European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 03, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Near Frankfurt Germany ,.r St sss.,.-.-. 6-w a dome culminates in Glan panelled Turret More than 50 feel above the Temple i Bate. Network of Concrete and Diamond shaped win Down. I1 i Mot Trad around the world for Batizi Follower. 1963 View of Frankfurt and the main River Val Ley the building consists of a circular base walled with Glass from which extend 27concrete legs that support the main weight of he entire Structure and one of the most impressive domes to to found anywhere. The dome about 55 feet across at the Bottom and rising More than 50 feet above the base. Is a network of Concrete and 567 Diamond shaped windows. It is capped by a Turret of nine Glass panels symbolic of the nine member Universal House of Justice that was elected in april in Haifa As re Legious interpreters for the 2 million Fol Lowers of Bohol the spokesman said the new Temple like the Bahal Faith is dedicated to the oneness of god the oneness of Mankind and the fundamental oneness of the Bahal Faith he continued accepts the teachings of Jesus Christ and Buddha Moses and Mohsmmed. It merely adds the belief that All these prophets have by two 19th Century persians whose writings form the basis of Bahn belief. According to the Gregorian Calendar the dish a Faith in just 100 years old founded in1863 by a for i an Wohlt Man who took upon himself the mime Bahn u Una glory of god and announced his there will be no formal Centennial Observance though because mahals follow a 17-Monthcalendar of their own according to which this is the year 120. The word in Hal Means Follower of Baha u Lynh in persian. The bahts Trace earlier orbit los of Tiv irreligion to a persian Nam d Bab who in 1844 proclaimed himself divinely a spokesman for the Insl of on 12 i mums whom some moslem believe in lie the spiritual descendants of Mohit nine 1850, Bab uus executed by the persian government As a Here tit and Kadi a shop of the sect Tell to a younger half Broth i of aha u llah. He directed the Faith for 13 the stars and stripes years was then succeeded by Bahs u llah. Baha u llah him self was exiled from per Sia tint to Baghdad then to Constanti Nople Istanbul and finally to acre Israel from which he wrote of i Mission to Royalty and religious tender throughout the world. The Nhat Faith has no clergy. Believers rend As they choose from the Bible and the Koran As Well As the lengthy writings of Bab and Baha u llah. The Only formal guid Ance to the religion As a whole comes fro the Universal House of Justice which pre sided at the first world Congress of Baha recently in London. From us Start the Bahai movement hashed opposition to moslem countries. Only last Winter in Morocco three Bahal Leader were sentenced to death As threats to moroccan state Security. Five others wet sentenced to life in prison and another to 15 years. Since then protests have poured into Morrocco from mahals the world Over and from the International league for the rights of men King Hassan ii has agreed o consider Pardon for la � condemned men. In Many parts of the world however the movement has l Een gaining momentum fast. Today there Ore Buchnis in 2fi9 coun tries and proper Torii a. Their literature appearing in 178 languages and dialects. In the United Stales there Are Bah Alsin 1,goo cities and towns and the ornate \ i l met to Mother Temple is the world s most Active Bahai National Center entertainment stars artists and prominent business people rank among the Faith s american followers. Along with the Ger Man and american worship filers. There Are imposing Mother temples in so dry Australia Kampala i i India and Haifa further indicating the far Hunt reaches of the say that Chr hrs is the religion of tomorrow. This May have something to do with their erection of one of the most futuristic religious houses in Europe. Page 13
