Global Voices Online makes us aware of a new post from ‘Iranian Truth’ concerning Baha’is in Iran, rightfully demanding: Grant Bahai’s Access to Higher Education
Iranian Truth says Bahai’s are a discriminated class in Iran and are often ignored by the Diaspora completely. In Iran, they have in many cases been uprooted from their homes, denied […]

Community Under Siege: The Ordeal of the Baha’is of Shiraz [PDF]
Resisting Educational Exclusion: The Baha’i Institute of Higher Education in Iran [PDF]
The Baha’is of Iran: Socio-Historical Studies [PDF]

The Baha’i community of Iran is the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority. This collection of essays presents a comprehensive study of the social and historical development of the […]

According to the Baha’i World News Service, Baha’is lost a valuable member of their faith:
The worldwide Baha’i community has lost its most distinguished member with the death of Dr. Ali-Muhammad Varqa.
He passed away on the evening of 22 September 2007 at his home in Haifa.
Some information about Dr. Varqa’s background:

Dr. Varqa came from […]

U.S congressman Mark Steven Kirk writes on his website (excerpt from the longer version):
As the representative in Congress for the Baha’i Temple of North America, I know that the Baha’i faith preaches peace, tolerance and diversity of thought—values we embrace on the North Shore. But in an oppressive Islamic dictatorship like Iran, Baha’i values […]

Not according to this year’s International Religious Freedom Report (via the Assyrian International News Agency):
Here’s what certain religious minorities, including the Baha’is, have to face:
“There were reports of societal abuses and discrimination based on religious belief or practice. Violent attacks and threats against non-Muslims during the reporting period created an atmosphere of pressure and diminished […]

“So reads the graffitti in Abadeh, Iran,” writes Omid of Mideast Youth.
Quoting the post:

Well mr Hizbollah, we are awake too and we don’t hate anybody. As The Party of God, I would think you would have learned that hating others is removed from that which God desires. Have you learned that lesson yet? Clearly not.
As […]

The Baha’i World News Service published a recent report concerning the most recent destruction of Baha’i cemeteries in Iran (also noted earlier here.)
The report notes:
The bulldozing of a Baha’i cemetery in Iran last week is the latest in a series of incidents in a government-led campaign of hatred against Baha’is.

The destruction of the cemetery by […]

Below you will find a copy of our second newsletter in Farsi (You may find all past articles in Farsi here.)

The Baha’i Faith in Egypt blog extensively reports the following in a recent post:
After the release of the 2007 US State Department report on International Religious Freedom, Egypt is repeating its previous stand: that religious minorities are not discriminated against and that they have equal citizenship rights in Egypt.
Cairo: El-Badeel newspaper reported, on 16 September […]

Below we share 2 articles regarding Baha’is in Iran.
The first article concerns the recent destruction of a Baha’i cemetery in Najafabad, Iran. News of this unfortunate and disturbing development was first reported in the following article by Iran Press News on the 15th of September:
تخریب قبرستان بهائیان در نجف آباد اصفهان
A large crowd attacked the […]