Yesterday in Iran, articles appeared in two government-run news outlets blaming the Baha’i “sect” for the recent unrest in Iran, and namely the widespread protests that took place across the country on the day of Ashura. The Javan Newspaper, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, claimed that the protesters in “Mousavi’s camp” tore Qur’ans during the [...]

This July, a Baha’i citizen of Kazakhstan was arrested by authorities in Uzbekistan for spreading the teachings of the Faith. He was sentenced to 15 days in prison followed by an expulsion from the country without a right to return. A recent news article published in gorizont.uz, which is sponsored by National security service of [...]

This is a translation of an article that recently appeared in the Egyptian weekly magazine Rosa Al-Yousef:
Freedom of belief and the Arab mind dilemma
By Pastor Rif’at Fikri Sa’yid
Issue number 4238 of Rosa Al-Yousef’s magazine, released on 29 August 2009, contained a unique and bold article about freedom of belief, and I thought of providing my [...]

The following post is a translation of this article in Arabic about the Baha’i Faith in Lebanon which appeared in the al-Nahar newspaper.
A congregation under suspension…with no clergymen (men of religion), of sons who do not belong to any political party… and Islamists call for their eradication
On the seventh day of last June, during the [...]

In the fall of 1981 I was a 21 year old college student in Canada when I received a phone call from my uncle, informing me that my parents had been arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards at their home in Tehran. My parents had been hosting a meeting of the governing body of the [...]

The following is a translation of an article that recently appeared in Al Youm:
The Civil Status Department refuses to recognize Baha’i marriages
by Nahed Nasser
On the seventh day I discovered that the Civil Status Department in Cairo refused to accept the application forms belonging to a number of female and male spouses requesting the issuance of [...]

The following piece is a translation of Dr. Basma Mousa’s latest article in “Youm 7.” Dr. Mousa is a prominent Egyptian Baha’i.
Today, a voice is raised in many parts of the earth calling upon world peace. The need for peace these days does not only entail peace in a single area, but in the world [...]

The following is a translation of an article written by prominent Egyptian Baha’i Dr. Basma Mousa in “Youm 7.”
Throughout its long history, the social system of the march of humanity had undergone various stages, arriving to where it is today. The experience was successful and managed to achieve unity within the family, the tribe, [...]

This is a translation of an article by Egyptian Baha’i Dr. Basma Mousa which was recently published:
When we look at the world today, we discover that it is in need of unity to face the challenges confronting it, which have originally resulted from the harsh manner human beings deal with mother earth that carried us, [...]

This is a translation of an Arabic report that appeared on “Al Youm Al Sabi’i” (the 7th day):
Dr. Raouf Hindi, the official spokesman on behalf of the Bahai’is, confirmed that Dar Al-Mahfouzat (House of National Archives) in Egypt, specialized in issuing old official documents, refused to issue any official documents pertaining to Bahai’is and containing [...]