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It is based on the teachings of Baha'u'llah (1817-1892), Who is regarded by Baha'is as the most recent in a line of Messengers of God that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ, and Muhammad.</p> <p>Baha'u'llah taught that there is only one God and one human family, that all religions represent progressive stages in the revelation of God's Will, and that humanity is reaching its long-awaited stage of maturity, when a peaceful and just world order can finally be realized. <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/about-bahai">Learn more...</a></p></div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/node/152" title="Check out Baha'i Books' new Web site">Check out Baha'i Books' new Web site</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">October 13, 2006 - 11:17am  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/3" rel="tag" title="Current or upcoming featured book titles available from Baha'i Publishing.">Featured Books</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> Visit Baha’i Publishing's new Web site, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061015230328/http://books.bahai.us/" target="_blank">books.bahai.us</a> , to see the latest books about the Baha'i Faith. Books explaining the Faith, and those on its history, new editions of Baha'i scripture and perspectives on social issues, are available. </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/node/151" title="Baha’i’s newsletter has write stuff to foster community unity">Baha’i’s newsletter has write stuff to foster community unity</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">October 10, 2006 - 11:01am  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/4" rel="tag" title="Stories about the individual lives of Baha'is and thier efforts to apply the Baha'i Teachings in day to day living.">Human Interest</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>Residents of Atlanta's West End Historic District might not know his name, but there's a good chance they know Mike Mumper's six-month-old newspaper, <i>Our West End Newsletter</i>.</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/node/150" title="Creating compassion and fighting poverty by trick-or-treating for UNICEF">Creating compassion and fighting poverty by trick-or-treating for UNICEF</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">October 5, 2006 - 1:38pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/4" rel="tag" title="Stories about the individual lives of Baha'is and thier efforts to apply the Baha'i Teachings in day to day living.">Human Interest</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>This Halloween, many Baha’i children will be fighting global poverty as they trick-or-treat for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/node/148" title="Resolution condemning persecution of Baha’is passes in the House of Representatives">Resolution condemning persecution of Baha’is passes in the House of Representatives</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">September 29, 2006 - 4:42pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/17" rel="tag" title="Issues facing Baha'is in Iran.">Iran</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>A spotlight fell on the Iranian Baha'i community Sept. 19 as the U.S. House of Representatives debated and passed a resolution condemning the repression of Iran's Baha'is and calling for their emancipation.</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/node/146" title="Mixing it up in Michigan">Mixing it up in Michigan</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">August 15, 2006 - 3:17pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/4" rel="tag" title="Stories about the individual lives of Baha'is and thier efforts to apply the Baha'i Teachings in day to day living.">Human Interest</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>The Baha'is of Huron Valley, one hour north of Detroit, are a good example of how members of the Faith can make an impact in their community despite their small number. </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/node/145" title="Baha’i NYC attuned to the rhythms of community">Baha’i NYC attuned to the rhythms of community</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">August 15, 2006 - 2:11pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/4" rel="tag" title="Stories about the individual lives of Baha'is and thier efforts to apply the Baha'i Teachings in day to day living.">Human Interest</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>With approximately 900 Baha’is in the metropolitan area, the New York City Baha'i Center is a happening place. </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/node/141" title="A Baha'i Perspective: Elena Mustakova-Possardt">A Baha'i Perspective: Elena Mustakova-Possardt</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">August 10, 2006 - 1:52pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/podcast" rel="tag" title="The Official podcast offering perspectives and thoughts from Baha'is around the country and around the world.">Podcast</a> | <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/19" rel="tag" title="A weekly radio broadcast produced at teh grass roots level offering interviews presenting a Baha'i perspective on life. The broadcast is on Saturdays at 10 AM on WXOJ-LP Northampton MA, 103.3 FM, the webstream can be found at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org. This show is a rebroadcast of the radio show, A Baha''i Perspective, produced by Warren Odess-Gillett.">A Baha'i Perspective</a> | <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/15" rel="tag" title="These are audio only podcasts.">Audio Podcast</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p class="audioPodcast"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061015230328/http://media1.bahai.us/bahaius/podcast/abp-021.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a></p> <p>The Bulgarian-born educator, who came to the United States to study at the University of Massachusetts after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, talks about the focus of her doctoral studies --critical consciousness, which integrates the heart with the intellect. <br/> </p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/node/138" title="Bringing honey to Haifa: Baha’i pilgrims arrive as missile attacks begin">Bringing honey to Haifa: Baha’i pilgrims arrive as missile attacks begin</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">August 9, 2006 - 4:51pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/4" rel="tag" title="Stories about the individual lives of Baha'is and thier efforts to apply the Baha'i Teachings in day to day living.">Human Interest</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>In the last two weeks of July, as half of Haifa's population was fleeing the besieged city in the north of Israel, 171 members of the Baha'i Faith arrived from around the globe to take part in a nine-day pilgrimage to the Faith's most sacred shrines, historic sites and world administrative center.</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/node/137" title="Being there makes it real: a story of Baha'i pilgrimage">Being there makes it real: a story of Baha'i pilgrimage</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">August 7, 2006 - 6:09pm  |  </span> <span class="subText">Terms :  </span><span class="categories"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-news" rel="tag" title="News about the Baha'i Faith in the United States and the activities of Baha'is around the country and around the world.">News</a> | <a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/taxonomy/term/4" rel="tag" title="Stories about the individual lives of Baha'is and thier efforts to apply the Baha'i Teachings in day to day living.">Human Interest</a></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>The word "pilgrimage" is defined as a long journey or search of great moral significance, sometimes to a sacred place. </p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="node"> <div class="listNode"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20061015230328/http://www.bahai.us/node/125" title="Congress hears testimony on serious situations of the Baha'is in Iran and Egypt">Congress hears testimony on serious situations of the Baha'is in Iran and Egypt</a></h2> <div class="subTitleBlock"> <span class="date">July 7, 2006 - 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