Golnaz Esfandiari, a broadcaster with Radio Farda, wrote an interesting article a few years ago highlighting the case of Iran’s Baha’i minority. Throughout the article, one can clearly note that Baha’is within Iran are not only facing human rights abuses, but also extremism and constant humiliation. The Iranian government has shown no tolerance or respect [...]

Following up on our previous post on Iran, we would like to highlight several articles that prove how serious this human rights violation is:
Twenty-four years ago in June 1983, seventeen members of the Baha’i community in Iran were executed in the southern city of Shiraz*. These men and women were among scores of Baha’is arrested [...]

Iran’s human rights record in general is rather disturbing, but thanks to one of our recent readers here we have been alerted on a special report which targets the Baha’i persecutions in Iran. You can read the report here (PDF format.) It has been compiled by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. The report is [...]

Many of you are probably wondering why a Muslim network in defense of Baha’i rights exist. The answer is very simple – the best way to promote tolerance, human rights, religious freedom and respect is to rally for a cause that doesn’t necessarily affect you. When you strongly believe in a value, you should apply [...]