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The Bahai Faith does not have a Pope. The Bahai community is administered by elected counsels, called Assemblies or Houses of Justice. The local and national Assemblies are elected every year. The head of the world-wide Bahai community, the Universal House of Justice, is elected every five years.

Doctrines are not decided by the Assemblies: they are based on the writings of Baha'u'llah and the explanations of them from two authorised interpreters: Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi. There is no authorised interpreter today, and none can be appointed (Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi were appointed in Bahai scripture).

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