On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 05:03:26 -0800 (PST), JS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mark: > Personally, I doubt that Mormonism would have similar global appeal as in > the U.S. It is, in many ways, the ultimate religion of American romanticism. > > JS: > > And I think for this reason it is surprising that Islam and the Baha'i Faith > have grown so fast in the US (Islam recently and Baha'i over the last 50 > years).
When historians speculate the various "discoveries" of America before Columbus at least one or two of them were by Muslims. Muslims were in American since slavery and an early wave of immagrants occured around the 1920s and 30s. And a large increase occured when the Nation of Islam became orthodox. Peace Gilberto "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
