Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá’í World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/657

As the new academic year got under way, young Baha'is in Iran again found the door to higher education closed.

Although in its public stance the Iranian government maintains that Baha'is are free to attend university, reports over the past few weeks indicate that the policy of preventing Baha'is from obtaining higher education remains in effect....

Author: Sarah Capponi

Source: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter

http://media.www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2008/10/02/NewsFeatures/Bahai.Community.A.Growing.Presence.At.Homewood-3467227.shtml

While Baha'i is one of the fastest-growing religions in the world, its representation at Hopkins is very small. There are an estimated eight or nine...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá’í World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/655

The 32nd annual conference of the North American Association for Baha’i Studies drew some 1,400 people from 23 countries - the largest-ever representation from outside the United States and Canada.

The gathering, held this year in San Diego, had as its theme “Religion and Social Cohesion.” The four-day conference concluded on 1...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bahá’í World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/654

Melbourne stands out as a multicultural metropolis – Malaysian restaurants, Japanese paper shops, music venues with bands from Senegal to Indonesia, all within strolling distance of one another. Not surprising, then, that Melburnians have adopted a Baha’i devotional meeting with a difference.

Called “Soul Food,” the gathering...

Author: Tasha Kates

Source: Charlottesville Daily Progress

http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/bahais_find_safe_place_to_practice_faith/28519/

For 70 years, Kamal has practiced a religion that has put him in the shadows of Iranian society.

The practicing Bahai converted when he was just 12 years old. While his siblings were Muslims, his grandfather was a Bahai who ultimately...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20080926-1145-eu-eu-iran-religiousfreedom.html

The European Union said Friday it is “very worried” about what it sees as a deterioration of religious freedom in Iran.

A statement from the French Foreign Ministry on behalf of the EU says pressure has increased on religious minorities in the Islamic...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States

http://www.bahai.us/node/554

The U.S. Department of State's 2008 International Religious Freedom Report, released on Sept. 19, calls attention to the grave persecution faced by Baha'is in Iran, as well as the discrimination against Baha'is in Egypt, who continue to be denied government-issued identity cards.

“During the reporting period, respect for religious...

Author: Leslie Hutchison

Source: Record-Journal

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Baha’i World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/651

Three Baha’is currently imprisoned in Yemen are facing the possibility of imminent deportation to Iran, where Baha’is are intensely persecuted and they would likely face imprisonment or torture.

“We are gravely concerned about the fate of these three Baha'is, who are being held without charges in a case that is clearly based on...

Author: Ken Goze

Source: Wilmette Life

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/wilmette/news/1105440,WI-temple-081408-s1.article

Rep. Mark Kirk, R-10th and Wilmette-area Bahá'ís are speaking out against what they say is a stepped up campaign of persecution against Bahá'ís in Iran, the birthplace of the religion.

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bi-partisan resolution authored by Kirk and New Jersey...

Author: Jack and Barbara Cook

Source: The Peninsula Gateway

http://www.gateline.com/106/story/2101.html

As the world comes together this year for the International Olympics event, we wish to share our experience from 2007, of the world coming together for an amazing international spiritual event at the Baha’i World Center in Haifa, Israel.

We were among the 400 pilgrims from all parts of the planet gathered together for nine intensive days on...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: A Statement of the Bahá’í International Community

http://bic.org/statements-and-reports/featured/Iran-Intensifies-Disinformation.htm

The fears of Bahá’ís worldwide over the intended fate of their coreligionists in Iran have heightened in the light of occurrences since the arrests, three months ago, of the “Friends in Iran,” the seven Bahá’ís who coordinate...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Baha'i World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/648

The Baha’i International Community categorically rejects statements by an Iranian prosecutor that seven Baha’is detained in Tehran have “confessed” to operating an “illegal” organization with ties to Israel and other countries.

“We deny in the strongest possible terms the suggestion that Baha’is in Iran have...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Baha'i World News Service

http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/645

Acts of arson targeting homes and vehicles are the latest violent tactics directed against the Baha’is of Iran.

“In the early hours of the morning of 18 July, the house of the Shaaker family in Kerman went up in flames, only weeks after their car had been torched and in the wake of a series of threatening phone calls,” said Bani Dugal,...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: VietNamNet Bridge

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/politics/2008/07/795619/

The Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs has recognised the Baha’i Community of Vietnam as a religious organisation able to operate on an equal footing with other religions.

Head of the Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs Nguyen The Doanh handed over a certificate to this effect to the Baha’i...