On the 30th of March, residents of the village of Shoraniya attacked the homes of local Baha’is and set them on fire. Egyptian blogger “Ibn Rushd” interviewed one of the participants in the attacks (translated by Marwa Rakha for Global Voices Online).
Mohamed is a simple Egyptian citizen who shares with many other Egyptians his comforting [...]

Dr Hamid Siddique – a researcher at the National Research Center in Egypt – filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Interior before the Administrative Court, and demanding the Minister to cease issuing ID cards to Baha’is. He further demanded that all those who were issued ID cards with a dash “-” listed in the [...]

This is an English translation of an article that appeared recently on Al Waqt:
The Baha’i faith… Haven or deviation?
By: Ali Ahmad Al-Diri
Could a religion be an avenue for deviation?
I am addressing this issue in the wake of the campaign against the Baha’i faith in Egypt, which has, unfortunately, attracted the contribution of writers [...]

Baha’is in Iran are still being raided and arrested by government officials. We are updating our tools to reflect that, you may use the following timeline and map in order to take note of the recent and unfortunate events. Unfortunately Dipity, the service we used to create the timeline, has been having technical glitches causing [...]

Human Rights Activists in Iran reported the arrest of Ali Ehsani, from the city of Semnan
In a recurring and disconcerting trend, regarding the conditions of the Baha’i community in the city of Semnan, another local Baha’i was arrested by the security forces
On 1/17/88 (April 6th, 09), Mr. Ali Ehsani, A Baha’i from city of [...]

Egyptian daily “Al Masry Al Youm” reported a mass exodus of Baha’is from the southern province of Sohag. This comes days after residents of Showraniya (a village located in Sohag province) burnt down the homes of 5 Baha’i families.
Baha’ism followers in Shuraniya Village, Sohag, carried out a mass fleeing to Cairo after the village set [...]

In a joint statement, 6 rights groups in Egypt issued a statement calling Egypt’s Attorney-General to prosecute those responsible for the attacks in Egypt, as well as those who incited the attacks.
The rights groups are:

Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Arab Network for Human Rights Information
Hisham Mubarak Law Center
El Nadim Center for the Rehabilitation of the Victims [...]

Egyptian media outlets have reported on the attack against Baha’is in the village of Showraniya. The violence erupted after the journalist Gamal Abd Alrahim appeared on TV, and called for the murder of Dr. Basma Moussa. Abd Alrahim has been a vocal critic of Baha’is, and has routinely called for violence against them.
The following account [...]

After the favourable verdict granting Egyptian Baha’is their right to obtain identification papers was issued, we all let out a sigh of relief. We realized that much had yet to be done before Egyptian Baha’is were guaranteed equality; the Baha’i Faith continues to lack official recognition, all Baha’i institutions are currently banned by a decades-old [...]