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Hearing on Human Rights and Religious Freedom in Iran
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom held a public hearing on February 21, 2008, entitled “Advancing Religious Freedom and Related Human Rights in Iran: Strategies for an Effective U.S. Policy”.
Draft Iranian law threatens gross human rights violations
NEW YORK 22 February 2008 (BWNS) The Iranian Parliament is considering legislation that would institutionalize a series of gross human rights violations, affecting not only Baha’is but many others, even outside of Iran, the Baha’i International Community said today.
Robert Hayden surmounted an impoverished childhood to become the first African-American to be appointed Poet Laureate. Robert HaydenBorn Asa Bundy Sheffey in 1913 in the ironically named Paradise Valley neighborhood of Detroit, Mr. Hayden was extremely near-sighted, which kept him from participating in sports. Thus he spent much of his time reading and writing. His [...]
Robert Hayden surmounted an impoverished childhood to become the first African-American to be appointed Poet Laureate.
Cary Enoch Reinstein: The transformative power of the Faith
Fort Valley, Georgia Baha’i since 1963 If I hadn’t offered a pretty girl a can of beer at a 1963 Fourth of July party in the Berkeley Hills of northern California, I probably wouldn’t have come across the Baha’i Faith quite so soon. Her name was Sandra. She stood out because she was the only [...]
Last year, as a new Baha’i, I participated in my first Fast. I was a strange combination of nervous, excited, scared and exhilarated. In the midst of my hunger, I managed to keep up a public blog, attend a retreat at Green Acre Baha’i School, visit the Baha’i House of Worship near Chicago and, in the end, discover the real point of it all.
Dire Situation for Iran's Baha'is
The Middle East Times published today an article about the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran.
The Presidency of the EU speaks out in support of Baha'is in Iran
On February 7, 2008, the Presidency of the European Union issued a declaration on the deteriorating situation of the Baha’is in Iran.
GENEVA February 6, 2008 (BWNS) Accusations by the Iranian government that 54 Baha’is were engaged in anti-regime “propaganda” when they were arrested almost two years ago are patently false, the Baha’i International Community reported today.
On the surface, living the Baha’i Life means saying daily obligatory prayers, abstaining from alcohol and illicit drugs, and fasting once a year, to name a few commitments. But on a deeper level, explains the Daily Baha’i Blog, being a Baha’i demands aligning one’s inner life to the spirit of the Faith.
Human Rights Watch World Report 2008
Human Rights Watch (HRW) specifically mentioned the situation of the Baha’is in Iran and in Egypt in its recently published World Report 2008. The report deals with human rights concerns in countries throughout the world.