Baha'i dissent intensifies and diversifies

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Subject(s): Online resources: In: Religion Watch 26 5, 4Abstract: The article focuses on the dissenting movement growth against Baha'i religion due to the internet. Baha'i known for its teachings on world unity and interreligious tolerance, is being targeted by dissenters particularly the teachings on homosexuality and the exclusion of women from the highest leadership level called the Universal House of Justice. Dissent is also evident in the formation of a Baha'i subgroup within Unitarian-Universalism that is different from the Unitarian Baha'i Federation.
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The article focuses on the dissenting movement growth against Baha'i religion due to the internet. Baha'i known for its teachings on world unity and interreligious tolerance, is being targeted by dissenters particularly the teachings on homosexuality and the exclusion of women from the highest leadership level called the Universal House of Justice. Dissent is also evident in the formation of a Baha'i subgroup within Unitarian-Universalism that is different from the Unitarian Baha'i Federation.