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Saturday, September 4, 2010

UN panel criticizes Iran’s repression of minorities

The people of the world are angered by the injustice done to the Baha'is in the Islamic Republic of Iran. To read on more click on the link below.

http://news.bahai.org/story/791

Saturday, August 28, 2010

True account of one brave woman who shared the same cell with the innocent captives who were put into prison for believing in a faith they hold dear to their hearts.

To read more please click on the link below

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/27/AR2010082704485.html

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Brutal and Unjustified Sentence

What Cherie Blair has to say about the Persecution of the Baha'is of Iran.

Read more by clicking this link
http://m.guardian.co.uk/?id=102202&story=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/aug/25/iran-bahai-community-sham-trial

Monday, August 23, 2010

Prayer for the Innocent Souls

Time: 23 August at 00:00 - 30 August at 00:00
Location: Your Homes, Your Hearts
Created by: Ramin Marghi

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Dear Friends,

Most of you already know of the recent updates that the seven prominent Baha'is in Iran (the 'Yaran') have been sentenced to 20-year jail terms, indicted for the simple reason of being members of the Baha'i Faith.In the face of this injustice, let us offer our collective prayers to these dear lovers of Bahá by coordinating our prayers and reading seven of Baha'u'llah's Tablets in their name....

The schedule is as follows and can be done any time of the day that you can:

Monday (August 23) - The Fire Tablet
Tuesday (August 24) - Tablet of the Holy Mariner
Wednesday (August 25) - Tablet of Ahmad
Thursday (August 26) - The Most Holy Tablet
Friday (August 27) - Words of Paradise Tablet
Saturday (August 28) - Tablet of Carmel
Sunday (August 29) - Tablet of the Proof

---"Beseech ye the One true God that He may, through the power of the hand of loving-kindness and spiritual education, purge and purify certain souls from the defilement of evil passions and corrupt desires, that they may arise and unloose their tongues for the sake of God, that perchance the evidences of injustice may be blotted out and the splendour of the light of justice may shed its radiance upon the whole world." -Baha'u'llah

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Human Rights Watch on 7 Baha'is in Iran

August 10, 2010

(New York) - The Iranian judiciary should set aside any judgments issued in closed judicial proceedings against seven Baha'i leaders and release them immediately given that no evidence appears to have ever been presented against them, and they have not been given a fair and public trial, Human Rights Watch said today.

To read more, please click on the link below:
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/08/10/iran-free-bahai-leaders

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Championing Basic Human Rights

U.S.A. joins Netherlands, U.K. and European Union in chorus of condemnation at prison sentences.
13 August 2010

To read more of this news please click on the link below:
http://news.bahai.org/story/788

Incarcerated on baseless charges. Where is Justice?

Monday, August 16, 2010

Iran's Seven Baha'i Leaders

Human rights were stripped from these seven innocent people on the grounds of having embraced a religion they champion to be the cause of Unity. Where is Justice?

Persecuted for developing their surrounding community spiritually, thereby bringing about unity and love for one another. Where is Justice?

Incarcerated for providing education for children and youth who are deprived of education in their own country. Where is Justice?

Imprisoned for championing women's rights. Where is Justice?

Confined in jail for more than two years without any criminal charges. Where is Justice?

To read more about these seven innocent people please visit the web page of the Baha'i International Community.

The Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith is the youngest of the world's independent religions. Its founder, Bahá'u'lláh (1817-1892), is regarded by Bahá'ís as the most recent in the line of Messengers of God that stretches back beyond recorded time and that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad.

The central theme of Bahá'u'lláh's message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society. God, Bahá'u'lláh said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and to assist the processes of unification.One of the purposes of the Bahá'í Faith is to help make this possible.

A worldwide community of some five million Bahá'ís, representative of most of the nations, races and cultures on earth, is working to give Bahá'u'lláh's teachings practical effect. Their experience will be a source of encouragement to all who share their vision of humanity as one global family and the earth as one homeland.

(Source: http://info.bahai.org/)

I am a Bahá'í.