The following message is from the Universal House of Justice, it’s beautiful, refreshing, and very encouraging. Please do read it. For your convenience the letter, which was published on the 25th of December, is also available in PDF format, one in English and the other in Farsi. You may find the links below the letter: [...]

The Baha’i Faith in Egypt blog notes this article which was recently featured in the Daily Star Egypt: BAHAI TRIAL POSTPONED FOR THE FIFTH TIME By Alexandra Sandels First Published: December 25, 2007 CAIRO: The Cairo Court of Administrative Justice postponed Tuesday its verdict in the two Bahai trials to Jan. 22, citing “continuing case [...]

According to the Baha’i World News Service: The United Nations General Assembly yesterday adopted a resolution expressing “deep concern” about “ongoing systematic violations of human rights” in Iran. Adopted by a final vote of 73 to 53, with 55 abstentions, the resolution took note of repression and persecution aimed by the Iranian government at groups [...]

The following excerpt is taken from Indonesia Matters: Thirty-one Muslims in the Donggala area of Central Sulawesi have become apostates and converted to the Bahá’í religion, it is said, inviting the anger of their neighbours who are sticking firm to Islam, and the displeasure of the local bureaucracy. The head of the Religious Affairs Office [...]

An Iraqi graphics designer contributed to this site by adding a new banner, integrating Arabic calligraphy with Islamic and Baha’i symbols, and a photo of Muslim women praying. We hope you like it.

Below is a translation of a letter from the family of one of the Baha’i youth imprisoned in Shiraz, voluntarily translated by Omid G: O God, what can I write? Who can I write to? What recourse have I? I have no one but you, I have no helper except you. I am helpless in [...]

Dear friends, This month has been up for half a year. In this time period we have covered a great deal of human rights violations against our Baha’i brethren, especially those taking place in Egypt and Iran. It has been, for the most part, controversial yet imperative. We are extremely determined to make this work, [...]

A new blog about living in Egypt without an ID card, something that the Baha’i minority have to suffer from until the Egyptian government recognizes their faith in order to guarantee their basic human rights: Living in Egypt Without ID

December 10 is the Human Rights Day. In observance of this important day, Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America (IHRAG) has issued a sobering report, which we enclosed for your information. Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America (IHRAG) E-mail: hriran@hriran.org Phone: 1-514-365-9212 (Canada) or 46-704-124-500 (Sweden) Address: [...]

Prof. Leonard Lewisohn is the Lecturer in Persian, at Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies of the University of Exeter in England. Recently he posted the following notice on an internet list of Persian studies scholars and due to the significance of this issue for human rights in Iran, we wish to share his posting [...]