About the Bahá'í Principles

The Oneness of MankindUniversal PeaceIndependent Investigation of TruthThe Common Foundation of All ReligionsThe Essential Harmony of Science and ReligionThe Equality of Women and MenElimination of Prejudice of All KindsUniversal Compulsory EducationA Spiritual Solution to Economic ProblemsA Universal Auxiliary LanguageAbout the Bahá'í PrinciplesVideo Content

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Principles of the Teaching of Bahá'u'lláh:
The Search After Truth

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View a larger picture. Elsie Austin gained her initial motivation to stand up for principle from the example and teachings of her brave forebears such as her great-grandmother, who refused to be intimidated by the racist terror perpetrated against her by the Ku Klux Klan in her home state of Alabama.

After Dr. Austin became a Bahá'í in 1934, she gained life-transforming inspiration from accounts of the life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. She was confirmed in her Bahá'í attitudes and beliefs by Hands of the Cause of God Dorothy Baker and Louis Gregory, an African-American.

In a 1998 lecture Dr. Austin said that Bahá'ís constitute a unique world community, one that is operating in every part of the world where there is tension, violence, and hatred.

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