The Bahá'í Faith is a religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are about six million Bahá'ís in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. According to Bahá'í teachings, religious history has unfolded through a series of God's messengers who brought teachings suited for the capacity of the people at their time, and whose fundamental purpose is the same. Bahá'u'lláh is regarded as the most recent, but not final, in a line of messengers that includes Abraham, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Krishna, Jesus, Muhammad and others. Bahá'u'lláh's claim to fulfill the eschatological promises of previous scriptures coincides with his mission to establish a firm basis for unity throughout the world, and inaugurate an age of peace and justice, which Bahá'ís expect will inevitably arise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1'%C3%AD_Faith In some ways, Bahaism is a Persian equivalent of Sikhism, a sincere attempt to find common ground between the major religions in the world, by saying that all of them taught a common theme, and that the last messenger, Baha'ullah, is the one under which they can all be united. Sadly, though, it appealed very little to Islamic teaching, which taught that the last prophet was Muhammad. Therefore, Bahaism was persecuted terribly by Islam, and many of its followers were killed. Many others chose to flee Persia (Iran) and have established the faith in many countries.

There is plenty of info at Bahai.org The Baha'i Faith was founded in the 18th century in what is now Iran. Bahaullah was exiled and after passing through Iraq and Turkey, eventually ended up in the area of Haifa, Palestine. It's world center is now located in Haifa, Israel. Next to the Catholic Faith, it has the most ethnically and racially diverse population base of any of the world's religions (Encyclopedia Britannica). The first European and North American Baha'is enrolled in the 1890s. Baha'is believe in one God who is responsible for a series of prophets including Abraham, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Krishna, Muhammad, Moses, Zoroaster and others. The Baha'u'llah is considered to be the most recent messenger. Some of the teachings of the Baha'i Faith include: * Equality of the races and sexes * Heaven is closeness to God; Hell distance from Him * Our souls begin with life at conception * There is a need for a universal system of weights and measures, currency and communications (language) * World peace will be achieved when we recognize the integral relationship between our spiritual and material needs. * God is an unknowable essence with whom we share a spiritual nature * Science and religion are not in conflict. In essence one is the discovery of the other. When they do not agree it is because the research is incomplete or the faithful blind. * If two people argue about religion they are both wrong There is no clergy in the Baha'i Faith. All administration is performed under the auspices of elected bodies at the local, national and world levels, called respectively Local Spiritual Assemblies, National Spiritual Assemblies and the Universal House of Justice. Qualification for election is age 21+, good standing within the faith and maturity (spiritual and otherwise). People do not stand for election and are not allowed to lobby for this. Voting is confidential. Local meetings are organized by members and include devotional services, study classes, discussions, social events and the observance of holy days. Modesty is encouraged, but Baha'is generally dress the same as the culture in which they live. "Back-biting," prejudice, consuming alcohol and other intoxicating drugs and membership in political parties are forbidden. Members may date whomever they choose but must receive approval from parents to be married. This is based on the idea that unity begins in the family. Hope that is of some help!

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Islam is divided into two majors sects, the Sunnis and the Shi'ites. Within the Shi'ite sect there are a number of subdivisions with the major one being Ithnā‘ashariyyah' or 'Twelvers.' An adherent of Twelver ShÄ«‘ism is called a Twelver because they believe there have been twelve divinely ordained leaders who are also known as the Twelve Imams. Twelvers contend that the twelfth Imám went into concealment in 874 AD, at which communication between the Twelfth or Hidden Imam and the ordinary people could be by mediators called Bábs (gates) or Na'ibs (representatives.) In 940 AD, the fourth of the representatives claimed that the Hidden Imam had gone into an indefinite "Grand Concealment", and that he would cease to communicate with the people. According to Twelver belief, the Hidden Imam is alive in the world, but in concealment from his enemies, and that he would only emerge shortly before the Day of Judgement. At that time, acting as the Qá'im (the One who will arise) (aka the Mahdi (the One who is rightly guided)), the Hidden Imam would start a holy war against evil, would defeat the unbelievers, and would start a reign of justice. In 1830s in Persia, Sayyid Kazim Rashti was the leader of the Shaykhís, a sect of Shi'a Islam. The Shayhkis were a group expecting the imminent appearance of the Qá'im. At Siyyid Kázim's death in 1843, he had counselled his followers to leave their homes to seek the Lord of the Age whose advent would soon break on the world. In 1844 Siyyid `Alí-Muhammad Shirazi declared that he was the Bab / Qa'im and that he was bringing into being a whole new prophetic message based on but differing from Islam as Christianity differs from Judaism. The Bab declared that after he died another would arise who would be called 'Him Whom God Shall Make Manifest.' In 1853, one of the Bab's followers, Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Nuri declared that he was 'Him whom God shall make Manifest.' Baha'u'llah's teaching went even further than those of the Bab and included the following principles (among others). * the abandonment of all forms of prejudice * assurance to women of full equality of opportunity with men * recognition of the unity and relativity of religious truth * the elimination of extremes of poverty and wealth * the realization of universal education * the responsibility of each person to independently search for truth * the establishment of a global commonwealth of nations * recognition that true religion is in harmony with reason and the pursuit of scientific knowledge.