So I'm using HTTrack right now. We'll see how it goes. : )

The new version of the Baha'i Reference Library has launched and it seems they've streamlined the Persian and Arabic websites by getting rid of the vast majority of material. This is very unfortunate. These texts are extremely useful to Persian speaking Baha'is and researchers. Jonah, would you be w...

http://imwerden.de/pdf/grinevskaya_bab.pdf

Isabella Grinevskaya's play on the Bab.

Here is another account on archive.org in the book "Persia" by Percy Sykes written in 1922. It's on page 127 to 129. https://ia802705.us.archive.org/24/items/persia017537mbp/persia017537mbp.pdf This book is called "Across Persia" by Crawshay Williams. The account of the Bab is ch...

I found this book on Project Gutenberg by a Westerner. It's called Modern Persia by Mooshie G. Daniel. It contains sympathetic accounts of the Bab and Babism. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21512/21512-h/21512-h.htm#II_IV In stature he was tall and slender, eyes black; eyebrows, heavy and long; bear...

It's called, "Religious Minorities in Iran: Baha’is, Jews, and the Islamic State."


http://lilt.ilstu.edu/critique/Fall%202011/Olai.pdf

Someone should write to the Universal House of Justice about this.

Is the Baha'i Involvement in the UN "political involvement"? What about the petitioning for human right in Iran? Sometimes this is presented as political involvement in polemics. It's usually framed that this is hypocrisy bevause Baha'is refuse to support Palestinians over Israel.

And ... some people have a lot of free time on their hands.

These posts date from 2006. The date is in the left hand corner under the username. Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:54 pm A cursory look over the materials shows that the vast majority of the authors are Baha'is and many works will be available some place or other, so I cannot imagine anything wrong with purcha...

I don't know if you noticed the date, but this was eight years ago, so it seems like this is hardly an issue worth worrying about.

Kalimat Press is still in business. At least, their website is still up.

http://www.kalimat.com/

It's on sale at Amazon for only a few dollars. http://www.amazon.com/Basic-BahaI-Dictionary-Wendi-Momen/dp/0853982317 http://glossary.bahaiq.com/ BahaIQ has a glossary complete with Persian and Arabic as well as pronunciations. If you ever need the Arabic or Persian word then my little tip is to loo...

Sure, I'll help with the vocabulary if you still need it.

In al-baqaarah, the Qur'anic narrative seems to confuse Saul and Gideon (The cow 2:249). And when Saul went forth with the soldiers, he said, "Indeed, Allah will be testing you with a river. So whoever drinks from it is not of me, and whoever does not taste it is indeed of me, excepting one who...

The link is on this page.

http://bahai-education.org/news/acuto-d ... -resources

Recently I've been thinking about an accusation by a particularly vengeful anti-Baha'i site that Babism only allows two wives while Baha'u'llah married a third woman whilst in Baghdad. For the life of me, I can't find any statements about bigamy or polygamy in Babism. Particularly they took issue wi...

The article is misleading, but not malicious really. More like misunderstanding.

Or wishful thinking.

No, the sources and quotes are real but often misinterpreted. It's just wrong but not necessarily covenant-breaking. The UHJ wrote that response about why it is incorrect in response to the paper. It's not a fabrication, but just because something uses real quotes and sources does not mean it is aut...

No, I was not ever trying to imply that the paper was correct. It's very explicitly wrong. They make no attempt to understand the interpretation of Shoghi Effendi. Instead they circumvent his authority for their own interpretation. Note that it was also clarified later by Abdu'l-Baha women could ind...

So the "O Handmaid" passage had a temporary meaning as applying to the Chicago House of Justice and Abdu'l-Baha later clarified His statements to be referring overarchingly to the UHJ?

Thanks for explaining

So the mention of the establishment of the Shrine of the Bab and the Mashriqu'l-Akdar would have to make this letter in 1909. http://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_letter_true_women I've also found two more papers with information on Corinne True. http://bahai-library.com/maneck_women_bahai_faith Look ...

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol3/wmnuhj.htm I have a few questions on this paper. First, this paper seems to imply the now famous passage on women on the UHJ "O Handmaid" was in reply to the following question of Miss True and she received her answer in 1902 (look under the section &q...