Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá’í World News Service

http://news.bahai.org/story/704

On March 21, Baha'is around the world will mark Naw-Ruz - their new year - a date that this year coincides with the 100th anniversary of the interment of the remains of the Bab on Mount Carmel.

On Naw-Ruz in 1909, 'Abdu'l-Baha, then the head of the Baha'i Faith, laid to rest the mortal remains of the Bab. 'Abdu'l-Baha personally placed the precious trust in its place...

Author: Laura Oleniacz

Source: The Winchester Star

http://www.winchesterstar.com/showarticle_new.php?sID=6&foldername=20090316&file=pray_article.html

Believers of different faiths gathered Sunday afternoon to pray for seven Baha’i leaders who have been in prison in Iran for nearly a year for their religious beliefs.

Local followers of the Christian, Muslim and Baha’i faiths...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá’í World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/703

A court in Egypt today removed any grounds for preventing Baha'is from receiving proper official identity documents, clearing the way for an end to years of deprivation for Egyptian Baha'is - and opening the door to a new level of respect for religious privacy in Egypt.

The Supreme Administrative Court dismissed an appeal by two Muslim lawyers...

Author: Sharon Roznik

Source: Fond du Lac Reporter

http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20090312/FON0101/90311131/1289/FON01

While Christians observe 40 days of Lent, members of the local Bahai community observe their annual 19-day period of fasting through March 20.

Their thoughts have been focused on Iran, where seven Bahai religious leaders have been imprisoned for nearly a year awaiting trial. According to Iran media,...

Author: Christine Morente

Source: San Mateo County Times

http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_11891252

A prayer book in his hand, Mehran Bashiri prayed for seven strangers who were persecuted in Iran because of their participation in the Baha'i Faith.

Bashiri, 48, and other Baha'i members from San Mateo County met in a devotional gathering last Thursday night at Linda Duper's home in Pacifica, where they remembered all those who are...

Author: Mike Belt

Source: The Lawrence Journal-World

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/mar/08/bahais-try-help-others-escape-persecution-iran/?city_local

It’s been nearly a year since seven leaders of the Bahai faith in Iran were arrested and accused of spying for Israel.

Now, Bahai followers in the United States — including a group in Lawrence — are asking for help. They want the...

Author: Gail Hollenbeck

Source: St. Petersburg Times

http://www.tampabay.com/news/religion/article981825.ece

The eyes of the world are on Iran as several countries, the European Union and Amnesty International protest the imprisonment of seven leaders of the Baha'i faith accused of spying for Israel.

The United States, England and Canada are among the governments that have condemned the treatment of the five men and two women, who have...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá’í World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/702

The Baha'i International Community has issued an open letter to Iran's prosecutor general outlining the tragic history of the persecution of Baha'is in that country, explaining their innocence in the face of accusations made by the government, and asking for fairness in any upcoming trial of seven Baha'i prisoners.

Sent late yesterday by email...

Author: Jaweed Kaleem

Source: The Miami Herald

https://miamiherald.newspapers.com/search/#query=Zeinab+Salmanzadeh&dr_year=2009-2009

Zeinab Salmanzadeh graduated from high school...

Author: Michelle Bearden

Source: Tampa Bay Online

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/06/na-bahai-faith-is-a-unifying-force/

When Hardy Roberts met the woman who would become his wife, he got a bonus: A new religion; something completely unexpected.

"When I met Leah, that was the first time I had even heard about the Baha'i faith," says Hardy.

Raised an Episcopalian, he was naturally somewhat wary....

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá’í World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/701

The historic series of 41 Baha’i conferences that began four months ago in southern Africa wrapped up last weekend in eastern Europe with a gathering in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.

Some 730 people – mostly from Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia – attended the Kiev event, which like all 41 of the...

Author: Jean Spencer

Source: The Coloradoan

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090302/NEWS01/903020318

For some, visiting childhood memories is impossible, not because the economy is rocky or because their house was replaced with a new development, but because going back would mean risking their lives.

Roshan Fair, a Fort Collins resident for 21 years, moved to Colorado from Iran in 1978 and said she "can never go back" because she...

Author: Deborah McDermott

Source: Seacoast Media Group

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090302-NEWS-903020322

Sina Manoucherhi knows what discrimination is all about. As a member of the Baha'i faith growing up in his native Iran, he was prohibited from attending most public schools and denied a college education. His father was kicked out of the military and his brother was imprisoned for selling "Baha'i jewelry."

Now...

Author: David Yonke

Source: The Toledo Blade

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090228/NEWS10/902280341/-1/NEWS40

As members of the local Baha'i community enter a holy season of prayer and fasting, their worship is tempered by concerns for the safety of seven religious leaders facing trial in Iran.

The festival of Ayyam-I-Ha, a time of celebration and fellowship in which Baha'is...

Author: Catherine Buday

Source: Wicked Local Hudson

http://www.wickedlocal.com/hudson/news/x1237123677/Local-Bahai-worry-about-Iran-repression

Nearly three decades ago, Monireh lived the good life in Iran, with a well-paying job at an oil company, a guaranteed pension, a home and money in the bank.

But at midnight one night in 1980, during the early days of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, soldiers...