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Restoration work begins on Shrine of the Báb


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Work has begun on a four-year restoration project on the golden-domed Shrine of the Bab, one of the holiest sites in the Baha’i world and Haifa’s best-known landmark.

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UN General Assembly Concerned About Human Rights in Iran


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The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution expressing “deep concern at serious human rights violations” in Iran.

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  • Discourse of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá at St. John’s, Westminster September 2, 2008
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  • Long Obligatory Prayer March 15, 2009
    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: […]
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