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List of former Bahá'ís

Index List of former Bahá'ís

Ex-Bahá'ís or former Bahá'ís are people who have been a member of the Bahá'í Faith at some time in their lives and later left it. [1]

30 relations: Abd al-Hosayn Ayati, Ahmad Sohrab, Alden Penner, Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'u'lláh, Bábism, Caravan of East and West, Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, Covenant-breaker, Díyá'u'lláh, Denis MacEoin, Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopædia Iranica, Excommunication, John Ford Coley, Juan Cole, Julia Lynch Olin, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, List of Bahá'ís, List of converts to the Bahá'í Faith, Mírzá Muhammad `Alí, Munib Shahid, Phoebe Hearst, Shia Islam, Shoghi Effendi, Shua Ullah Behai, Spiritual Assembly, Townsquare Media, Unitarian Universalism, `Abdu'l-Bahá.

Abd al-Hosayn Ayati

Abd al Ḥosayn Ayati (1871—1953) was a Baha'i missionary, journalist, author and teacher.

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Ahmad Sohrab

Mírzá Aḥmad Sohráb (1893 – April 20, 1958) was a Persian-American author and Bahá'í who served as `Abdu'l-Bahá's secretary and interpreter from 1912 to 1919.

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Alden Penner

Alden Penner (born 12 January 1983) is a Canadian musician and producer best known for his work with the Unicorns, Clues, and for his solo output.

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Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith (بهائی) is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people.

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Bahá'u'lláh

Bahá'u'lláh (بهاء الله, "Glory of God"; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892 and Muharram 2, 1233 - Dhu'l Qa'dah 2, 1309), born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí (میرزا حسین‌علی نوری), was the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Bábism

Bábism (بابیه, Babiyye), also known as the Bayání Faith (Persian:, Bayání), is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion which professes that there is one incorporeal, unknown, and incomprehensible GodBrowne, E.G., p. 15 who manifests his will in an unending series of theophanies, called Manifestations of God (Arabic). It has no more than a few thousand adherents according to current estimates, most of whom are concentrated in Iran.

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Caravan of East and West

The Caravan of East and West is a tax-exempt, educational foundation for brotherhood, established in 1929 by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and his wife Julie and located at 132 East 65th Street in New York City, at Caravan House, the former Chanler town residence.

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Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh

Covenant in the Bahá'í Faith refers to two separate binding agreements between God and man.

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Covenant-breaker

Covenant-breaker is a term used by Bahá'ís to refer to a person who has been excommunicated from the Bahá'í community for the act of covenant-breaking, roughly defined as active opposition to the Bahá'í Faith from a current member.

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Díyá'u'lláh

Díyá'u'lláh (alternate spelling: Zíyá'u'lláh) (15 August 1864 - 30 October 1898) was one of the sons of Bahá'u'lláh.

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Denis MacEoin

Denis M. MacEoin (born January 26, 1949 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a British analyst and writer.

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Ehsan Yarshater

Ehsan Yarshater (احسان يارشاطر, born April 3, 1920) is the founder and director of The Center for Iranian Studies, and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University.

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Encyclopædia Iranica

Encyclopædia Iranica is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times.

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Excommunication

Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular receiving of the sacraments.

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John Ford Coley

John Ford Coley (born October 13, 1948) is an American singer, classically trained pianist, guitarist, actor, and author most known for his partnership in the musical duo England Dan & John Ford Coley.

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Juan Cole

John Ricardo I. "Juan" Cole (born October 23, 1952) is an American academic and commentator on the modern Middle East and South Asia.

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Julia Lynch Olin

Julia Lynch Olin (October 21, 1882 – March 11, 1961) was an American author and Bahá'í who co-founded the New History Society in New York City, and was later expelled from the religion by Shoghi Effendi around 1939.

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Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler

Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (September 24, 1869 in Newport, Rhode Island – February 28, 1942 in New York City) was a New York lawyer and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1907 to 1908.

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List of Bahá'ís

The following list sets down the name of each member of the Bahá'í Faith who is the subject of a Wikipedia article.

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List of converts to the Bahá'í Faith

This is a list of converts to the Baha'i Faith organised by former religion.

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Mírzá Muhammad `Alí

Mírzá Muhammad `Alí (میرزا محمد علی 1852–1937) was one of the sons of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Munib Shahid

Munib Shahid (1908-1973) was Chairman of Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut.

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Phoebe Hearst

Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst (December 3, 1842 – April 13, 1919) was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist.

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Shia Islam

Shia (شيعة Shīʿah, from Shīʻatu ʻAlī, "followers of Ali") is a branch of Islam which holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor (Imam), most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm.

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Shoghi Effendi

Shoghí Effendí Rabbání (1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957), better known as Shoghi Effendi, was the Guardian and appointed head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957.

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Shua Ullah Behai

Shua'u’llah Behai (1878 - July 3, 1950), also known in the Baha’i tradition as Mirza Shua'u’llah, was the son of Mírzá Muhammad `Alí, son of Baha’u'llah.

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Spiritual Assembly

Spiritual Assembly is a term given by `Abdu'l-Bahá to refer to elected councils that govern the Bahá'í Faith.

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Townsquare Media

Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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Unitarian Universalism

Unitarian Universalism (UU) is a liberal religion characterized by a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning".

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`Abdu'l-Bahá

`Abdu’l-Bahá' (Persian: عبد البهاء‎, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born `Abbás (عباس), was the eldest son of Bahá'u'lláh and served as head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1892 until 1921.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_Bahá'ís

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