1. 2025-05. Execution of the Jewish Tribe of Banú Qurayẓih, The: Historical, Religious, and Ethical Considerations. Mohammad Norozi. Examination of the historical context of this event from the days of the Prophet Muḥammad, 627 CE. Articles-unpublished.
2. 2022. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim). David Russell Garcia, Kees Poolman, trans. . Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en sociale principes; heilige oorlog en vechten; redenen achter de reputatie van de islam als een oorlogsreligie; apocalypse. Books.
3. 2019-09. Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán. Nader Saiedi. Explores the Persian Bayán's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into the Báb's Dispensation. Audio.
4. 2019-05. Replacing the Sword with the Word: Bahá'u'lláh's Concept of Peace. Nader Saiedi. The writings of Bahá'u'lláh reconstruct foundational concepts such as mysticism, religion, and social order; theories of peace, including democratic, Marxist, and sociological. Articles.
5. 2018/2020. Laws Abrogated by Bahá'u'lláh. Anonymous, comp. Laws abolished from previous religions and from the Bayán. Compilations-personal.
6. 2017-01-23. No More Jihad: Muhammad's Message in Baha'u'llah's Dream. Christopher Buck, Necati Alkan. Essay about a Tablet of Baha’u’llah in which He describes a dream in which He "associated" with the prophet Muhammad. Essays.
7. 2017. Qur'an and Violence against Non-believers, The. Ted Brownstein. An examination of two sections of The Qur'an that supposedly authorize the slaughter of innocent non-Muslims. Essays.
8. 2014/2018. Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice: Commentary and Translation. Christopher Buck, Adib Masumian. The tablet Riḍvānu’l-‘Adl, "Paradise of Justice," shows how the concept of justice — which encompasses both faith and action — is the essence of the Baha’i concept of salvation, both individual and societal. Articles.
9. 2014. Birth of a Monotheistic Religion in Modernity, The: On Jihad and Martyrdom in the Baha'i Faith. Sasha Dehghani. The Bahá'í Faith responds to major questions of modernity such as the claims of science, world peace, and women's rights. Elements of continuity between early Christianity and mystical Islam can be found in the abolishment of military jihad. Articles.
10. 2012. Bahá'í Tradition, The: The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination. Todd Lawson. Overview of the status of violence in the Bahá'í tradition, and the historical/social conditions in which these doctrines were articulated. Articles.
11. 2009. Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Báb, by Nader Saiedi: Review. Jack McLean. Review of the book, expanded into an essay on the Bab's ethics, laws, and use of symbolism. Reviews.
12. 2008. Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Bab (contents and index only). Nader Saiedi. A lengthy, detailed examination of the context, chronology, and content of the writings of the Báb. (Link to document, offsite; only the contents and index are on this site, for keyword searching.) Excerpts.
13. 2005. Military Metaphor in Bahá'í Sacred Literature, The. Jack McLean. Martial symbology is common in the Bahá'í Writings, especially those of Shoghi Effendi, yet the Writings are expressly pacifistic. This article examines the apparent contradiction. Articles-unpublished.
14. 2005. Messianic Roots of Babi-Bahá'í Globalism, The. Stephen Lambden. Contrast of the continuity between the globalism of the Bab’s Qayyum al-asma’ and Baha’u’llah’s globalism, verses breaks between the two, e.g. the abandoning of jihad as a means of promoting a globalisation process. Articles.
15. 2003-10. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim). David Russell Garcia. A lengthy overview of the Qur'án and its themes for a Bahá'í audience; holy war and fighting; reasons behind Islám's reputation as a war-like religion; theology of Islám vs. Christianity; laws and admonitions; spiritual and social principles; apocalypse. Books.
16. 2001-09. Theology of Osama bin Laden, The: History and 9/11. Susan Maneck. Overview of the Muslim thinkers who influenced bin Laden and their motivations, and some historical context. Essays.
17. 1997. Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions. Jonah Winters. Religious and cultural meanings of martyrdom/witnessing, and their role in Shí'í and Bábí history. Personal.
18. 1997. Martyrdom in Jihad. Jonah Winters. Unlike Judeo-Christianity, Islam does not contain a core of martyrdom. Rather, it occurs in three disparate areas: war/jihad, asceticism, and Shi'ism. I examine the relationship between jihad and martyrdom and their classical and contemporary meanings. Personal.
19. 1986. Note on Maceoin's 'Bahá'í Fundamentalism' and 'Afnán, Hatcher and an old bone'. Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher, Denis MacEoin. Two shorter follow-up essays, offering closing thoughts on a previously-published debate about issues of historical accuracy, academic neutrality, and faith-based scholarship. Essays.
20. 1986. Bahá'í Fundamentalism and the Academic Study of the Babi Movement. Denis MacEoin. A response to Afnan and Hatcher's "Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins," on the issues of faith-based approaches to religious history and textual criticism. Articles.
21. 1985. Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins. Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher. A critique of articles by Denis MacEoin, and a defense of Bahá'í interpretations of history vis-à-vis academic criticism. Articles.
22. 1982-2023. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history. Encyclopaedia Iranica. Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles. Encyclopedia.
23. 1969. View on Islam, A. Amin Banani. This lecture gives "a few generalizations about Islam that are directly significant to Bahá'ís." Audio.

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