Bibliography: BIB00351

Key	BIB00351
Reference type	Book
Title	The Story of Religions
Series title	The Library of Useful Stories
Author	Price, E. D.
Year	1898
Date	1898
Publisher	George Newnes Limited
Place published	London
Issue	10.
Notes	"Babysm:" p. 77. "In Persia, where Mohammedanism has greatly degenerated, a movement to purify it was set on foot in the year 1843 by Mirza Ali Khan (sic). He taught a kind of mysticism to which the unity of God was asserted and the re-absorption of all things into God, the Divine will being revealed by the medium of special messengers or prophets, among whom were Moses, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, himself, the Bab or 'Gate,' and one, the great Revealer, who would hereafter appear and succeed him. As the Bab or 'Gate,' he was the way by which man gained access to God. He denounced polygamy, prohibited divorce, and abolished the practice of veiling women, in which efforts he was aided by two missionary apostles, Husein Bushrewyeh and Mohammed Ali, and a remarkable woman, Zernyn Tadj (sic). The progress of the sect, which had been very rapid, was checked by the Persian Government, who defeated the Babis or followers of the Bab in 1848, and subsequently put the Bab himself to death. A considerable number of Persians are more or less openly adherents of Babyism at the present time." The author apparently took his account from Charles Reginald Haines's, "Islam as a Missionary Religion."
Language	English
Keywords	COMPARATIVE RELIGION; RELIGION
Number of pages	227