VoicesDivine
Bahai audio books & podcast recordings of writings, prayers, news, & community messages for lovers of Bahaullah
Media portrayal of women is focus of panel
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When Jan Floyd-Douglass decided to buy a new car, she bypassed suitable models from eight different manufacturers – and then wrote to tell them why. “I love your car but I didn’t buy it because I don’t like your advertisements because they demean women,” wrote Ms. Floyd-Douglass, who is on the board of the Women’s National Commission in the United Kingdom.
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Discourse of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá at St. John’s, Westminster
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Audio: “…If we claim that the sun is seen in the mirror, we do not mean that the sun itself has descended from the holy heights of his heaven and entered into the mirror! This is impossible. The Divine Nature is seen in the Manifestations and its Light and Splendor are visible in extreme glory….”
Read more »Long Obligatory Prayer
Whoso wisheth to recite this prayer, let him stand up and turn unto God and, as he standeth in his place, let him gaze to the right and to the left, as if awaiting the mercy of his Lord, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate. Then let him say:
Read more »10 January 2010, To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith
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Audio “…those whose inner vision is dimmed by the veils of religious prejudice have conspired to create false accusations so as to provide justification to the Iranian people for their acts of oppression against you, seemingly unaware that such actions ultimately vitiate the perpetrator’s credibility….”
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