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It was a birthday to remember!

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October 20 was a very special day for Bahá’ís around the world – the Birth of the Bab. The Bab was the herald of the Bahá’í Faith.

The day is an observance of the anniversary of the birth on 20 October 1819 in Shiraz, Persia (now Iran), of Siyyid ‘Ali-Muhammad, who later took the title of “the Bab”, meaning “the Gate”.

Bahá’ís in West Berkshire held a big get-together – 35 to 40 people, aged from eight months to early 70s – to celebrate. Prayers, a buffet meal and a presentation by children giving an account of what happened on 20 October 1819 were all the order of the day. The West Berkshire Bahá’ís were joined by visitors –  Bahá’ís and non- Bahá’ís alike – from far and wide.

The day is one of the nine holy days of the year when work is suspended.

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Why teaching children is important

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Teaching children - Bahai
Andriana Ali and Bridget Ukana conducting children’s classes as part of the 1996 Olinga Teaching Project in Ghana. Reprinted with kind permission of the Baha’i International Community.

Baha’u’llah said, in a Tablet (translated from the Persian) [14]: “That which is of paramount importance for the children, that which must precede all else, is to teach them the oneness of God and the laws of God.

“The parents must exert every effort to rear their offspring to be religious, for should the children not attein this greatest of adornments, they will not obey their parents, which in a certain sense means that they will not obey God.

” Indeed, such children will show no consideration to anyone, and will do exactly as they please.” 

Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, A Compilation on Baha’i Education (Haifa: Baha’i World Centre, August 1976) P. 3. Available from http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/BE/be-15.html