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Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:20
“Nurturing Human Potential” is not just a conference theme for the several hundred people who gathered in Orlando, Florida, Dec. 15-20. It’s their daily mission, one they gained a greater capacity to serve through the culture of learning fostered there. The Baha’i Conference on Social and Economic Development was the 19th sponsored by the Rabbani [...]
Thursday, 26 January 2012 14:56
Hungarian-speaking pioneers (short-term are welcome) The Bahá’í community of Hungary would warmly welcome some Hungarian-speaking pioneers, or pioneer families. In particular, one long-standing but struggling community in Hungary would really benefit from having a resident Hungarian-speaking Bahá’í with experience in tutoring and/or core activities. Even a three-month stay could help a lot. Pioneers needed in [...]
Thursday, 26 January 2012 14:52
Michael and Lottie Chunowitz of Buckeye, Arizona, had already been of valuable service to the Faith in their home area. Baha’is of several decades’ standing, they were active in a variety of community activities and over the years had pioneered to several Phoenix-area locales where they were needed. What spurred them to expand their service [...]
Thursday, 26 January 2012 13:35
By Tom Mennillo Cecile Bigatin and her handicrafts have become a fixture at the annual Baha’i Conference on Social and Economic Development in Orlando, Florida. For five years the Savannah, Georgia, Baha’i has set up in the area where composer/musician Jack Lenz sells CDs and DVDs. Soon “oohs” and “aahs” are heard as conference-goers run [...]
Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:11
Seven years ago Don Alusic was captivated by the history-making role of grassroots spiritual and religious activity — carried out by Episcopal, Orthodox, Baha’i, Christian Science and other adherents — in the 1905 peace conference that ended the Russo-Japanese War. So he worked for years to produce his first-ever film. Now the 58-minute documentary, “The [...]
Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:01
Registration is open for the sixth annual Bahá’í Choral Music Festival, to be held May 24–27 in Wilmette and Evanston, Illinois, and dozens of people from several countries have already registered. Two devotional concerts by a massed choir on Sunday, May 27, will culminate the festival, and in recent years those concerts have drawn more [...]
Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:00
The Iranian government's systematic strategy to drive Baha'is to economic ruin shows no sign of abating.
According to reports received by the Baha'i International Community, a renewed campaign is under way in Kerman, the major city in south central Iran.
"We have learned that the Public Places Supervision Office is denying the renewal of licenses – and revoking some existing ones – for...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 05:00
Almost 70 prominent Romanians are calling upon the government of Iran to grant Baha'is their fundamental human rights.
Sixty-eight celebrated figures – from the worlds of academia, arts, banking, business, media and medicine – have signed a petition, appealing to the Iranian authorities to cease its systematic campaign of persecution of the Baha'is, "who seek only their rights under the...
Monday, 23 January 2012 19:02
In this latest podcast Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Calvin Terrell, founder and lead facilitator of Social Centric; an organization he designed to provide education and training for all ages to enhance human interactions and global progress.
Monday, 23 January 2012 18:02
In this interview with The Huntville Times, Geoffrey Tyson, general manager of the Education Under Fire campaign, notes how Baha’is in Iran continue to be “officially barred from many professional jobs – and from studying at the colleges and universities that would prepare them for those jobs.” “This is not even about religious freedom so much [...]
Monday, 23 January 2012 14:55
[BWNS, 20 Jan. 2012] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia —Treatment of the Baha’is in Iran has “escalated to an institutionalised and blatant policy of persecution,” according to a proclamation issued by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Slovakian parliament.
The proclamation describes the Iranian government’s incitement to hatred based on religion and belief as “abhorrent.” It also states that the [...]
Monday, 23 January 2012 14:51
[BWNS, 19 Jan. 2012] GENEVA — Eighteen years ago, Baha’is in the Iranian city of Sanandaj were allocated a one-hectare parcel of barren land at the side of a road for use as a cemetery.
This rocky mountainside, devoid of vegetation, was hardly prime real estate but – after the first burial there in the autumn of [...]
Friday, 20 January 2012 05:00
Treatment of the Baha'is in Iran has "escalated to an institutionalised and blatant policy of persecution," according to a proclamation issued by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Slovakian parliament.
The proclamation describes the Iranian government's incitement to hatred based on religion and belief as "abhorrent." It also states that the "regime's endeavors to persecute Baha'is is...
Thursday, 19 January 2012 05:00
Eighteen years ago, Baha'is in the Iranian city of Sanandaj were allocated a one-hectare parcel of barren land at the side of a road for use as a cemetery.
This rocky mountainside, devoid of vegetation, was hardly prime real estate but – after the first burial there in the autumn of 1993 – local Baha'is got together to landscape the site, dig out the rocks and replace the soil. They planted...
Tuesday, 17 January 2012 14:12
Phillipe Copeland notes in this entry on blogcritics how “Dr. [Martin Luther] King [Jr.'s] dream was about acquiring the kind of wealth that is invulnerable to market forces and the chances and changes of life. His dream was about becoming rich in love and justice in our personal lives and in the nation. His dream was not [...]
Friday, 13 January 2012 09:30
Hundreds of Baha'i communities throughout the United States observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day by helping to organize public events to commemorate the great, slain civil rights leader.
Friday, 13 January 2012 09:30
Bahais are urged to “Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship.” One way they do this is through the commemoration of World Religion Day -- Sunday, January 16.
Friday, 13 January 2012 05:00
Members of Parliament here have sharply criticized Iran for its human rights violations, focusing especially on the "steep rise" in the persecution of religious minorities.
In a debate held at Westminster Hall on Wednesday 11 January, MPs highlighted the fact that virtually every religious minority in Iran is now facing oppression.
Some 19 MPs, representing the UK's three major parties,...
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