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Oliver Scharbrodt on Muhummad Abduh and Abdu’l-Baha Abbas.

Posted by admin on 03 Jul 2008 at 10:37 pm under Publications

Muhammad ‘Abduh (1849-1905) was one of the key thinkers and reformers of modern Islam who has influenced both liberal and fundamentalist Muslims today. ‘Abdul-Baha (1844–1921) was the son of Baha ‘ullah (1817-1892), the founder of the Baha’i Faith; a new religion which began as a messianic movement in Shii Islam, before it departed from Islam.Oliver […]

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A Prophet in Modern Times: ALM Nicolas’ Seyyed Ali Mohammed dit le Bab (1905) in English Translation

Posted by admin on 01 Jul 2008 at 2:02 pm under Announcements

Peter Terry has finally made available after many years of toil his translation of Louis Alphonse Daniel Nicolas’ biography in French of the life of the Bab, Seyyed Ali Mohammed dit le Bab (Paris, 1905). Not merely a translation, the book is heavily annotated and footnoted  to expand or correct with later research Nicola’s pioneering work.
ALM Nicolas […]

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