Why the Bahá’í Concept of Religious Law is Revolutionary

Talk given by Ms. Sovaida Ma'ani on July 20, 2024

Sovaida Ma'ani Ewing is a prolific author, speaker, and international lawyer with 20 years of experience in public and private legal practice. She, and her mother, Baharieh Rouhani Maani are co-authors of the book “Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas.

Sovaida is also the founding director of The Center for Peace and Global Governance (cpgg.org) a virtual think tank and online forum that pools and proposes principled solutions to pressing global challenges. She has published five books in the area of peace and global governance including "Building a World Federation: The Key to Resolving our Global Crises" and her latest which is "The Alchemy of Peace: 6 Shifts in Mindsets and Habits to Achieve World Peace." She also hosts a video podcast "Re-imagining Our World" on the CPGG YouTube channel that is dedicated to creating a vision of the world we want and infusing hope that we can make the choices necessary to attain it.

Sovaida is a lifelong Bahá’í and has served on many Bahá’í institutions including the Bahá’í Justice Society. She currently serves on the Board of the Interfaith Council of Washington Metropolitan area and the Board of Citizens for Global Solutions.

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0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:26 - Talk
1:09:00 - Q/A
1:28:58 - Closing

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