- Jan T. Jasion. Abdu'l-Baha and "The Other" (2021-02). On xenophobia; Abdu'l-Bahá's response to it; his reactions to certain newspapers; the impact of xenophobia on digitized collections; some comments by Bahá'u'lláh on journalism. Text of a webinar presented to the Wilmette Institute (December, 2020).
- Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Community of Iran, The: Patterns of Exile and Problems of Communication (1991). An examination of the causes and patterns of migrations of Iranian Bahá'ís.
- Yin Hong Shuen. Challenge of Change for the Chinese in Southeast Asia, The (2000). Chinese Bahá'ís in some Asian countries are a microcosm of Chinese people in this region. An email survey asked what attracts Southeast Asians to the Faith, difficulties they face, and how adopting a world religion helps guide their future challenges.
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India. Communal Harmony: India's Greatest Challenge (1993(?)/2015). A formal statement from the NSA of the Bahá'ís of India on the need to overcome religious, linguistic and caste-based tensions.
- Ros Gabriel. Community as Family, The: Opportunities of Growth (1995).
- Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Dissimulation by Iranian Emigrants (1985-07-03). Letters from the House and the US NSA concerning Bahá'ís who were able to escape Iran in 1997 by denying their Faith.
- Simone Dennis, Megan Warin. Domestic Temporalities: Sensual Patterning in Persian Migratory Landscapes (2007-09). Embodied paths of patterning, memory and emotion amongst Persian immigrant women in Adelaide, especially the Bahá'í expatriate community. Link to document (offsite).
- Julio Savi. Duty of Kindness and Sympathy Towards Strangers, The (2011). Integrating immigrants into the culture of their new country is becoming a focus in some Western states. In 2007 the Italian government issued a “Charter on the Values and Significance of Citizenship and Integration,” which reflects such Bahá'í ideals.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history (1982-2023). Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- Duane L. Herrmann. Escape from Earth: The Journal of a Planetary Pioneer (2018). Chapter 1 of a 300-page novel.
- Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Foreigner: From an Iranian Village to New York City and the Lights That Led the Way (2019). Biography of a young boy in Nayriz, Iran in the mid 20th-century, his reflection on the sad society; his experience as a immigrant in the United States, struggle to make the American dream, and helped the innovative Harlem Prep, a Bahá'í inspired School.
- Naghme Naseri Morlock. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States (2023). The denial of a national identity of Bahá'ís in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differences between immigrant and American Bahá'ís; the importance of religious identity; how religious, national, and cultural identities are negotiated.
- Allen K. Jones. Iranian Refugees: The Many Faces of Persecution (1984-12). A paper detailing the persecution and displacement of Iranian refugees (including Bahá'ís) due to religious, ethnic, and political reasons following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, emphasizing their global spread and challenges in asylum and resettlement.
- Eamonn Moane. Ireland's Multi-Ethnic Immigration Challenge: An Irish Bahá'í View (2002). After centuries of population loss, Ireland’s economic success in the 1990s led to a surge of immigration, but its reaction to a multi-ethnic influx has been disappointing. It needs Bahá'í approaches like consultation, tolerance, fairness, and morality.
- Yifan Zhang. Jainism and the Bahá'í Faith: Non-Violence and Plurality Across Time and Space (2022 April-June). Comparison of similarities in Bahá'í and Jain teachings, especially in non-violence and plurality across time and space. Link to article (offsite).
- Hussein Ahdieh. Making of a Survivor, The: A Foreigner's Story (2019-05-22). The author on his new book, growing up as a Baha’i in Iran, and how his faith and family nourished and taught him to be who he is today.
- Michel P. Zahrai. Management of Small Rural Businesses: Some Views of the European Bahá'í Business Forum (1998). The challenge and benefits of restoring pride in rural non-farm businesses.
- Universal House of Justice. Migrants and Refugees in Europe (2015-10-01). Principles to guide the response of the Bahá’í community to the dramatic social changes concerning the 2015 influx into Europe of people fleeing conflict in the Middle East, especially Syria.
- Universal House of Justice. One Common Faith (2005). Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Bahá'u'lláh and the scriptures of other faiths against the background of contemporary crises.
- Graham Hassall. Persian Bahá'ís in Australia (1989). Overview of the history and modern activities (ca. 1989) of the Persian Bahá'í community in Australia.
- Universal House of Justice. Persian-speaking Believers in Anglophone Communities (1996-02). Some Persian expatriates feel deprived of participation in Bahá'í gatherings because of an inability to understand English.
- Geoffrey Cameron. Quiet Exodus, A (2013-07). Recent history of immigration law and practice in Canada, and the Bahá'í community's involvement in governmental change. Includes addendum from Bahá'í News Canada.
- Universal House of Justice. Responding to the War in Ukraine (2022-04-01). Actions Bahá'ís are taking in response to the invasion of Ukraine; the role of prayers and acts of service in bringing about a future without destructive weapons.
- Kerilyn Schewel. Rethinking Migration from a Global Perspective (2020-07). On migration and social transformation and humanity's response to displacement.
- Layli Maria Miron. Spiritual Cosmopolitanism, Transnational Migration, and the Bahá'í Faith (2020). Spiritual cosmopolitanism — how people can be persuaded to extend feelings of kinship beyond their own ethnic or national groups — and its principles of universal love and harmony is a key to borderless solidarity.
- Stephen Licata. Transmission of Cultural Values in Persian Bahá'í Families, The (1997). On how immigrant Persian Bahá’í families have carried their cultural values to the U.S., how the move affected the development of their children, and the cultural adaptation process. Includes survey on cultural values among Persian Bahá'ís in Los Angeles.
- Roxanne Lalonde. Unity in Diversity: Acceptance and Integration in an Era of Intolerance and Fragmentation (1994-04). Short excerpt from thesis, edited as a stand-alone article.
- Miriam Dixson. Women and Religious Change: A case study in the colonial migrant experience (2000). The story of Margaret Dixson, and one woman's growth from Anglicanism, via numerology and astrology, to commitment to the world ideals of the Bahá'í Faith.
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