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 [...]

For many months, we have been thinking about creating a day in which everyone can become aware of Baha’i human rights abuses. We approached our friends at Iran Press Watch with the idea and we agreed upon July 11 in order to mark Baha’i Rights Day, a day dedicated to support the human rights for [...]

Article By: Sandeep Singh Grewal [Read this article in Arabic.] Manama, Bahrain- A Bahraini activist is urging the government to recognise Baha’i Faith and allow the community to gather and worship freely. Esra’a Al Shafei, whose work focuses on ethnic and religious minorities, said it was high time Arab and Gulf governments legally recognised the [...]

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 [...]

The following is a translation of an article by Alaa Al Aswany: In 1982, I was appointed as resident doctor at the Department of Oral Surgery at the College of Dentistry, and a fellow doctor, named Basma, was appointed on the same day. I worked with Basma for a whole year, and a true friendship [...]

This is an English translation of an article that appeared recently on Al Waqt: The Baha’i faith… Haven or deviation? By: Ali Ahmad Al-Diri Could a religion be an avenue for deviation? I am addressing this issue in the wake of the campaign against the Baha’i faith in Egypt, which has, unfortunately, attracted the contribution [...]

Egyptian media outlets have reported on the attack against Baha’is in the village of Showraniya. The violence erupted after the journalist Gamal Abd Alrahim appeared on TV, and called for the murder of Dr. Basma Moussa. Abd Alrahim has been a vocal critic of Baha’is, and has routinely called for violence against them. The following [...]

A group of 60 prominent academics who specialize in Middle Eastern and Iranian Studies have released a statement in which they criticize the Iranian government for its violations against the rights of the Baha’i minority, and call on it to accord Baha’is their full rights. A Call to Stop the Persecution of Baha’is in the [...]

Iran’s leaders lose no opportunity to remind the world of their painful efforts to show “respect” and “tolerance” the Baha’i community. The latest proclamation came from Najafabadi, Iran’s Prosecutor General who stated that “the Iranian government has provided the Bahai sect in Iran with all the facilities offered to other Iranian citizens” and has “always [...]