Patience Stretched
June 19th, 2008 by Admin In 1925, Egypt became the first Muslim-majority country to recognize the Baha’i faith as an independent religion. However, almost 80 years later, Baha’is in Egypt continue to face heinous discrimination, due to their failure to obtain identity cards. Identity cards are the key towards gaining access to education, health care, and economic opportunities. Without them, Baha’is cannot exercise their full citizenship rights. (See our video for more details.)
Although a landmark ruling in January decreed that Baha’is can obtain identification papers, the government has yet to implement the ruling, and recently, a lawyer for Egypt’s Islamic Research Council filed a challenge intended to stall the process.
…and in the meantime, thousands of Baha’is are left waiting.
It makes the point….
sweet article
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جميل جدا الناس بدت تكتشف الحقائق …
Can any one imagine ,that this violation has been occur in Egypt-civilization land- by the name of law!!!!!
but it is true….
قرأت بمدونة باقة ورد موضوع عرضته باسم مدونتكم وبها هذا التعليق الظريف . شكرا لكم من أعماق قلوبنا على تضامنكم مع مشاكل المواطنه الخاصة بالبهائيين المصريين . دعواتكم معنا . ويشرفنى زيارتكم مدونتى :
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إلى متى يا إلهناهذا الظلم والطغيان ، إلى متى هذا الجور والعدوان
This is a really good article.
thank you!
if more Muslims spoke out loud against these grave insjustices, the public image of Holy prophet Muhammad (SAWS) and the Umma of Islam would change greatly in the West.
A short comment from a Canadian Baha’i -THANK YOU for having the courage to speak up for justice! The cartoons are humorous and tell the story much better than perhaps any discourse on the same subject.
peace and blessings to everyone! thank you so much for spreading awareness. you are indeed beautiful!
From Wisconsin, in behalf of human rights, we would observe that the narrowness of definition of who is defined as a believer in the One Great Being, and His Oneness, is surely a human degradation of the will of God! God shines His love and mercy — and justice — upon all the peoples of the world! Shouldn’t we?
comment from an austrian bahai - thank you so much for speaking up! this is a wonderful initiative, we need all the help we can get! again, thanks a lot!
greets to all of you
Indeed the article will bring more awareness about the injustices which are taking place in a country of the East which has contributed a lot towards literature and education to humanity, Egypt. The Pyramids speak a lot about the intelligence of Egyptians. But can we be the intelligent and at the same time deprive our people from basic human rights? Clearly politics is being tagged with religion, but when we reach our final judgement day, how will the intelligent excuse themselves? I wonder !
I am a Baha’i youth from Albania, and would like to thank you from the heart for this human and rightful act in the sight of the Almighty Allah. May His blessing surround you for being fair and just !!!
If the Bahais do not like the laws of Egypt, Iran or any other country in Dar al Islam, then they can move to a more tolerant country, like Israel or someplace else in Dar al Harab.
This is certainly a sad and absurd suggestion. This is their home you are talking about. They should not go anywhere else.