Category: Baha’i Faith
Posted on August 22, 2011 by Esra'a (Bahrain)
As some of you are already aware, we partnered with a group of organizations and individuals to launch the Can You Solve This? campaign that raises awareness and invites people to take action for the right of education in Iran. …
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Posted on May 31, 2011 by Pezhman (Iran/Canada)
Dear Friends, as some of you might know, members of the Baha’i community in Iran continually face discrimination from the Iranian Government. One of the many adversities faced by Baha’i youth is the inability to attend Post-Secondary Education in Iran. …
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Posted on March 17, 2011 by Ahmed Zidan (Egypt)
What’s like to belong to a religious minority in Egypt after January 25th? Will the long history of oppression get worsened or relieved? To better know, we’ve interviewed four young activists who represent a major portion of the religious minorities …
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Posted on November 25, 2010 by Jahanshah Rashidian (Iran/Germany)
The Islamic Republic of Iran places the Shiite sect of Islam at the heart of the state apparatus. The Islamisation of all life, based on Khomeini’s own interpretation of Islam, is the central policy of the Islamic ruling elite. Religious …
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Posted on July 20, 2010 by Esra'a (Bahrain)
Note: The below article and photo associated is a satirical piece mocking the absurdity of Iran’s continued harassment and discrimination against the Baha’i minority. A quick visit here will verify the amount of violence and crimes that Baha’is in Iran …
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Posted on July 18, 2010 by Fatima (Saudi Arabia)
We’re proud to present to you a new Baha’i rights illustration that aims to highlight some of the human rights abuses Baha’is are subjected to in the Middle East: arson, unjustified incarceration and limitations on freedom of speech.
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Posted on May 9, 2010 by Peter J. Deer
A famous Sicilian proverb says “better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know”. It seems nowhere does this ring true more than in debate, for naturally it’s hard to argue against something when you don’t know what …
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Posted on April 20, 2010 by Adel Alhimi (Yemen/UAE)
Yesterday, I met someone who claims to be the last massager, he as his predecessors manage to gather some followers around him; I approached the crowed and heard him saying. Preacher : Religion has done no-good to humankind; it divided …
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Posted on April 13, 2010 by Leyla H.
So according to some people’s bookkeeping:
Equality of women and men, universal education, progressive revelation, oneness of humanity, mutualistic democracy, human rights = British invention
Suppression of woman, suppression and persecution of minorities and majorities, the inherent division of humanity into good and bad, human rights abuses = Iranian
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Posted on April 9, 2010 by Adel Alhimi (Yemen/UAE)
1. Our plane: to set up a center in Abu Dhabi for free-thinkers and free speech, where we can conduct debates, conferences and seminars. 2. Our goals: we have nothing to preach, we don’t claim knowledge or wisdom, we don’t …
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