ASSIGHNMENT UNIT 5

Question 2

What are the factors that led to the emergence of the Baja’s Faith from obscurity?

1. Construction of the Mother Temple of the West and its impact on the architecture
2. The role played by the Greatest Holy Leaf and her leadership in a society full of prejudice against women which was prevalent
3. Letters address to the Baha’I of the West by the Guardian on the Principle of Oneness

Question 3

b. To what extent was the mindset of humanity in agreement with these features at the beginning of the last Century?

When the process of disintegration began the mindset among the political actors at that time changes its direction to the process of integration by creation of international consultative system for the collective security, a concept of interdependence in the economic activities which however dimly was, it reflected the spirit of the Faith.

Question 4.

How did the Baha’I Cause demonstrate on a global scale its unifying power?

In 1923 when the Guardian took the leadership role at the global level there were believers in Iran, North America, in Europe kept the Faith Alive and through the deepening program set by the Guardian we can see that the unifying power is at work and taking shape. Which even the League of Nation did not encompassed such diversity. In the letter of Shoghi Effendi “ The Goal of a New World Order” on unifying “ the Mouthpiece of God for this age- is capable of effecting transformation of society as radical as that which He has already accomplished in the hearts of men and women, so diversified and seemingly irreconcilable, who constitute the body of His declared followers throughout the world”

At that time Baha’Is from various religious background Muslim (from Iran and Egypt), Christian (Europe and North America) were working toward the same goal.