Bahá'i
Bahá'i
Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 18:00) Written by Interfaith Ministries Wednesday, 13 January 2010 12:00
The Bahá'i is the youngest of the world's independent religions.
It was founded in Iran in the mid-nineteenth century. Its founder, Mizra Husayn Ali, also known as Baha'u'llah, is regarded by Bahá'is as the most recent in the line of messengers of God that stretches back beyond recorded time. The line of prophets includes: Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Jesus and Muhammad. The central theme of Baha'u'llah's message is that humanity is one single race, and that the day has come for unification of one global society.
Population:
World - 6 million
United States - 753,423
Tenets:
- There is only one God.
- All major religions come from God.
- All humanity is one family.
- Women and men are equal.
- The family and its unity are very important.
- Everyone must receive an education.
- All prejudice, whether it is racial, religious, national, or economic, is destructive.
- World peace is the crying need of our time.
- A world government must be established to uphold universal peace.
- Religion must be in harmony with science.
- We must investigate the truth for ourselves, without preconceptions.
- An international language will promote understanding and harmony among all people.
- Our economic problems are linked to spiritual problems.
- God's creation is essentially good, and we are all meant to be happy.
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