On the 20th of October, Egypt’s Supreme Court postponed issuing a final verdict on whether Egypt’s Baha’is can list a “-” under the religion field in ID cards or leave in blank until the 3rd of October.
A new worldwide prayer chain will be held on the 2nd of November will be held in solidarity with [...]

Al Hansaa magazine, a monthly Arabic magazine targeting modern Arab women, conducted an interview where our work on BahaiRights.org has been featured. They have also published our cartoon concerning the Baha’i minority in Egypt:

Less than a month after the desecration of the Baha’i cemetery in Isfahan, Human Rights Activists in Iran reports that the Baha’i cemetery in  the town of Ghaemshahr faced an even more intensive destruction. According to the report, approximately 80% of the graves were destroyed by bulldozers.

According to Iran Press Watch, the desecrated [...]

The following article is a translation of a report published by Copts United
In an unprecedented move that represents a positive development in the dealing of the Ministry of Religious Endowments with Egypt’s Baha’i community, Sheikh Salim Abdul Jaleel – the under-secretary for religious advocacy, gave the following response to a query on the Ministry’s accusations [...]

In May 2006, Iranian authorities detained 54 Baha’is in the city of Shiraz, and all but one were subsequently accused of “offenses related to state security”. The Baha’is were volunteering for a community project that offered classes to underprivileged youth (with the permission of the Islamic Council of Shiraz) – an act so subversive that [...]

The following story originally appeared in Radio Free Europe
Every Thursday at dusk, members of one of Iran’s most beleaguered religious minorities gather at Tehran’s railway station.
With anxious, teary eyes, they are there to see off relatives and fellow Baha’is who have decided to pull up stakes forever and take the 8 p.m. train to a [...]

In a few days, 9 months would have passed since the January 29 ruling of the Cairo Administrative Court that allowed Baha’is to list a ‘-’ under their religion field.
The case, however, continued to drag through courts after an lawyer Islamist lawyer launched an appeal against the ruling. While there were hopeful signs that the [...]

Art and technology have been proven to be powerful tools that can challenge long-held perceptions, increase awareness and bridge gaps. Shahriar Asdollah-zadeh, a New Zealander of Iranian descent, coupled both to create an artwork meant to raise awareness on the persecution of the Baha’i minority in Iran.
One of the most powerful aspects of Shahriar’s innovative [...]

نشر موقع أغنية مؤثرة كتبها بهائي في ايران، يخاطب بها مضطهديه. الأغنية باللغة الفارسية، و قد قمنا بترجمتها للغة العربية

انا لا اشتکي من الغرباء ابدا
لان الذي عانيته أصابنی من الاقرباء
مهما فعلت نظل من دار واحدة
نظل اعضاء من جسد واحد
لماذا نجرح بعضنا
انا رفیقك وسندك ومن دارك ومن اقرب الناس لك
لماذا ترید لی الشر
ایران هو [...]

Between the many distressing stories that are reported on the Baha’i minority in Muslim-majority countries, a few emerge to remind us that our vision for an open, tolerant society where diversity is welcomed and respected can be achieved.
One such story is the recent appointment of a Baha’i citizen to the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society [...]