mirrored with permission from bahaiblog.net, where there is also a comments section.
Keywords: 1912; 20th century; Arts and crafts; Biography; Bowery Mission, New York; Dreams and visions; John Good; Juliet Thompson; Kahlil Gibran; Lua Getsinger; New York, USA; Painting; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits

Just System of Government: The Third Dimension to World Peace - Huddleston,John (The Baha'i Faith and Marxism, 1987)
Highlights a few points in the Bahá'í approach to government and collective action.
Keywords: Consultation; Elections; Governance; Government; Justice; Peace; World order

Just War from the Bahá'í Perspective - Taefi,Vargha (2006)
A Bahá'í view is that the individual's will is subordinate to society's will. Comparison of this attitude with contemporary international political theory, and on justifying war as "humanitarian intervention."
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia in Italy, July 2006.
Keywords: Ethics; Justice; Pacifism; Peace; Philosophy; War

Justice - Barnes,Kiser (2006)
From "Serving the Divine Plan Programme"; see mentions of this program in uhj_turning_point_1996-2006 pages iii, viii, and 223, and haifalife.blogspot.ca. Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru.
Keywords: Justice; Kiser Barnes

Justice and Equality – a basis for change in our troubled world - Miller-Muro,Layli (2004)
Transcript of the talk given at the 5th annual Margaret Stevenson Memorial Dinner and Lecture, July 17 2004.
Miller-Muro is the Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting women from human rights abuses through the provision of legal aid and social services. See bio and photo at atlantabahai.org/profile-miller-muro.php. Transcript checked and approved for posting by author. Distributed by Bev Watson, Executive Officer, Bahá'í Office of External Affairs.
Keywords: Equality; Justice; Tahirih Justice Center; United States (documents)

Justice Book: Some Bahá'í Teachings on Human Development - Keene,James J. (2010)
Three sample chapters from a collection of essays on the "big picture" of the world today: What is justice, the power of justice, and justice in the condition of humanity.
Justice Book is part of the Bahá'í Themes series. Parts of many chapters were originally posted on author's website Independent Investigation of Truth; published in 2021 with illustrations and many new chapters. See a longer preview at amazon.com.
Keywords: Humanity; Justice

Justice et Miséricorde?: Une théologie du pardon selon la foi Bahá'íe - Schaefer,Udo (Association d'Ètudes Bahá'íes (Europe francophone), 2001)
Mirrored with permission from www.udoschaefer.com/books/french.html.
Keywords: Ethics; Forgiveness; Justice; Udo Schaefer

Justice, Fairness and the Meekness of God - Maneck,Susan (1999)
How the concepts of justice and fairness relate to the responsibilities laid upon the rulers, whether Bahá'í or civil, and especially as related to the Learned, be they clerics, scholars, or members of the Institutions.
Mirrored with permission from jfm.susanmaneck.com/.
Keywords: Justice

Justice: A Compilation - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Bahá'í International Community (2013)
Mirrored with permission from iscandertinto.com.
Keywords: Justice

Justice: The Best Beloved of All Things - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (2004)
Keywords: Justice

"Justly and Without Bias": Consultation as a Technique for Mitigating Cognitive Biases - Espinosa,Andres Elvira (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2024)
Exploring Bahá’í consultation as a framework for mitigating cognitive biases, emphasizing group deliberation, justification, and repeated exposure to diverse perspectives for effective debiasing.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Bias; Consultation

K. C. Porter - Eskow,Gary (Mix, 2002)
Interview with a Bahá'í music producer and arranger with A & M Records
Mirrored from highbeam.com (formerly elibrary.com).
Keywords: 1990s; Biography; Latin America; Music

Kafka's spiritual dimension - Massiah,Greg (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
The metaphysical significance of Franz Kafka's work is often overlooked. An exploration of religion and spirituality in three of his best-known short stories: The Judgment, In the Penal Colony, and Before the Law.
This essay was 1995 winner ABS-ESE Student Prize for Bahá'í Studies.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Franz Kafka; Literature; Literature, German

Kahlil Gibran - Buck,Christopher (American Writers Supplement XX, 2010)
A detailed study of the life and work of the Arab-American author and artist Gibran (1883—1931), who achieved fame in the West through his book The Prophet; a Maronite Christian by birth, he was influenced by Sufi ideas and admired 'Abdu'l-Bahá'.
Purchase this book online at amazon.com.
Keywords: 1883; 1931; Biography; Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet - Bushrui,Suheil Badi; Jenkins,Joe (Oneworld, 1998)
Includes portrait of 'Abdu'l-Bahá sketched by Kahlil Gibran.
Pages 9, 123-26, 128, 251-5, 261, 263, 266, plate between 276-277.
Keywords: 1912; Biography; Kahlil Gibran; Painting; Suheil Bushrui; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits

Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet, by Suheil Bushrui: Review - Pokorny,Brad (One Country, 1999)
Mirrored with permission from www.onecountry.org/e104/e10416as.htm
Keywords: Kahlil Gibran