Julia Lynch Olin
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Julia had joined the Baha'i religion sometime before 1930. Her association with Ahmad Sohrab led to the creation of the New History Society and the Caravan of the East and West. Her house in Manhattan was christened the "Caravan House". The New History Society published a number of works. Caravan was an organization to introduce young people to the Baha'i religion, a sort-of youth core, before joining the main body. At one time Caravan boasted of having tens of thousands of members all over the world. | Julia had joined the Baha'i religion sometime before 1930. Her association with Ahmad Sohrab led to the creation of the New History Society and the Caravan of the East and West. Her house in Manhattan was christened the "Caravan House". The New History Society published a number of works. Caravan was an organization to introduce young people to the Baha'i religion, a sort-of youth core, before joining the main body. At one time Caravan boasted of having tens of thousands of members all over the world. | ||
| − | Sohrab and Julia were ordered to submit to the New York Baha'i organization, to be under their aegis and they refused. For this Sohrab was excommunicated from the religion by Shoghi Effendi, the then-head of the religion. Later the Baha'i organization sued Sohrab to try to stop him from using the name Baha'i for his efforts. The organization lost this case, setting the precedent that the name Baha'i, standing for a religion, may be used by anyone. | + | Sohrab and Julia were ordered to submit to the New York Baha'i organization, to be under their aegis and they refused. For this Sohrab was excommunicated from the religion in 1939 by Shoghi Effendi, the then-head of the religion. Later the Baha'i organization sued Sohrab to try to stop him from using the name Baha'i for his efforts. The organization lost this case, setting the precedent that the name Baha'i, standing for a religion, may be used by anyone. |
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