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 developed [...]

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 of writers [...]

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 account [...]

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 Islamic [...]

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 [...]

This is a translation of a report that was published by Human Rights Activists in Iran
Attacks with Molotov cocktails, burning properties and publishing names and information about the Baha’i are samples of the tough reception of this religious community in Iran.
On 13 Bahman (1st February), 3:00 AM, unknown people attacked the apartments of three Bahai [...]

The following article was written by Youssef Wardany for Al Waref Institute and offers an indepth analysis of the history of the Baha’i community in Egypt, the discrimination the community has faced and current problem they face in obtaining identification papers.
By Youssef Wardany
Exclusive for Al Waref
Freedom of religion and the right of religious minorities to [...]

At the Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights, we found the open letter by a group of Iranian intellectuals and activists to be truly inspirational. Change and progress cannot be brought about until mistakes of the past are acknowledged and admitted, and a resolve is made for them to never be repeated.
We’re hopeful that this initiative [...]

The Iranian regime doesn’t exactly conceal its intention to eliminate the Baha’i Faith from existence, and in recent months it has been pursuing its goal with even more vigor. The following article appeared in Macleans.ca:
Naeim Tavakkoli last saw his father Behrouz three years ago in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison. Behrouz, a leader in among the [...]