Birthday Of Baha’u'llah Celebrated In Luton

On 12 November, Luton Baha’i community met to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Baha’u'llah, the founder of the Baha’i Faith. Baha’u'llah was born in 1817 into a noble family in Tehran, the capital of Persia. In 1853, He was exiled from His native land to Baghdad, where in 1863 He announced that He was the bearer of a new revelation from God that would bring unity to the peoples of the world. He was later exiled to Acre, in present-day Israel, where He passed away in 1892.

Baha’is Help Promote Religious Unity In Luton

On the 7th November Luton Baha’is hosted a  meeting on the subject of world peace and the unity of religions in the Friends Meeting House in Crawley Green Road. 

From a Baha’i perspective all the divinely revealed religions are one religion-which Baha’u'llah referred to as ’The Changless Faith of God’.

As a means of promoting religious unity Bahá’u’lláh calls on His followers to “consort with the people of all religions with joy and gladness” Furthermore Baha’u'llah wrote-   ‘O ye people of the world! The Religion of God is for the sake of love and union; make it not the cause of enmity and conflict. … ‘

Those attending included members of ‘Luton Council Of Faiths’.

Luton Baha’is Hold Prayer And Discussion Meeting

On the 3rd October Luton Baha’is hosted a prayer and discussion meeting in the Friends Meeting House in Crawley Green Road. Topics discussed after a presentation on the Baha’i Faith included interfaith relations and the nature of worship.