Yesterday, 11 July 2011, was the 3rd Annual Baha’i Rights Day, but it came and went with little comment. Not many endeavors of this nature have been undertaken, and even fewer have taken off with much public awareness, particularly among primarily Muslim communities. This site wishes to change that. The Baha’i Faith has suffered targeted persecution [...]

In an open letter to fellow Egyptians, the Baha’is of Egypt proposed a number of suggestions for the betterment of Egypt at this critical juncture, based on the teaching of the Baha’i faith. In the letter, the Baha’is of Egypt express their view that the January 25th uprising demonstrates the collective desire of Egyptians to [...]

Mohammad Javad Larijani, a senior adviser to the Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenai and head of the human rights council in the judiciary recently sat down for an interview with Iran Press TV, an English-language network of the Iranian regime that has previously carried anti-Baha’i propaganda. In the interview, Larijani addressed the issue of the Baha’i [...]

The following exceptional article by Steven was posted on MideastYouth and we thought the readers of BahaiRights would be interested in it. The Baha’is: A Tiny Weird Group in Your Backyard The Bahá’ís have been in the news out of Iran and neighboring regions. I could go on about the governmental angle but my real [...]

This July, a Baha’i citizen of Kazakhstan was arrested by authorities in Uzbekistan for spreading the teachings of the Faith. He was sentenced to 15 days in prison followed by an expulsion from the country without a right to return. A recent news article published in gorizont.uz, which is sponsored by National security service of [...]

The following post is a translation of this article in Arabic about the Baha’i Faith in Lebanon which appeared in the al-Nahar newspaper. A congregation under suspension…with no clergymen (men of religion), of sons who do not belong to any political party… and Islamists call for their eradication On the seventh day of last June, [...]

The following is a translation of an article that recently appeared in Al Youm: The first judicial ruling to give the custody of a child to his mother’s family after she embraced the Baha’i faith. By Siham Al Basha Today, Department 12 at Al-Zananiri Court issued the first ruling to give the custody of a [...]

The following is a translation of an article written by prominent Egyptian Baha’i Dr. Basma Mousa in “Youm 7.” Throughout its long history, the social system of the march of humanity had undergone various stages, arriving to where it is today. The experience was successful and managed to achieve unity within the family, the tribe, [...]

This is a translation of an article by Egyptian Baha’i Dr. Basma Mousa which was recently published: When we look at the world today, we discover that it is in need of unity to face the challenges confronting it, which have originally resulted from the harsh manner human beings deal with mother earth that carried [...]

We have been receiving some questions requesting information on how bad the situation is in Iran and why are we bothering to fight for Baha’i rights. We think there are no words that can state the grave dangers of the Baha’i persecution in Iran and therefore are resorting to images to show the world what [...]