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The Prisoner of Akka – A Story of the Baha’i Faith
October 20, 2025, in Videos > History, by Sonjel VreelandThis video offers us a historical episode that illustrates the Station of Baha’u’llah. It is based on the opening chapter of the the book The Story of Baha’u’llah: Promised One of All Religions by Druzelle Cederquist and shared with the permission of the US Baha’i Publishing Trust.
Find out more about the Station of Baha’u’llah by visiting the official website of the Baha’i Faith. Learn more about The Story of Baha’u’llah by checking out Bahaibookstore.com.
Photos used in this video are courtesy of the Baha’i International Community and Unsplash. The image of the dagger, the hands and the stairs are AI generated.
Many thanks to Nava Revalk for reading this story for us.
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Sonjel Vreeland
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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