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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (June 28, 2007) – A United Nations committee meeting here has determined that the Baha’i holy places in Israel have “outstanding universal value” and should be considered as part of the cultural heritage of humanity.
Reports and documents filtering out of Iran over the last six months indicate an intensification of the calculated, widespread and long-term effort by the government to persecute the Iranian Baha’is, the country’s largest religious minority.
Close to 200 people gathered May 27 at the Bahai House of Worship for the North American Continent — and that was just the choir. An additional 1,000 people were there to hear the first-ever choral festival at the Wilmette temple just outside of Chicago.