June 27th, 2009
Ihsanullah Kathiri, a Baha’i from Tehran, was executed exactly 26 years ago (27th of June, 1983.)
His crime:
Being a member of the Baha’i Faith.
Please remember and pray for the Baha’is in Iran who remain under this severe threat of torture and execution, and please keep all of the victims who sacrificed their lives in your memory and heart. Remember that they died for a noble cause, and one that will be achieved one day, if we all unite towards it regardless of our religious differences.
May Ihsanullah Kathiri remain rested in peace.
June 23rd, 2009
This article was featured on the Star News Group:
Release call … Behjat Dianati is concerned for the welfare of her cousin, who has been imprisoned in Iran for his religious beliefs.
WHITTLESEA and Kinglake’s Baha’i community has sent thanks to the Australian Government for speaking out against the detention of religious prisoners in Iran.
Local resident Behjat Dianati has applauded the parliament, which called for the immediate release of Baha’i leaders in the Middle Eastern country, …
June 23rd, 2009
On this day, 28 years ago, 3 innocent Baha’is were executed for their faith. Hashin Farnush, Farhang Maveddat, and Buzurg Alaviyan.
Funeral of one of the victims, Hashin Farnush, who was imprisoned and tortured for more than 6 months before his execution.
Dozens of innocent Baha’is remain in Iran’s prisons, several kidnapped with their whereabouts unknown. Harassment and severe discrimination of Baha’is in Iran remains consistent. Let us keep them all in our hearts and in our efforts.
June 22nd, 2009
Dear friends,
We apologize for the very few updates that we were able to generate during May and June. This is due to the fact that our sites were under serious attacks that left us unable to publish entries on our sites, and later took the entire sites down for as much as an entire week. We have been very busy trying to get our sites back up and did not realize that it would take this long, however the process …
June 18th, 2009
During the month of June of 1983, approximately 20 Baha’is were killed in Shiraz. On June 18, 10 of the victims were women, some as young as 16 such as Mona Mahmudnizhad. They were executed by hanging for no other reason but their beliefs; being members of the Baha’i faith, whose members are still severely persecuted to this day with dozens of people still arrested or murdered.
We dedicate this day, June 18, to honor these innocent victims whose lives were …
June 12th, 2009
Aware of severe discrimination of the Baha’i minority in Iran, Iranian demonostrators show their support for Baha’is and other persecuted religious minorities, by chanting supportive words such as “Baha’i, Baha’i we support you” shown in this video below:
These are brave, courageous souls representing the future of Iran, where all minorities are embraced and given equal rights regardless of their ethnic or religious differences.
June 2nd, 2009
This is a translation of
an article which first appeared in Arabic here.
Ayyad Ablal
Ayad_ablal@yahoo.fr
Moroccan researcher in sociology, Ayyad Ablal addresses Al-Sabah Newspaper:
Deviation from the Maliki School of Thought (Maliki Doctrine) threatens the ruling regime in Morocco
How do you explain the last “confrontation” between the state and the Baha’i Faith? Doesn’t it intervene in the freedom of belief?
The discourse about the incidents taking place today against the Baha’i Faith does not reach the level of confrontation because the term …
May 24th, 2009
Article By: Sandeep Singh Grewal
[Read this article in Arabic.]
Manama, Bahrain- A Bahraini activist is urging the government to recognise Baha’i Faith and allow the community to gather and worship freely.
Esra’a Al Shafei, whose work focuses on ethnic and religious minorities, said it was high time Arab and Gulf governments legally recognised the Baha’is.
“The community should be given a license to operate their place of worship by concerned authorities. Baha’i issue is not taboo and the society should accept them …
May 22nd, 2009
Article by: Sandeep Singh Grewal
Manama, Bahrain - 23 May is a day when Baha’is from different pockets of the world celebrates the 165th anniversary of the birth of the Baha´i faith. While in Iran, families of seven Baha´i leaders are having sleepless nights after authorities reportedly arrested and jailed the group. The Iranian deputy prosecutor said in February the group was charged with propaganda against the regime and insulting religious sanctities.
It’s not only in Iran but places like Egypt …
May 18th, 2009
This is a translation of an article that recently appeared in Elaph.
Author: Majdi Khalil | Originally published in Arabic on: Friday, 15 May 2009
Struggles for freedom of faith in Egypt
It never occurred to Basma Moussa or Camliya Lutfi that they would become symbols for defending freedom of faith in Egypt when they both set out to defend a private matter or private affair. However, just because this private affair affects public interest, the Egyptian society was …
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