Entrance to the restored cell of Bahá'u'lláh. (2004) |
The cell of Bahá'u'lláh. (Photo by Clarence Welsh, circa 1921) |
View of Acre, with the prison compound at right. (Etching by David Roberts, 1839) |
The floor occupied by the Holy Family. |
Skylight in the ceiling of the citadel and the uncovered stone at the place where Mirzá Mihdí fell. In the background is the doorway that leads to rooms including the cell of Bahá'u'lláh. (2004) |
The interior of the cell of Bahá'u'lláh. (2004) |
Windows of the cell of Bahá'u'lláh, upper right, in the prison citadel in Acre. (2004) |
Windows of the cell of Bahá'u'lláh. (2004) |
Acre. |
Acre, 1917. The site of the citadel is the big compound at the center, bottom section of the city. (Photo from the German Aerial Photographic Archives, Munich.) |
Inside the cell of Bahá'u'lláh after the completion of its restoration. (2004) |
Window from which Bahá'u'lláh waved to pilgrims. (2004) |
The original stone below the historic skylight. The stairs leading to the roof are at rear left. (2004) |
A restored room near the cell of Bahá'u'lláh, Who waved to pilgrims from the window at right. (2004) |
Acre/Haifa area map. |
The upper floor about the time the restoration project began. The grilles and square doorframes were installed in 1947. |
The windows of the cell of Bahá'u'lláh during the restoration work. |
Restoration work underway in Bahá'u'lláh's cell. |
The rear wall of the floor containing Bahá'u'lláh's cell during restoration work. (2003) |
The cover of "World Order" Volume 35. No. 2 |
Award ceremony...."World Order" managing editor Betty Fisher (fifth from left) and designer Richard Doering (sixth from left.) |
The front cover of 'The Bahá'ís' magazine. |
The front cover of "Beyond the Culture of Contest" by Michael Karlberg. |
The cover of "The Bahá'í World 2003-2004." |
A page of photographs in "The Bahá'í World 2003-2004." |
A page of historical photographs in "The Bahá'í World 2003-2004." |
Cover of the newly released Bahá'í International Community statement, "The Search for Values in an Age of Transition," issued for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. |
Cover of the January-March 2005 edition of "One Country." |
The cover of the DVD of the new film about Bahá'í pilgrimage. |
The cover to Red Grammer's Grammy nominated album, BeBop Your Best. |
The cover to Tierney Sutton's Grammy nominated album, I'm With the Band. |
The cover of "The Bahá'í World 2001-2002," featuring a photograph taken at the opening of the terraces of the Shrine of the Bab on Mt. Carmel in Haifa, Israel. |
Entrance to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, Acre, Israel. On 21 April, Bahá'ís begin the commemoration of the 12-day Festival of Ridvan, marking the period when Bahá'u'lláh declared His mission in Baghdad in 1863. On the first day of Ridvan every year, Bahá'ís vote for their local governing councils, the Local Spiritual Assemblies. During the Festival this year, Bahá'ís will also elect the Universal House of Justice to a five-year term. |
The dust cover of the new "Baha'i World," available from Baha'i distribution outlets in Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. |
This year's "Baha'i World" includes photos and quotes at the beginning of each chapter. |
The book includes a review of the past year, including a rundown of activities by the Baha'i International Community and an update on the situation in Iran and Egypt. |
The new memorial to the visit of 'Abdu'l-Baha to Bad Mergentheim, Germany, was unveiled on 7 April 2007. At the ceremony, from left, are resort-director Katrin Lobbecke, Mayor of Bad Mergentheim Lothar Barth, and Sussan Rastani, a member of the Baha'i community of Bad Mergentheim. |
The original monument in Bad Mergentheim, pictured here, was removed during the Nazi regime. |
This is the inscription on the new monument. |
The playbill cover. |
The house of the Bab in Shiraz, Iran, where the Bab announced that He had come to herald a new age for humanity, was destroyed by Revolutionary Guardsmen in 1979. It was one of the most holy sites to Baha'is. |
This corner room of a house on the property known as Bahji, near Acre in what today is northern Israel, is the burial site of Baha'u'llah. Baha'is consider it the most sacred spot on earth. |
Attacks on Iranian Baha'is, from the elderly to young schoolchildren, continue unabated |
The dome of the new Baha'i Center of Learning in Tasmania is lowered into place. The design of the structure symbolizes unity and was created with environmental factors as a high priority. The dome was put in place on 9 July. |
The main part of the building is a 300-seat auditorium, which not only will be used for Baha'i activities but will be available to the greater community for other events. |
The building is designed to create an appropriate setting for devotional meetings or spiritual reflection. |
Construction of the new Baha'i facility in Hobart incorporates principles of energy efficiency, water conservation, and use of nontoxic and recyclable materials. |
The Baha'i Council of Tasmania will be responsible for managing the center and for its financial viability. The Hobart area has a population of around 200,000 people. |
This letter from a government ministry to 81 Iranian universities instructs them to expel Baha'i students. |
From its Seat at the Baha'i World Center in Haifa, the Universal House of Justice has addressed Iranian Baha'i students being shut out of universities. The message said, in part, "This action of the government in obstructing youth, Baha'i or otherwise, from access to higher education stands in contrast to the noble history of Iran's past attainments." |