Baha’i World Center (photos courtesy of bahaipictures.com)
Haifa, Israel is the home of the World Centre of the Baha’i Faith.
U.S. News & World Reports profiles how this city is an island of sanity in the turbulent Middle East.
Haifa, Israel: An Island of Sanity
Interesting comments near and at the end of the article. One person quoted suggests there is no violence in Haifa perhaps because there is nothing religiously to fight over: “Jesus wasn’t here; Moses wasn’t here; Muhammed wasn’t here.” And another says that Haifa isn’t special, it is how “normal people live.” But I believe it is special, and perhaps “normal,” because Baha’u’llah was, and is, there.