The Baha’i Faith

The unity of the human race is the central teaching of Baha’u’llah, the prophet founder of the Baha’i Faith. A growing number of people are becoming aware of the revelation of Baha’u’llah and His spiritual and social teachings. These include the imperative necessity of international peace and security, the resolution of racial and ethnic conflicts, the promotion of equality between men and women, the need for economic justice, and access to education for all. The Baha’i Faith is now a way of life for more than six million people in some 236 nations and territories. Positive social change is, from a Baha’i perspective, a challenge that requires the world’s disparate peoples to regard each other as one human family, and to be genuinely concerned for the prosperity and well-being of every member of that family.

The Baha’i Community of York 

The Baha’i community of York although small in numbers, is diverse, vibrant and very much involved in various kinds of services to the general population of York. The community not only consists of British born Baha’is, but also has members from other countries that come together in the spirit of unity, love and fellowship. The community activities include children's classes, study circles, devotional meetings, and public events. The Baha’i Faith is a religion without priesthood and therefore an elected body called ‘Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of York’ guides the Baha’i activities. 

Baha’i Faith Advisers

May and Hooshmand Badee come from two different religious backgrounds. May’s parents were born Jews and Hooshmands were Moslems, and they have come together through accepting the Baha’i faith.  They have travelled extensively, living in different countries with different cultures and religions, which has given them a broad outlook on the human race and spiritual life and a greater appreciation of the teachings of Baha’u’llah which states that ‘The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens’.  They hope that their experience as Baha’i advisers to YSJ will provide encouragement and aspiration for those who share a vision of humanity as one global family and the earth as one homeland

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