Bahá'í community of the United States

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Bahá'í House of Worship Bahá'í Publishing Trust Bahá'í community Local Spiritual Assembly National Spiritual Assembly religious community supreme governing body of the Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í community of the United States is the national body of Bahá'ís in the U.S., responsible for coordinating religious activities, administration, and outreach in accordance with the global Bahá'í Faith.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
American Bahá'í community	1
Bahá'í community of the United States canonical	1
Bahá'ís of the United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6831085 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bahá'í community of the United States
Context triple: [Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette, operatedBy, Bahá'í community of the United States]

A. Baháʼí community of India
The Baháʼí community of India is the national body of Baháʼís in India, known for promoting the Baháʼí Faith’s principles of unity, equality, and interfaith harmony across the country.
B. Baha'i Faith
The Baha'i Faith is a modern monotheistic religion founded in the 19th century that emphasizes the unity of God, humanity, and religions, and promotes principles such as global peace, equality, and social justice.
C. Islamic Center of Washington
The Islamic Center of Washington is a prominent mosque and Islamic cultural center in Washington, D.C., serving as a religious, educational, and diplomatic hub for the Muslim community and visiting dignitaries.
D. Hindu American Foundation
The Hindu American Foundation is a U.S.-based advocacy and educational nonprofit that represents Hindu Americans on issues of civil rights, religious freedom, and public policy.
E. Dawn Bible Students Association
The Dawn Bible Students Association is a Christian organization that emerged from the Bible Student movement and is known for publishing religious literature and promoting Bible study based on the teachings of Charles Taze Russell.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bahá'í community of the United States
Target entity description: The Bahá'í community of the United States is the national body of Bahá'ís in the U.S., responsible for coordinating religious activities, administration, and outreach in accordance with the global Bahá'í Faith.

A. Baháʼí community of India
The Baháʼí community of India is the national body of Baháʼís in India, known for promoting the Baháʼí Faith’s principles of unity, equality, and interfaith harmony across the country.
B. Baha'i Faith
The Baha'i Faith is a modern monotheistic religion founded in the 19th century that emphasizes the unity of God, humanity, and religions, and promotes principles such as global peace, equality, and social justice.
C. Islamic Center of Washington
The Islamic Center of Washington is a prominent mosque and Islamic cultural center in Washington, D.C., serving as a religious, educational, and diplomatic hub for the Muslim community and visiting dignitaries.
D. Hindu American Foundation
The Hindu American Foundation is a U.S.-based advocacy and educational nonprofit that represents Hindu Americans on issues of civil rights, religious freedom, and public policy.
E. Dawn Bible Students Association
The Dawn Bible Students Association is a Christian organization that emerged from the Bible Student movement and is known for publishing religious literature and promoting Bible study based on the teachings of Charles Taze Russell.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bahá'í House of Worship ⓘ Bahá'í Publishing Trust ⓘ Bahá'í community ⓘ Local Spiritual Assembly ⓘ National Spiritual Assembly ⓘ religious community ⓘ supreme governing body of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Wilmette, Illinois ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	American Bahá'í community ⓘ linked to: Bahá'í community of the United States Bahá'ís of the United States ⓘ linked to: Bahá'í community of the United States
continent	North America ⓘ
coordinatesWith	Bahá'í communities of Canada ⓘ Bahá'í communities of Latin America ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
engagesIn	interfaith dialogue in the United States ⓘ race unity and racial justice initiatives ⓘ social and economic development projects in the United States ⓘ youth and children’s spiritual education programs ⓘ
follows	Universal House of Justice ⓘ
founded	early 20th century ⓘ
governingBody	National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States ⓘ linked to: National Spiritual Assembly
hasHistoricalRoot	early Bahá'í teaching work in North America in the 1890s ⓘ
hasInstitution	Bahá'í Publishing Trust of the United States ⓘ linked to: Bahá'í Publishing Trust national Bahá'í schools and institutes in the United States ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	recognized religious organization in the United States ⓘ
hasMajorInstitution	Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette ⓘ
hasNotableEvent	construction of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette ⓘ formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States ⓘ
hasOrganizationalUnit	local spiritual assemblies in the United States ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
location	Wilmette, Illinois ⓘ
partOf	worldwide Bahá'í community ⓘ linked to: global Bahá’í community
promotes	elimination of racial prejudice ⓘ equality of women and men ⓘ harmony of science and religion ⓘ principle of the oneness of humanity ⓘ universal education ⓘ
religion	Bahá'í Faith ⓘ linked to: Baha'i Faith
responsibleFor	coordination of Bahá'í administrative affairs in the United States ⓘ development of Bahá'í educational programs in the United States ⓘ organization of national Bahá'í conventions in the United States ⓘ publication and distribution of Bahá'í literature in the United States ⓘ support of teaching and outreach activities in the United States ⓘ
subjectOf	American Bahá'í history studies ⓘ sociological research on new religious movements in the United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette → operatedBy → Bahá'í community of the United States ⓘ

subject linked to: Baha'i House of Worship

Bahá'í community of the United States → alsoKnownAs → American Bahá'í community ⓘ

linked to: Bahá'í community of the United States

Bahá'í community of the United States → alsoKnownAs → Bahá'ís of the United States ⓘ