Iran Press Watch is inviting readers to share their stories on memories on how their lives have been impacted by the Islamic Revolution. With the emergence of the Islamic Republic, the situation of the Baha’i community in Iran went from bad to worse.  Iran Press Watch is interested in learning how the past 30 years [...]

Many Muslims hold misconceptions and erroneous beliefs on the beliefs and practises associated with the Baha’i Faith. Amongst the most widely believed misconceptions is that Baha’is worship Baha’u’llah as a deity,and that Baha’i texts disparage the Qur’an and Islam and that the Baha’i Faith condones incest. With these claims being circulated by respected scholars and [...]

A new blog about living in Egypt without an ID card, something that the Baha’i minority have to suffer from until the Egyptian government recognizes their faith in order to guarantee their basic human rights: Living in Egypt Without ID

On 7 October 2007, the United Republicans of Iran issued a proclamation in Persian demanding an end to discriminations against the Baha’is of that country. This proclamation is available on that organization’s site at: http://jomhouri.com/a/01ann/006443.php The same organization, which aims at bringing about a “democratic and secular republic” in Iran, on 8 October 2007, issued [...]

A blog posting in Persian was brought to our attention and we decided to share a summary translation for the benefit of our readers. The original is found here: http://ostade-azal.blogfa.com/post-45.aspx Summary translation: The recent reception given to the President of Iran, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, during his visit to Columbia University was rather unfortunate. The University President [...]

It is apparent that not many Muslims know what the Baha’i Faith really is and how Baha’is think about their beliefs (especially in relation to Islam.) A great way to do this is to read their thoughts which many Baha’i bloggers share in their personal blogs where they discuss everything from Baha’i human rights deprivations [...]