Bahá’í

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The Bahá’í Faith is an Abrahamic religion founded in 1863 in Tehran, Iran. It was formally established by Mírzá Husayn ʻAlí Núrí, who later took the name Baháʼu'lláh.

Baháʼí Star (Gold)
Universal House of Justice
Ringstone Symbol (Shrine of the Báb)
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (1911)
Sourcebahai.orgRetrieval date05/06/2020
Sourcebahai.orgRetrieval date05/06/2020
Sourcebahai.orgRetrieval date05/06/2020
Sourcebahai.orgRetrieval date05/06/2020
MediumDigitalOrientationFrontImage dateUnknownSource notesGold nine-pointed star
MediumDigitalOrientationFrontImage dateUnknownSource notesSeat of the Universal House of Justice
MediumDigitalOrientationFrontImage dateUnknownSource notesRingstone symbol on the Shrine of the Báb
MediumDigitalOrientationFrontImage date10011911Source notesColor portrait of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris, France, October 1911

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    Abrahamic Religion · Monotheistic
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    Heads up. Bahá’í Religion belongs to a parent belief system on the basis of shared myths and deities.

    Abrahamic religions refer to Semitic monotheistic religious groups that are based on the patriarch Abraham in the Judean tradition. The top three are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

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MLA Modern Language Association (8th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Bahá’í." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 06 May. 2020, omnika.org/stable/562. Accessed 11 May. 2024.

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APA American Psychological Association (6th ed.)

OMNIKA (2020, May 06). Bahá’í. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/562

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CMS Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Bahá’í." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created May 06, 2020. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/562.

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person Monotheistic Single deity
check_box Active Still practiced
language https://www.bahai.org Official website

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