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Title: List of Baha'i Websites/Resources/links. Information about the Baha'i Faith.

Posted: Sep. 22, 2013

These links, all pointing to Bahá'í-related resources on the World Wide Web, were compiled by a member of r/bahai on Reddit. Quote: "I had all these things (and more) in my favorites. I found these over a period of several months. It took several hours to format the lists and sift through all my bookmarks."

As this list is now over ten years old, please keep in mind that some of the links may no longer be active. The list is presented almost exactly as originally posted, with some minor formatting differences to better fit the Gemtext format.

General Information

Association for Bahá’í Studies - Promoting the study of the Bahá’í Faith.

Association for Bahá’í Studies (Persian version)

Bahá’í's of the United States - Contact American Bahá’ís to request information, locate activities, and read general information.

Bahá’íQ - News, images, videos, library, glossary, and calendar.

Bahá’í.com - Unofficial website run by an individual Bahá’í. Available in Arabic, Spanish, French, and Italian.

Bahá’í.org – “The international website of the Bahá’ís of the world.”

Bahá’íDream - Bahá’í search engine to bring up relevant Bahá’í results.

Bahá'i Explorer- News, blogs, videos, audio, presentations and many links.

Bahá’í Blog - "... a place for Bahá’í news, resources, opinion, and all things Bahá’í."

Bahá’ímedia - "A repository of images and media related to the Bahá’í Faith"

Bahá’í Media Bank - "... photos of the Bahá’í community, historical figures, events and activities, houses of worship, and holy places."

Bahá’í MP3 - Talks in Russian and English, English music, and videos in Russian.

Bahá’í Teachings - "Exploring the Bahá’í perspective."

Bahá’í Thinking - "... a private initiative by Gunter C. Vieten and a team of Dutch Bahá’ís." German and Dutch versions.

Bahá’í Topics – “An Information Resource of the Bahá’í International Community.”

Bahá’í World News Service - Official Bahá’í news service documenting the activities of the worldwide Bahá’í community and the persecution of Bahá’ís.

One Common Faith

One Country - Newsletter of the Bahá'í International Community. The printed version of One Country is published in English, French, Chinese, Russian, German and Spanish.

Planet Bahá’í - Articles, book reviews, forum, and eBooks.

Wilmette Institute - Online learning center.

Introductions

95 questions on the Bahá'í Faith answered

About the Bahá'í Faith

BBC - Religion: Bahá'í Faith

Free Pamphlets on 33 Topics

Introduction to the Bahá’í Faith from About.com

PowerPoint introduction from a Bahá’í community

Q&A on the Bahá'í Faith

Scripture and Literature

Bahá'í Bookstore - Books, pamphlets, magazines, calendars, music, toys, curriculum, DVD's, gift items, and periodicals. Free eBooks. Persian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, and Khmer products available.

Bahá'í Library - Academic collection of books and materials relating to the Bahá'í Faith.

Bahá'í Reference Library- Official electronic library of selected Bahá'í writings in English, Persian, and Arabic.

Bahá'í Text - "Bahaitext is an online repository of books, letters and tablets related to the Bahá’í Faith."

Directory of Publishers of Bahá’í Books

Free Bahá'í eBooks - German, Spanish, French, and Chinese.

George Ronald Publishers - "Authentic, accurate and inspiring books on the Bahá'í Faith."

Interfaith Explorer - Bahá'í, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, Sikh, Tao and Zoroastrian texts. This website is offered in twenty-one languages.

Juxta Media - Free Bahá'í books in Persian and English.

Ocean - "Ocean is a literature-specific search tool for exploring great books from the major religious traditions of the world." Ocean is offered in seven languages including English. This website also hosts Sifter, a complete reprinting of Star of the West.

Palabra Publications

Read and Search the Holy Writings - Offered in German, Spanish, Persian, French, Dutch, and Portuguese.

Study the Bahá'í Faith

William Hatcher Library

Encyclopedias

Bahá'í Encyclopedia Project -"... a variety of articles on topics related to the Bahá’í Faith."

Bahá'íkipedia - An encyclopedia about the Bahá’í Faith.

Bahá'í Wiki Compendium

Bahá'í Wikipedia Portal

Important People

Abbas Effendi: The Life of Abdu’l-Bahá

Centenary of `Abdu’l-Bahá's visit to North America

The life of Bahá’u’lláh: A photographic narrative

Bahá'u'lláh.

Jinab-i-Mirza Musa

Mírzá Mihdí

Navváb/Ásíyih Khánum/The Most Exalted Leaf

Táhirih’, Letter of the Living, and Khadíjih Bagum, Wife of the Báb - "Life stories of two key heroines of Babi history."

The Báb - History of the Báb

The Báb: The King of Messengers

An encyclopedia article on the Báb.

The Priceless Pearl by Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum - Biography of her husband The Guardian.

Links to Links

A Directory of Bahá’í Websites

Bahá’í Index

List of Bahá’í Links from a Professor

Portal of Baha'i Links in Multiple Languages - This website is in English, Persian, Spanish, French, and Arabic.

Kitáb-i-Aqdas/The Most Holy Book

Arabic Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Read and Study the Kitáb-i-Aqdas

The Aqdas Project

The Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Kitáb-i-Íqán/The Book of Certitude

A Study of Baha’u’llah’s Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude

Kitáb-i-Íqán Annotations

Bilingual Kitáb-i-Íqán

Summary of the Kitáb-i-Íqán - The last three links are from bahai-education.org.

The Kitáb-i-Íqán

Prayers and Chanting

Bahá’í Prayers in many languages

Chanting in Arabic

Kitáb-i-Aqdas being chanted in Arabic.

Persian Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá being chanted.

Prayers of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu’l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi being sung and chanted.

YouTube has prayers being sung and chanted in Persian, Arabic, English, Spanish, and other languages.

The Bahá'í Covenant

A Covenant Unique in the Spiritual Annals of Mankind - A blog on the Bahá’í Covenant.

Covenant Study - "How the Covenant in the Bahá'í Faith creates and maintains a unified religious community."

Covenant - Article on Bahá’í­kipedia.

The Covenant and the Covenant-Breaker by Moojan Momen

The Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh

History of the Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'í History by Moojan Momen and Peter Smith

Bahá'i History Talk by Firuz Kazemzadeh

Brief History of the Bahá'í Faith compiled by the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Boise, Idaho.

God Passes By by Shoghi Effendi - A Summary of the history of the Bahá'í Faith by The Guardian.

Quick History of the Bahá'í Faith

The Dawn Breakers by Nabíl-i-A'zam and translated by Shoghi Effendi - Famous history of the Báb's minstry by Bábí and later Bahá'í, Nabíl-i-A'zam.

Timeline of the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions

Resources for Teaching the Bahá'í Faith

Core Curriculum for Spiritual Education

Guidelines for Teaching

Resources for Teaching

Ruhi Books 1 to 7

Ruhi Institute

Spiritual Education Lesson Plans

Persecution of Bahá'ís

The Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention

The Bahá'í Question

Special Report on the Persecution of Baha'is

Miscellaneous

Bahá'í Stories

Bahá’í Pilgrimage - Official pilgrimage information.

Talks of 'Abdu'l-Baha

Divine Virtues & Spiritual Qualities: A Compilation from the Sacred Texts - A document going through the scripture of Revelaed Religion's scriptures highlighting similar moral teachings.

Debunking the Myths: Conspiracy Theories on the Genesis and Mission of the Bahá'í Faith

Qiblih compass - Locate the direction of the Bahjí for daily prayers.

Bahá'í Calendar

Brilliant Star

239days.com

A Rational Faith - An individual's blog defending the Bahá’í Faith as rational.

Worldwide Bahá’ís

Introductions in other languages

Directory of Worldwide Communities

Worldwide and National Communities

Editorial Bahá’í de España - Spanish publisher. A limited number of English, Persian, Catalan, Galician, and Basque books.

المواقع العربية (Arabic)

الدين البهائي

مكتبة المراجع البهائية

مقدّمة

Nur al-huda

Naba Azeem

حقائق عن الدين البهائي

الإسلام والدين البهائي

Oneness of Religion

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith

A Brief Look at Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith by Sam Karvonen

Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster and Related Subjects by Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith by Moojan Momen - Encyclopedia article.

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith - Warwick Leaflet.

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith - "This website is designed to show how Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith are alike in values and principles."

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith PowerPoint

Buddhist Prophecies

The Common Goal of Universal Peace in Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'í Academia on Buddhism

Buddhism and the Bahá'í Writings: An Ontological Rapprochement by Ian Kluge

Common Grounds between Buddhism, Quantum Physics, and the Bahá'í Faith by Jack Coleman

Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith

General Christianity

Abdu’l-Bahá's discussion with a pastor.

Bahá’í Info - "... dedicated to demonstrating the interconnectedness of Christianity and the Baha'i Faith." Free eBooks, talks, and podcasts. There is a Hebrew Bible and New Testament with Bahá’í comments. Abbreviations used.

Christianity from a Bahá'í Perspective by Robert Stockman

Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith by Alex Gottdank

Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith - Warwick Leaflets.

Jesus Christ in the Bahá'í Writings by Robert Stockman

Questions from a Clergyman by Maya Bonhoff

Resurrection and Return of Jesus by the Universal House of Justice

Return of Christ - Warwick Leaflets.

Some Answered Questions by Abdu’l-Bahá' - This book focuses heavily on Christian topics.

The Bahá'í Faith and Christianity

Christian Prophecies

Bahá'í Proofs and The Brilliant Proof by Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl-i-Gulpáygání - The book The Brilliant Proof was a response by Abdu'l-fadl to an anti-Bahá'í article by a Evangelical Christian. Bahá'í Proofs is Abu'l-Faḍl's exposition on the Bahá'í Faith from a Christian viewpoint. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl was an eminent Bahá'í scholar and Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh.

Christian Prophecies

Christ and Bahá'u'lláh and The Heart of the Gospel by George Townshed - George Townshed was an English clergymen whose book The Heart of the Gospel led to his resignation from the clergy. His wife and son helped him compose Christ and Bahá'u'lláh as he died of Parkinson's Disease in 1957. He was a Hand of the Cause of God and his writings were praised by Shoghi Effendi.

Come Now, Let us Reason Together by Pary Motlagh - Go under "Bahá'í" then "Bahá'í Studies" and then "Pary Motlagh."

Have the Prophecies of the Bible been Fulfilled? by Moeen Kiani

Preparing for Christ's New Name by Alex Gottdank

Some Notes on Bahá’í Proofs Based on the Bible compiled by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa

The Challenge of Bahá’u’lláh by Gary L. Matthews- Russian translation.

The First Coming of Christ and The Second Coming of Christ by David Yamartino - Look under eBooks.

Thief in the Night, The Case of the Missing Millennium by William Sears - Purchase on Amazon. William Sears was a Hand of the Cause of God, African pioneer, and prolific Bahá'í author.

Bahá'í Academia on Christianity

A Bahá'í Approach to the Claims of Exclusivity and Uniqueness in Christianity by Seena Fazel and Khazeh Fananapazir

Bahá'í Approaches to Christianity and Islam: Further Thoughts on Developing an Inter-Religious Dialogue by Seena Fazel

Selected Topics of Comparison in Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith by Peter Mazal

The Bahá'í Faith and Christianity compiled by Farnaz Masumian - Lecture notes written for teaching college classes. This author focuses on what he sees as errors in modern Christian thinking from a Bahá'í perspective as opposed to focusing on common ground between the Bahá'í Faith and Christianity.

The Deification of Jesus by Jack Mclean

The Bible

A Bahá'í View of the Bible by Colin Dibdin

Kitab-i-Iqan: Key to Unsealing the Mysteries of the Holy Bible by Brent Poirier

Teaching Christians

A Fireside Aid for Teaching Christians and Muslims compiled by Nabíl I. Hanna and corrected and revised by Mike Thomas

Course on Teaching Christians about the Bahá'í Faith by Dianne Bradford

Teaching Christians More Effectively by David Young

The Bahá'í Faith and Christianity: 5 Steps to Dialogue and Understanding

Individual Christian Denominations

Mormonism and the Bahá’í Faith by William P. Collins

The Roman Catholic Priesthood and Bahá’í Administration and The Theology of the Sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church by Kevin Brogan

Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith

Discussion on the Bhagavad Gita and the Bahá'í Faith

Have the Prophecies of Hinduism Been Fulfilled?

Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith by Moojan Momen

Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith - Warwick Leaflet.

Hindu Prophecies

Memorandum on Reincarnation, Rebirth and the Progress of the Soul by the Universal House of Justice

Miracles in Religion: A Study of the Miraculous in Religion in context of the Bahá'í Faith by Prof. Anil Sarwal - Book that discusses Indian religions, Krishna, and miracles.

Responses to Questions of Mánikchí Ṣáḥib from a Tablet to Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl - Bahá'u'lláh responds to questions on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism.

Other Languages

Bahá'í Prayers and Songs in Indian Languages

Questions and Answers on the Bahá'í Faith in Hindi

Islam and the Bahá'í Faith

A Bahá'í Approach to the Claim of Finality in Islam by S. Fazel and Khazeh Fananapazir - Available in Persian

An Introduction to Shi'a Islam and an encylopedia entry on Shi'a Islam by Moojan Momen

Bahá'í Faith and Islam - Wikipedia entry posted anonymously.

Bahá'u'lláh: The Great Announcement of the Qur'an

Have the Prophecies of the Holy Qur'an been Fulfilled? compiled and researched by Moeen Kiani

Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur'an: Some Introductory Notes by Stephen Lambden

Islam and the Bahá'í Faith - Also in Arabic.

Islam and the Bahá'í Faith: A Brief Guide by Duane Troxel

Islam and the Bahá'í Faith - Warwick Leaflet.

Islamic Prophecies

Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh by Brian Wittman

Notes on Islam from a Bahá'í Perspective by Robert Stockman

Personal Interpretation of the term 'Seal of the Prophets' by Kamran Hakim

Religion of Islam by Ahang Rabbani

Six Lessons on Islam by Marzieh Gail

Some Notes on Bahá'í Proofs Based on the Qur'an compiled by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa

The First Four Caliphs of Islam by Betsy Omidvaran

Judaism and the Bahá'í Faith

Jewish Prophecies

Judaism and the Bahá'í Faith - Warwick Leaflet

Notes on Judaism from a Bahá'í Perspective by Robert Stockman

One Father, Many Children: Judaism and the Bahá'í Faith by Burl Barer

Zoroastrianism and the Bahá'í Faith

Zoroaster: Bahá’u’lláh's Ancestor by Darius Shahrokh

Zoroaster: The Prophet of Ancient Iran and His Book, the Zend Avesta by Ali-Kuli Khan

Zoroastrian Prophecies

Other Religions

Sikhism and the Bahá'í Faith - Warwick leaflet.

Native American Prophecies

Non-Baha'i Websites

Christianity

Blue Letter Bible - Commentary, search tools, videos, songs, dictionary, lexicon, multiple bible versions, and Greek and Hebrew. Old version.

Bible Gateway

New Testament Gateway - A scholarly directory of sources on Christianity.

NET Bible - Free online study Bible with commentary and translators notes. Also includes Apocrypha.

Bible Hub by Biblios

Bible Tutor - Summarizes each chapter of the Bible and Apocryphal books and lists the most important sections.

Early Christian Writings - A large collection of non-canonical texts.

Yale Religious Courses - Two open courseware classes on the Old Testament and the New Testament.

Judaism

BBC Religion Page on Judaism

My Jewish Learning

Judaism 101- an online encyclopedia about Judaism

Official Website of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Jewish community - Also available in Hebrew, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Russian. This website has basic information about traditional Judaism as well as classic, Hasidic, and contemporary Jewish books free.

Early Jewish Writings

Hebrew-English Bible with rececitation at Mechon Mamre - Also different Hebrew Bibles, an English Bible, Hebrew-French Bible, Hebrew-Portuguese and Hebrew-Spanish Bible.

Jewish Encyclopedia of 1906

Islam

Quran - Arabic, transliteration, Sahhih International, Muhsin Khan, Pickthall, Yusuf Ali, Shakir, and Dr. Ghali translations. Available in many other languages. Word by Word corpus.

Sunnah Hadith - Collections of Hadith, traditions of Prophet Mohammed. Generally Hadith are not recognized by Baha'is except when referenced to by Bahá’u’lláh or Abdu'l-Baha.

BBC - Religion: Islam