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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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? [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]