As Australian Baha’is prepare to celebrate a Baha’i holy day, they are welcoming the launch of a new Web site.
The site, prepared by the Baha’i International Community, features photographs that help viewers experience the life of Baha’u’llah, the Founder of the Baha’i Faith, Whose birth is celebrated on 12 November.
“This is a wonderful development, providing inspiration and information to Baha’is and others who are interested in the Baha’i Faith,” said a spokesperson for the Australian Baha’i community, Natalie Mobini-Kesheh.
The Director of the Office of Public Information of the Baha’i International Community, Douglas Moore, said some of the photographs have not been published before, and many have had only limited distribution.
“The purpose of the Web site is to provide illustration of Baha’u’llah’s life through photographs of places and artifacts and relics associated directly with Him,” Mr Moore said.
“We’ve tried to bring together a unique collection of photos, many of them not generally available, so that you get a better sense of Baha’u’llah’s life and the time period in which He lived,” he said.
He noted that the Web site does not include a photograph of Baha’u’llah Himself. Such a photograph does exist, but it is treated with extreme reverence and viewed only in special circumstances. It is never published by Baha’is, not would Baha’is reproduce it.
Baha’u’llah (1817-1892) is considered by Baha’is to be a new and independent Messenger from God.