In the Bahá’í faith Ridván Festival is celebrated from sunset 21 April to sunset 2 May, commemorating Bahá’u’lláh’s proclamation in 1863 that he was the new prophet for this age in a garden in Baghdad, and the beginning of the faith. Ridván means paradise, the garden and Bahá’u’lláh’s house are now a place of pilgrimage [...]
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Most Great Festival
Posted in Beliefs, Festivals, Gardens, tagged Bahá'í, Bahá'u'lláh, Ridván on April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Shrine of Bahá’u'lláh
Posted in Beliefs, Gardens, History, Places, tagged Bahá'í, Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the Bahá’í religion the most holy spot is the burial place of the remains of the Prophet Bahá’u’lláh in Acre near Haifa in northern Israel: This is the direction followers pray towards in their daily prayers, known as their Qiblih. The dead are buried facing the Quiblih also. It is a place of pilgrimage for followers. All men have [...]
Prophets without honor in their own country…
Posted in Current events, History, Organisations, People, tagged Bahá'í, Iran on February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Báb, a Shi’ite Muslim was the first founder of the Bahá’í faith in Iran in 1844, he proclaimed a new messenger from God was coming soon to be another prophet such as Moses, Mohammad and Jesus. This contradicts a central tenet of Islam, that Mohammad was the last of the prophets, so The Báb was executed and [...]
