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On July 9, Baha\u2019is observe the Martyrdom of the Bab, which marks the 1850 execution in Persia of one of the founders of their faith. It is one of nine holy days during which Baha\u2019is suspend work and school. We visited a commemoration program at the Northern Virginia Baha\u2019i Center, guided by Baha\u2019i Educator Hillary Chapman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Martyrdom of the B\u00e1b commemorates the day when the B\u00e1b was finally taken before a firing squad in the northern Persian city of Tabriz,” says Hillary Chapman, a Baha’i educator. It’s “not a celebration, but a commemoration. 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