After the disappointing postponement issued by Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court yesterday, Dr. Raouf Hindi, father of the twins Nancy and Imad who are unable to obtain birth certificates, and Dr. Basma Moussa spoke (briefly) with with media outlets on the ruling.
It should be noted that over the past year, Egyptian media has been reporting on [...]

Human Rights Activists in Iran has released a report detailing the abuses carried out against Iran’s Baha’i minority in the year 2008. The report is categorized by cities.
Given the increasingly difficult situation of Baha’is in Iran, and an increase in the number of arrests, searches and destruction of Baha’i cemeteries, and also the fact that [...]

The denial of ID cards to Egypt’s Baha’is has rendered them virtually non-existent. In a few hours, the first of two final verdicts on whether Baha’is in egypt will be able to obtain ID cards is set to be delivered.
Minorities across the world have started blogging in order to document the hardships they experience and [...]

Fuad Na’imi and Faizollah Roshan, two Baha’is from the Iranian city of Sari, were arrested and subsequently sentenced to imprisonment and exile for the “crime” of being active in the Baha’i community and offering classes. Human Rights Activists in Iran reports that both were humiliated and reprimanded for their refusal to participate in commemorative gatherings [...]

(via Iranian Minorities Human Rights Organization)
The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) has issued an urgent appeal, requesting urgent intervention regarding the arrest of two Baha’is in the Iranian province of Mazandaran.
OMCT urgent appeals
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Iran.
Brief description of the [...]

In an interview with Copts United, Jamal Al-Banna -the controversial Islamic scholar and younger brother of the Muslim Brotherhood’s founder Hassan Al Banna – spoke in favour of the Baha’i Faith and its adherents. Al-Banna called for granting Baha’is freedom, adding that we should accept pluralism as a natural human condition.
He further added that the [...]

Of the 54 youth who were arrested in Shiraz under the pretence of “offences related to state security” (the youth were offering educational classes for disadvantaged children), 51 were subsequently handed one year suspended sentences, with the condition that they attend Islamic propagation classes for 3 years.
Human Rights Activists in Iran recently reported that the [...]

Between the many distressing stories that are reported on the Baha’i minority in Muslim-majority countries, a few emerge to remind us that our vision for an open, tolerant society where diversity is welcomed and respected can be achieved.
One such story is the recent appointment of a Baha’i citizen to the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society [...]

You may have heard about the “Apostasy bill” in Iran, which left many shivering in fear. If passed, it will be considered a “criminal” act to convert to another faith (or to simply be a part of another one.)
The Christian and Baha’i communities of Iran are most likely to be affected by this decision.
This comic [...]

The following article originally appeared in DailyProgress.com
Editor’s note: The names of the people in this story have been changed for their protection.
For 70 years, Kamal has practiced a religion that has put him in the shadows of Iranian society.
The practicing Bahai converted when he was just 12 years old. While his siblings were Muslims, his [...]