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Anniversary of Ihsanullah Kathiri’s execution in 1983

Ihsanullah Kathiri, a Baha’i from Tehran, was executed exactly 26 years ago (27th of June, 1983.)
His crime:
Being a member of the Baha’i Faith.
Please remember and pray for the Baha’is in Iran who remain under this severe threat of torture and execution, and please keep all of the victims who sacrificed their lives in your memory [...]

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Fears held for Iranian relative; an imprisoned Baha’i in Iran

This article was featured on the Star News Group:

Release call … Behjat Dianati is concerned for the welfare of her cousin, who has been imprisoned in Iran for his religious beliefs.
WHITTLESEA and Kinglake’s Baha’i community has sent thanks to the Australian Government for speaking out against the detention of religious prisoners in Iran.
Local resident [...]

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June 23, 1981: 3 members of the Tehran Local Spiritual Assembly were executed

On this day, 28 years ago, 3 innocent Baha’is were executed for their faith. Hashin Farnush, Farhang Maveddat, and Buzurg Alaviyan.
Funeral of one of the victims, Hashin Farnush, who was imprisoned and tortured for more than 6 months before his execution.

Dozens of innocent Baha’is remain in Iran’s prisons, several kidnapped with their whereabouts unknown. Harassment [...]

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Recovery from a hack

Dear friends,
We apologize for the very few updates that we were able to generate during May and June. This is due to the fact that our sites were under serious attacks that left us unable to publish entries on our sites, and later took the entire sites down for as much as an entire week. [...]

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Anniversary of 1983 Executions in Shiraz

During the month of June of 1983, approximately 20 Baha’is were killed in Shiraz. On June 18, 10 of the victims were women, some as young as 16 such as Mona Mahmudnizhad. They were executed by hanging for no other reason but their beliefs; being members of the Baha’i faith, whose members are still severely [...]

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People chanting “Baha’i, Baha’i we support you” in a demonostration in Iran

Aware of severe discrimination of the Baha’i minority in Iran, Iranian demonostrators show their support for Baha’is and other persecuted religious minorities, by chanting supportive words such as “Baha’i, Baha’i we support you” shown in this video below:

These are brave, courageous souls representing the future of Iran, where all minorities are embraced and given equal [...]

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The Baha’i Faith and Religious Pluralism in Morocco

This is a translation of an article which first appeared in Arabic here.
Ayyad Ablal
Ayad_ablal@yahoo.fr
Moroccan researcher in sociology, Ayyad Ablal addresses Al-Sabah Newspaper:
Deviation from the Maliki School of Thought (Maliki Doctrine) threatens the ruling regime in Morocco

How do you explain the last “confrontation” between the state and the Baha’i Faith? Doesn’t it intervene in the [...]

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