Bahāʾī Faith: Quick Facts

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Bahāʾī House of Worship

ʿAbd al-Bahāʾ and Shoghi Effendi Rabbānī

Bahāʾī down under

Universal House of Justice

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Key People

Israel: Shrine of Bahāʾ Allāh

Bahāʾ Allāh

Iranian religious leader

ʿAbd ol-Bahā, left, with his grandson, Shoghi Effendi Rabbānī, Haifa, Israel, 1919.

Shoghi Effendi Rabbānī

Bahāʾī leader