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‘SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING

Baha'is observe anniversary

ON TUESDAY, July 9, the
Baha’is of North Vancouver will
join Baha‘is around the world in
observing the anniversary of the
martyrdom of the Bab, one of the
central figures of their faith.

Gatherings to commemorate
this event will be held in North
Vancouver District and City, and
in West Vancouver. For more in-
formation on these events, call
986-2692.

The Bab, whose name means
the ‘‘Gate’’ was the pro-
phet-forerunner of the Baha’i
faith. He proclaimed that the
purpose of his mission was the
preparation of the worid for the
appearance of an even greater
prophet, who would usher in the
age when humans will achieve a
peaceful world civilization.

While the Bab revealed and in-
augutated an independent dispen-
sation in mankind's religious his-
tory, he made it clear that his cen-
tral purpose was to pave the way
for ‘‘Him whom God will make
manifest.””

From 1844 until his death in

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1850, the Bab urged his followers
to develop exemplary spiritual and
moral characters and to prepare
themselves for the advent of the
“‘Lord of the Age.”

The Bab was subsequently jailed
and exiled to a remote mountain
prison. but his influence grew,
and approximately 20,000 follow-
ers of the Bab were killed for their
faith.

Convinced that only the execu-
tion of the Bab would quell the
burgeoning religious movement.
the civil authcrities approved of
the death sentence.

On July 9, 1850, the Bab, at the
age of 30, was martyred by a fir-
ing squad in a public square in
Tabriz, Persia, while thousands of
people looked on.

This attempt to quell the mis-
sion of the Bab failed, for in
1863, Baha’u'llah, the prophet-
founder of the Baha’i faith, whose
name means ‘‘The Glory of
God,” announced that he was the
one whose advent the Bab had
foretold.

The chief principle of

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Baha’u'lah’s teachings is ‘the
oneness and wholeness of the
human race."’

He taught that the time was
now ripe for the coming of age of
the human race and the beginning
of its conscious unity.

To achieve this, he urged
among other things: the abolition
of racial, religious, political, and
economic prejudices, the adoption
of an international auxiliary lan-
guage, equal opportunities and
privileges for men and women, a
universal system of education, the
independent investigation of truth,
the adoption of a world code of
human rights and responsibilities,
and the creation of a world feder-
al government.

The remains of the Bab are in-
terred at the Baha’i Faith’s World
Centre outside Haifa, Israel, on
Mount Carmel. The anniversary
of his martyrdom is observed each
year by Baha’is around the world.

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