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Rooster613 here again -- I did a quick Google for more info on the Baha'ullah pic and guess what? I was led right back to the Baha'u'llah page on Wikipedia where there is a photo of him. Interestingly, it is at the very bottom of the page, and there is a statement to that effect at the top of the page. The reason for this statement appears to be to warn Baha'is that the pic is there. (Suggestive of the current debate about the placement of Muhammad cartoons?) Now I'm not even sure it this qualifies as aniconism, because, according to the Wiki article, Baha'is do not find the photo offensive and they do view the photo, but only on very special occasions such as on a pilgrimage. So it is more like an icon than a forbidden image. See the Baha'u'llah article for more on this. So should the Baha'i section even be here at all? Or should it be on the icon page? Rooster613 18:14, 6 February 2006 (UTC)Rooster613Reply
I redirected to Baha'u'llah. The page was only two paragraphs that repeated what was on the Baha'u'llah page about the photograph. It was only linked from that page and Aniconism. Cuñado ☼ - Talk 20:21, 22 February 2008 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I just nominated this redirect for deletion before I noticed the history and talk pages here. Yes, I do think this issue deserves it's own page. The specific similarities and differences of the Baha'i approach to aniconism are valuable (see Jeff3000's comments above). Perhaps it would be better to restore the 14 September 2007 version, add the link to Bahá'u'lláh under the "See Also" section, and identify the article as a stub. Furthermore, even if the page reproduces content from the Bahá'u'lláh article, I think it is the culturally neutral / culturally sensitive thing to do so that members of the Baha'i Faith can learn about aniconism in their faith without being forced to view photographs of their religion's Founder, which, as the Bahá'u'lláh article's content and its Discussion pages clearly indicate, are controversial. Ryancamp1 (talk) 20:41, 19 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
Please see my comment immediately above. Actually, it would probably to help address Eskimospy's concerns about audience (see Article History 20-Feb-2008) if someone could adapt the content found at Bahá'u'lláh under "Photographs and imagery" (note: currently contains a photo of Bahá'u'lláh and is thus controversial). Ryancamp1 (talk) 23:31, 19 August 2011 (UTC)Reply