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, [...]

Article by: Sandeep Singh Grewal Manama, Bahrain – 23 May is a day when Baha’is from different pockets of the world celebrates the 165th anniversary of the birth of the Baha´i faith. While in Iran, families of seven Baha´i leaders are having sleepless nights after authorities reportedly arrested and jailed the group. The Iranian deputy [...]

This is a translation of an article that recently appeared in Elaph. Author: Majdi Khalil | Originally published in Arabic on: Friday, 15 May 2009 Struggles for freedom of faith in Egypt It never occurred to Basma Moussa or Camliya Lutfi that they would become symbols for defending freedom of faith in Egypt when they [...]

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 [...]

The Committee on Denial of Access to Higher Education to Baha’is, a subset of Human Rights Activists in Iran, has published it’s annual report on the violations on the rights of Baha’i students. They explain that their report is not comprehensive due to the absence of free press, and the administrative limitations faced by HRA [...]

Nazila Ghanea – lecturer in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford and Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Religion and Human Rights – wrote the following article for the Telegraph. Her previous article (“Seven friends face revolutionary court”), which appeared in the Guardian’s ‘Comment is Free’ can be read here. What connects an [...]

The following satirical piece was written by Ari Siletz and appeared on Iranian.com Dear Number One, As ordered, I went to see the play We Are Not Spies in Berkeley this past weekend for the purpose of discovering the true identity and purpose of its Bahai author, Mansour Taeed. Disguised as a drama critic, I [...]

Via Human Rights Activists in Iran This article will share some background information and provide an update on the condition of the seven detained Bahá’ís tasked with coordinating the affairs of the Bahá’í Community in Iran. After the abduction and disappearance of the nine members of the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of [...]

Via The Huntsville Times In Shiraz, Iran, the City of Roses, Ruhi Hiebert remembers Saeid Razaie as a teenager laughing and smiling and playing his guitar. She remembers Afif Naimie, a little older and a little more serious, carefully teaching children Arabic. This week, those memories will be going through her mind as she says [...]

We cannot even begin to imagine the pain and anguish the family of the detained 7 leaders have had to endure for the past 9 months.  Speaking to RFE/RL, Roya Kamalabadi described the conditions of her sister’s arrest and the increase in the government’s pressure against Baha’is. RFE/RL: Have your heard from your sister since [...]