Archive for December, 2007

FrontPage Mag, admittedly not the best source to quote or rely on for objective news, has included this interview with Iranian activist Amil Imani who discusses the consistent abuse of Baha’i rights in Iran:

It is the modus operandi of radical Muslims to write graffiti on the walls of synagogues, churches, cemeteries and other holy places of non-Muslims. The plights of Baha’is are no exception. Here are some examples of graffiti in Abadeh, a small town in Iran: ‘Death …

According to the Turkish Daily News:

The Baha’i community in Turkey wants official recognition from the state and desires the elimination of prejudices and inaccurate public descriptions of their faith. The Baha’i faith has around 10,000 members in Turkey.

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Rights once given to them between 1960 and 1990 were taken away when the Interior Ministry issued instructions introducing a new standardized code system that did not include the Baha’i faith.

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“We await the amendment of the laws and code system …