Author: Staff Writer

Source: Baha’i World News Service

http://news.bahai.org/story/740

Youth from a drama troupe joined with local dignitaries this week to address themes of exclusion and prejudice as they commemorated Human Rights Day with the Baha'i community of Germany.

The program took place at the Baha'i National Center, on the grounds of the European Baha'i House of Worship, with more than 200 people in attendance.

The performance by the People's...

Author: Andrea Castillo

Source: The Macon Telegraph

http://www.macon.com/religion/story/941508.html

On a Friday night, a group of eight people of the Baha’i faith from Macon and Fort Valley have gathered in the living room of the home of Mahin Pouryaghma for their weekly meeting of prayer and study.

They begin their meeting with each person around the room reading or reciting a prayer.

“Thy name is my healing, O God,”...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: WashingtonTV/National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States

http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=3&id=16149

The US Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the Iranian government’s persecution of members of the Baha’i faith, the country’s largest religious minority.

According to the National Spiritual Assembly...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AnnArbor.com

http://www.annarbor.com/faith/bahais-of-washtenaw-county-commemorate-day-of-the-covenant/

Baha’is will honor the unity of their faith tonight as they observe the Day of the Covenant. Unlike many other major faiths, Baha’is have only one sect - because one of their holiest figures, Baha’u’llah, created a covenant with his followers. In...

Author: Ali Akbar Dareini

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hX2o5EmHx3_g9tRfgL2O31ri7fAQD9C5CGCO0

Iranian authorities have banned the country's largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha'i temple, state media reported Monday.

Iran's Shiite cleric-led regime views the Baha'i religion as heretical and has...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Baha'i World News Service

http://news.bahai.org/story/738

The approval today of a strongly worded resolution on human rights in Iran sends a powerful signal to the Iranian government that the world is gravely concerned about how Iran treats its citizens, said the Baha'i International Community.

The resolution, approved by a vote of 74 to 48 by the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, expressed "deep concern at serious ongoing...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8333250.stm

Leaders from across the UK's religious communities have said there is a "moral imperative" to tackle global warming.

Leaders from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Baha'i, Jain and Zoroastrian faiths called on G20 nations to cut greenhouse gases.

They said climate change posed a "very real threat to the world's poor"....

Author: Staff Writer

Source: WFTV

http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/21436433/detail.html

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A massive fire destroyed an Orlando religious center just after midnight Tuesday and officials say it is the second fire in three days. Investigators are saying that an arsonist is likely to blame.

Flames were shooting from the roof when a police officer drove by and saw the Baha'i Center of Orlando on Hillcrest Street near Colonial...

Author: Angelica A. Morrison

Source: Utica Observer-Dispatch

http://www.uticaod.com/news/x1717107001/Bahai-family-from-Iran-starts-over-in-Utica

When you’re a Baha'i in Iran, you’re considered a non-citizen, remembers Farshad Madhi, a refugee who moved to Utica with his parents and sister a little over five years ago.

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Author: Staff Writer

Source: WashingtonTV

http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=3&id=15070

The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution condemning the Iranian government’s “state-sponsored persecution” of members of the Baha’i faith and its “continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.”

The resolution, passed by a...

Author: Jamon Smith

Source: TuscaloosaNews.com

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20091020/NEWS/910199920/1007/NEWS02?Title=Baha-i-club-celebrates-religious-origin

On Oct. 20, 1819, a man known as the Báb was born in Shiraz, Persia.

Upon reaching the age of 25, the Báb, whose name means 'the Gate,' began declaring to the people of Shiraz that the appearance...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Baha'i World News Service

http://news.bahai.org/story/734

Although the trial of seven Baha'i leaders imprisoned in Iran for more than 17 months was scheduled for today, when attorneys and families arrived at the court offices in Tehran they were told it would not take place. No new trial date was given.

"The time has come for these seven innocent people to be immediately released on bail," said Diane Ala'i, the Baha'i International...

Author: Nancy Haught

Source: The Houston Chronicle/Religion News Service

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6647643.html

In most places, camp songs concern five little frogs and a bear that went over the mountain. But at a camp here recently, 50 children belted out a lively ode to courage and integrity:

This (followed by an enthusiastic stomping of feet) is where I live.

This...

Author: Kelly Sawyers

Source: The Hoya

http://guide.thehoya.com/node/136

It’s hard to imagine Georgetown without religion — but while the university prides itself on its Jesuit identity, the students who populate the Hilltop fall within a broad spectrum of religious affiliations.

Georgetown’s Jesuit identity makes for a very active religious atmosphere on campus and Georgetown’s motto, utraque unum, or “both one,”...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Baha'i World News Service

http://news.bahai.org/story/731

A best-selling author and an Oscar-nominated actress are among those who have called for religious freedom in Iran, including an end to the persecution of Baha'is in that country.

Some 1,400 people heard Azar Nafisi, author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran," and Shohreh Aghdashloo, Academy Award-nominated actress for "House of Sand and Fog," speak at a public gathering this month...