Re: Article on homosexual relationship

2005-11-10 Thread Barmak Kusha
I think he is a Baha'i... just google his nameM Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What was your point in citing this article? Is the author a Bahai? There are multiple scientific inaccuracies, to say nothing of the political overtones and lack of references, that make this an untenable

Surih-yi Haykal in Language of Revelation

2005-11-08 Thread Barmak Kusha
Dear Friends, I have not been able to find this Surih ("Surih-yi Haykal ") on the Baha'i Reference Library website (official) in the original language. Can someone help me to find it? Many thanks, Barmak P.s. I use the Arabic script search tool, and still no luck. The

Re: Surih-yi Haykal in Language of Revelation

2005-11-08 Thread Barmak Kusha
Thank you Mina jaan! :) BarmakMina Yazdani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Barmak, http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q4/q4-239.html Enjoy ziyArat! mina On 11/8/05, Barmak Kusha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Friends, I have not been able to find this Surih ("Surih-yi H

Re: Universal House of Justice and charity

2005-10-24 Thread Barmak Kusha
Dear David: The answer lies in: the Constitution of the Universal House of Justice, which is the "Most Great Law" of the Baha'i Faith, according to the Baha'i Teachings; and in the Sacred Writings of Baha'u'llah, and Abdu'l-Baha, and Shoghi Effendi, where the duties of the Universal House of

Re: Universal House of Justice and charity

2005-10-24 Thread Barmak Kusha
Perhaps. But then, again, it is up to the Universal House of Justice how to spend, and what, out of which funds, isn't it? BarmakHasan Elias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if those incomes gets out fromHuqúqu'lláhInternational founds. Am I correct? David Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:

RE: Sources for Tablets of Baha'u'llah - Revealed after the Aqdas

2005-10-20 Thread Barmak Kusha
Thank you, Max. What I meant is also, that I would like to know the actual provenance of each of those Tablets, if possible. How would I find that out? Thank you, BarmakMax Jasper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the Persian/Arabic version of that same book. The information contained in this

RE: Sources for Tablets of Baha'u'llah - Revealed after the Aqdas

2005-10-20 Thread Barmak Kusha
Thank you very much, Max! How did you do it? Thanks, BarmakMax Jasper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some info I found is as follows: (pages refer to English edition of Tablets of Baha'u'llah revealed after Kitab-i-Aqdas) p231 Tablet to Siyyid Mirza Afnan 8-Muharram-1299 (30-Nov-1881) p233

RE: Sources for Tablets of Baha'u'llah - Revealed after the Aqdas

2005-10-20 Thread Barmak Kusha
What I meant also to ask was if you could find out who the women were who were addressed, especially in many of the latter tabletsBarmak Kusha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you very much, Max! How did you do it? Thanks, BarmakMax Jasper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some info I found

Sci. Theol. News: Baha'i conference attempts faith in action

2005-10-20 Thread Barmak Kusha
Baha'i conference attempts faith in actionScience Theology News - Quincy,MA,USABy Safa Sadeghpour. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- For the Baha'i faith, understanding the relationship between science and religion is crucial to spiritual growth. ... What is Baha'i?Science Theology News -

TAB: High hopes for Bahá'í Chair transition

2005-10-19 Thread Barmak Kusha
High hopes for Bah' Chair transition Published: 10/18/2005 By: Deborah Leigh Wood When John A. Grayzel takes occupancy in January of the Bah' Chair for Peace at the University of Maryland, he'll assume a role that has grown greatly under its inaugural holder, Suheil

Sources for Tablets of Baha'u'llah - Revealed after the Aqdas

2005-10-19 Thread Barmak Kusha
Dear Friends, First of all, Happy Holy Day of Birth of the Bab to all the Baha'is on the list. Secondly, how can I find the original sources for the unnamed Tablets of Baha'u'llah, whose "Excerpts" are included in the latter part of "Tablets of Baha'u'llah - Revealed after the Aqdas,"

Re: Interesting thread

2005-10-18 Thread Barmak Kusha
Likewise, my Qur'an and Bible and al-Aqdas occupy the highest shelf of my bookshelf (about head-level), and I kiss everyone of them when I open and close them, and I read and study both. It seems dear Mr. Simpson that you are quick to judge. ajir Moghaddam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

RE: Interesting thread

2005-10-15 Thread Barmak Kusha
Khazeh, I for one am interested, so please continue. It's good to read and study and deepen on the Word of God and the Holy Scriptures, for without Them, we are lost in the sea of idle fancies. Love, BarmakKhazeh Fananapazir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This servant will continue if any one

RE: A couple of questions

2005-10-08 Thread Barmak Kusha
Thank you Omid for your useful and nice response. Barmakomid ghaemmaghami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Second, is anyone aware of any healthy ecumenical movements that exist in Islam? Dear Benjamin: As you are well aware, there are countless examples of efforts by our Muslims sisters

Challenging Writing from Abdu'l-Baha

2005-10-07 Thread Barmak Kusha
Friends and colleagues, Last night, as I studied and meditated upon the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, I was studying selection 149 from "Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha." It is a very challenging and mystical selection. It is hard to figure out from the context, what He is

Fwd: Evangelical Lutherans to vote on gay ordination, unions

2005-08-08 Thread Barmak Kusha
And the old order continues to crumble...Note: forwarded message attached. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the

RE: Evangelical Lutherans to vote on gay ordination, unions

2005-08-08 Thread Barmak Kusha
Dear Susan, Thank you for pointing that out. That's exactly the sort of thing that I think shows the old order crumbling... the contradictions. Love, BarmakSusan Maneck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "And the old order continues to crumble..."Dear Barmuk,I don't know about gay marriages being

Re: Evangelical Lutherans to vote on gay ordination, unions

2005-08-08 Thread Barmak Kusha
, BarmakGilberto Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/8/05, Barmak Kusha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Susan, Thank you for pointing that out. That's exactly the sort of thing that I think shows the old order crumbling... the contradictions. Love, Barmak Dear Barmak, Which contradictions? I don't see

Re: Iraq Religious Freedom-Draft Constitution: 2 parts: USCIRF WashPost OpEd; Monitor Article

2005-08-06 Thread Barmak Kusha
Thank you, Brent. I hope my posing the question has not crossed any lines. You are right. This is a very sensitive issue, and perhaps I should not have posed it in such a public forum at all to begin with. BarmakBrent Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a very hot item, in a very unstable and

NEW General edition of Challenge of Baha'u'llah: Is B ahá'u'lláh who He claims to be? Matthews, Gary

2005-07-29 Thread Barmak Kusha
http://www.thelightofunity.org/louArticles/louPrint.asp?aBlogID=55isID=2 The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the

Mention of Bahai Faith in Keeping members a challenge for LDS church SL Trib July 27 2005

2005-07-27 Thread Barmak Kusha
None of this is strictly news, but nonetheless... is worth looking at, for Dialogue, for Deepening, and for Teaching. Barmak Keeping members a challenge for LDS church Mormon myth: The belief that the church is the fastest-growing faith in the world doesn't hold up By Peggy Fletcher

Fwd: USCIRF Press Release---USCIRF: Richard Land appointed to Commission by Senator Bill Frist, replacing Commissioner Michael Young

2005-07-27 Thread Barmak Kusha
*Richard Land, of Southern Baptist Convention has been appointed to US Commission on International Religious Freedom.**[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: USCIRF Press Release---USCIRF: Richard Land appointed to Commission by Senator Bill Frist, replacing Commissioner Michael YounFrom:

Re: great gifts of love across several Revelations

2005-07-23 Thread Barmak Kusha
Dearest Khazeh, These verses, and the others like them, "Its declared, its primary purpose is to enable every adherent of these Faiths to obtain a fuller understanding of the religion with which he stands identified, and to acquire a clearer apprehension of its purpose. It is neither eclectic

Who is the author of The Jesus Cult website? John Roncalio

2005-07-20 Thread Barmak Kusha
Anyone see this yet?? It is veeery strange indeed. The "Jesus Cult" websitehttp://www.jesuscult.com/ and Its author, John Roncalio, appears to claimthat he is a Baha'i http://www.jesuscult.com/bio.htm The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail")

RE: Who is the author of The Jesus Cult website? John Roncalio

2005-07-20 Thread Barmak Kusha
I really do not like this approach either, and it does little to no favor to the Cause of Baha'u'llah."Mark A. Foster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Susan,At 04:42 PM 7/20/2005, you wrote:I notice this website is new but it doesn't provide any way to contact the author. I *really* do not like this

Re: Podcasts about the Baha'i Faith

2005-07-14 Thread Barmak Kusha
This is great Ron, I just subscribed to it on my RSS player. Thanks! BarmakUrsus Maximus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Baha'i Studies List Members,I don't know if you are familiar with podcasting, but it is becomingpopular. I have been doing a podcast series on philosophy and thefuture of our

Re: Similarities between Scientology abd the Faith

2005-06-04 Thread Barmak Kusha
This argument of similarity is so ridiculous, as to be beyong laughable.M Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read a series of articles discussing Scientology in the Buffalo News [New York] in Jan-Feb 2005, and there were some similarities to the

TAB: 'Irf�n Colloquium puts focus on young scholars

2005-05-19 Thread Barmak Kusha
'Irfán Colloquium puts focus on young scholarsPublished: 2005/05/18 00:00 The new year of ‘Irfán Colloquium conferences will give younger scholars even greater opportunities to develop relationships with more established colleagues. ‘Irfán colloquia allow Bahá’í scholars to meet,

Re: (6) ONE COMMON FAITH - Dominus Iesus, side-by-side common study

2005-05-17 Thread Barmak Kusha
uman well-being, have been ruinous." In this light, I can not believe that all is well with the orientation of the Roman Catholic Church in its "interfaith" efforts;I really can not. Barmak Barmak Kusha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message comes to you from the history tarikh-list

[Spam:50%] Liberal Bible-Thumping - The New York Times:

2005-05-15 Thread Barmak Kusha
May 15, 2005 Liberal Bible-Thumping By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Even aside from his arguments that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and that St. Paul was a self-hating gay, the new book by a former Episcopal bishop of Newark is explosive. John Shelby Spong, the former bishop, tosses a hand

RE: (3) ONE COMMON FAITH - Dominus Iesus, side-by-side common study

2005-05-08 Thread Barmak Kusha
Essentially, Ratzinger is saying here that the faith of non-Christians can never have the same sweetness, purity, spirituality, truth, and validity and . as faith in Christ can, which Baha'u'llah would of course reject out of hand, as Dear Julio Savi posits in his paper. Love, BarmakKhazeh

2nd Re: (3) ONE COMMON FAITH - Dominus Iesus, side-by-side common study

2005-05-08 Thread Barmak Kusha
..What I meant also to add is that he sees "other religions' sacredbooks" and "beliefs" as essentially human constructs --deficient, lacking, and incomplete, containing only a "ray" of truth, unless and until Jesus is accepted as the one and only throughout history for all eternity. This again,

Re: ONE COMMON FAITH - Dominus Iesus, side-by-side common study (1)

2005-05-07 Thread Barmak Kusha
But Gilberto, As Baha'is, we recognize the Firm Handle ("urvat'ul vuthgha") of the Word of God, "the unerring balance." This is not something that can be "solved" outside of that, is it? If that were the case, then why would Baha'u'llah establish unerring proofs? Or am I looking at this from a

RE: Common Faith

2005-05-05 Thread Barmak Kusha
Thank you, KhazehKhazeh Fananapazir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re the Document Dominus Iesus: if one goes herehttp://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0086/_P1.HTMone will see a text and how many times a word is used which gives an insightinto the mind of the authorfor example the author Cardinal Ratzinger

ONE COMMON FAITH - Dominus Iesus, side-by-side common study (1)

2005-05-05 Thread Barmak Kusha
Dear Friends, I will now post ONE COMMON FAITH, and Dominus Iesus, two to three pages at a time (daily? ever other day? weekly?), in that order, if that is ok, for our study. I will start with thePreface by the Universal House of Justice; and I will follow it by the Introduction to Dominus

RE: Common Faith

2005-05-04 Thread Barmak Kusha
I would have to check it once I am home. W00-01 Savi, Julio The Declaration Dominus Iesus: A Brake on Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue? Aboveis what I got when I googled it... source is Bahai-library.comDon Calkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:56 -0700 5/3/05, Barmak Kusha wrote:I am sure

Re: Common Faith

2005-05-04 Thread Barmak Kusha
be upset with it! Gilberto Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/4/05, Barmak Kusha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: I would have to check it once I am home. W00-01 Savi, Julio The Declaration Dominus Iesus: A Brake on Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue? Is the document available online to the

RE: Common Faith

2005-05-04 Thread Barmak Kusha
Great. Welcome, Don.Don Calkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:25 -0700 5/4/05, Barmak Kusha wrote:I would have to check it once I am home.W00-01 Savi, Julio The Declaration Dominus Iesus: A Brake on Ecumenism and Interfaith Dialogue?OK, so it is in the Winter 2000/2001 edition.TnxDon C-- He who

RE: Common Faith

2005-05-03 Thread Barmak Kusha
Dear Khazeh and all - If we can start to post (with permission) paragraphs of the document, I believe it is time we do so! I am sure everyone here has read "Dominus Iesus", by Joseph Cardinal Ratzingerwhen he was Prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) and before he was the

Re: TEST

2005-04-06 Thread Barmak Kusha
Pong to your Ping.Ian Kluge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TEST__You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL

Re: US NSA asking for all local funds?

2005-03-21 Thread Barmak Kusha
e use of such tactics in other religions / cults / organizations and its wider implications to internal and external functioning?Thanks,Dick D.From: Barmak Kusha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: "Baha'i Studies" <BAHAI-ST@LIST.JCCC.EDU>To: "Baha'i Studies" <BAHAI-ST@LIST.JCCC

re: happy fasting

2005-03-20 Thread Barmak Kusha
As it is said, Ruzi-yih Shuma Qabul = May your Fast be acceptable (in the Sight of God), and Happy Naw-Ruz to all.. __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL

Humanity grows up or just Bahais? was Re: How Firm a Foundation?

2005-03-20 Thread Barmak Kusha
Dear Gilberto, I think all of humanity is moving and maturing towards what Baha'u'llah Has Willed for it in this Day, all, whether consciously as do Baha'is, or many who do so not consciously, as non-Baha'is. (see for example, the last few paragraphs of Building Momentum document from the

Re: US NSA asking for all local funds?

2005-03-20 Thread Barmak Kusha
Dear Dick, Ifyou are a registered Baha'i,you can find all communications from the NSA on the US Baha'i Admin website. Otherwise, as this is a public forum and that is an internal Baha'i business matter, it would not be appropriate to comment, deny or confirm it here. BarmakDick Detweiler [EMAIL