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Film festival brings it all together
Film is a lot like the Baha’i Faith, says Mithaq Kazimi. One brings together all the art forms. The other brings together all the peoples and religions of the world. The two combine also in Kazimi, a young Baha’i filmmaker and native of Afghanistan who founded the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival (DBIFF). DBIFF debuted [...]
Baha'i International Community deplores destruction of Khavaran cemetery
GENEVA, 30 January (BWNS) – 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 [...]
Ooch — “the yo-yo guy”
When someone asks Brett Outchcunis to walk the dog, they’re not talking about a pet. They want to see him do a yo-yo trick called Walk the Dog, because Brett (also called Ooch) is a star yo-yo performer. From grade school through college, Ooch, a life-long Baha’i from Massachusetts, took his yo-yo everywhere. After earning a [...]
Interview with an Iranian Baha’i Student
Iran Press Watch posted a compelling interview with an Iranian Baha’i student who has been denied access to university education in Iran.
AFP: Six Bahais, Christian arrested in Iran: judiciary
AFP posted an article titled “Six Baha’is, Christian arrested in Iran: Judiciary”.
A representative of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States was among the group of religious leaders invited to attend the Fifty-Sixth Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral on January 21, 2009.
Preteens potent with potentiality
Between the ages of 10 and 15 years old kids undergo tremendous transition. They’re not children anymore. “It’s a very brief period of time that is so potent with potentiality and also, at the same, can set one on a misguided course.” says Melissa Smith-Venters, a Baha’i youth program developer from South Carolina, in the US [...]
CNN: Iranian media report Baha'i missionary arrests
CNN.com posted an article titled “Iranian media report Baha’i missionary arrests”. The article also includes a report on the arrest of six other Baha’is in Tehran earlier this week, and the adoption of a resolution yesterday by the European Parliament on human rights in Iran which makes a number of references to the persecution of [...]
Baha'is mentioned in European Parliament resolution on human rights in Iran
The European Parliament adopted a resolution yesterday on the situation of human rights in Iran. The resolution makes references to the persecution of Baha’is in Iran and appeals to the Iranian authorities to live up to the government’s obligation to respect religious minorities and promptly release the seven Baha’i leaders arrested on May 14, 2008.
Hundreds of Baha’i communities throughout the United States observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day by helping to organize public events to commemorate the great, slain civil rights leader.
Six Baha’is arrested in Iran
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 [...]
Six Baha'is arrested in Iran; one worked for Shirin Ebadi's rights organizations
The Baha’i World News Service has put out a statement about the arrest of six Baha’is in Iran: GENEVA, 15 January (BWNS) – 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.
Iran Arrests Five Members Of Baha'i Faith
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty posted an article titled “Iran Arrests Five Members of the Baha’i Faith” about the Baha’i arrests in Iran.
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.
Support Baha’i Students in Iran Video Contest
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the U.S. has extended the deadline for the video contest about the denial of education to Baha’i students in Iran to March 21, 2009. This is a video contest to raise awareness about the plight of Baha’is in Iran trying to gain access to higher education. The [...]
Baha’is support CRC’s essay contest to raise awareness of children’s rights
The U.S. Baha’i community is adding its support to The Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by encouraging participation in an essay contest for U.S. students in grades 6 though 12. The purpose of the contest is to raise awareness of the CRC among youth and to [...]