Author: Yonat Shimron

Source: The News...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Seychelles Nation

http://www.nation.sc/index.php?art=15025

Members of the local media have been briefed on the principles of the Baha’i faith to use as a source of reference while covering various events.

The Baha’i faith is based on love, purity, kindness, radiance and the oneness of the world and its people, they were told. It calls on people to live collectively as one world so social justice may be...

Author: Meredith Moss

Source: Dayton Daily News

http://www.daytondailynews.com/l/content/oh/story/living/religion-faith/2009/02/21/ddn022109lifeinterfaith.html

Members of Miami Valley Baha'i are planning an interfaith prayer gathering on Monday, Feb. 23, in support of seven members of their religion who have been in prison in Iran for nearly a year.

The service will...

Author: Peggy Fletcher Stack

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

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Mona Kashani Heern remembers sitting quietly at her desk in 1984 when her fifth-grade teacher asked, "Who is a Bahai?"

She and two others raised their hands.

Islamic religious teachers promptly escorted the trio from class, threatened them with hell and expelled them from school. Education was no longer an option for those following a faith deemed heretical by Iran's revolutionary government.
...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá'í World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/699

The European Union yesterday issued a statement expressing its “deep concern” over Iran’s plans to bring seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders to trial for espionage and other charges soon. The Baha’i International Community has called for their immediate release, maintaining their innocence and characterizing the regime’s claims as an “escalation of its...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AFP

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Britain expressed concern Monday over charges laid against seven members of the banned Bahai religion in Iran, accusing Tehran of targeting religious minorities.

The charges, which include "espionage for Israel, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic republic", were brought last week.

Junior foreign minister Bill Rammell said he was "very concerned" over...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: VOA News

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U.S. officials have condemned Iran's reported decision to try seven members of the Baha'i faith for espionage, saying the charges are "baseless."

A U.S. State Department spokesman, Robert Wood, issued a statement on Friday, saying the accusations against those detained are part of the ongoing persecution of Baha'is in Iran.

Earlier this week, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported that seven members...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AFP

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Iran will soon try seven members of the banned Bahai religion on charges including "espionage for Israel," the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

"The charges against seven defendants in the case of the illegal Bahai group were examined ... and the case will be sent to the revolutionary court next week," deputy Tehran prosecutor Hassan Haddad was quoted as saying.

Haddad said...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá’í World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/693

A historic Baha’i conference in Frankfurt last weekend brought to mind an earlier gathering in the same city a half century before – one that was also a milestone in Baha’i history.

Last weekend’s event in Frankfurt was one of the current series of 41 conferences around the globe marking the half-way point of a five-year effort involving...

Author: Jake Spring

Source: North By Northwestern

http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2009/02/21387/faith-and-study-at-the-bahai-club/

The Northwestern Baha’i Club represents a handful of the Bahais living in the U.S. Beginning Winter Quarter, five of the group’s members have recently started organizing regular study sessions to discuss their faith openly with non-Bahais. In the video below, Baha’i Club...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá’í World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/691

The destruction earlier this month of a cemetery in Iran used for the mass burial of hundreds killed in the aftermath of the Islamic revolution in 1979 is an outrageous violation of human dignity, the Baha'i International Community said today. At least 15 Baha'is were among those buried at the site.

"The destruction of the Khavaran cemetery by...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Iran Press Watch

http://www.iranpresswatch.org/2009/01/10-homes-raided-in-mashhad-2-bahais-arrested/

The Department of Intelligence visited the home of ten Bahais and subsequently arrested two of those visited.

In an organized and systematic manner, the Iranian Security Forces, after attacking homes in Sari, Semnan, Ghaemhashr and Tehran over the past few months, attacked the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gx82ftet4H2W9CQ3S1gj8arJnmSA

ran has arrested six adherents of the banned Bahai faith and a Christian for alleged propaganda against the Islamic republic and insulting Islam, the judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday.

"These people were not arrested for their faith. The six Bahais are accused of insulting religious sanctities and...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá’í World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/690

The coldest capital city on earth was the gathering place last weekend for 1,700 Baha’is from Mongolia, Russia, and other nations – called together to celebrate achievements in community-building work and make plans for future activities at the local level.

Temperatures reached minus 30 C a day or two before the conference as people made...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Baha'i World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/688

At least six Baha'is were arrested in Iran yesterday, including a woman who worked at human rights organizations connected with Nobel prize winner Shirin Ebadi.

According to reports received from Iran, the six were arrested after government security agents raided the homes of at least 11 Baha'is. During the raids, they also confiscated Baha'i books and other...