Dance of Unity
| This video was created by a group of participants at the Badasht Baha’i Summer School in August. Read more…
“O Children of Men! Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created.” ~ Bahá’u’lláh |
Secretary Clinton condemns 20-year sentences for Iranian Baha’i leaders
August 13, 2010 – 3:16pm U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a statement yesterday, August 12, condemning the recent sentencing of seven Iranian Baha’i leaders each to 20 years in prison. The United States is deeply concerned with the Iranian government’s continued persecution of Baha’is and other religious minority communities in Iran,” Secretary [...]
Full StoryBaha’u’llah and The Baha’i Faith pt. 4
“God, guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star. Thou art the Mighty and the Powerful.” ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Full StoryChoir joins Annual 24-Hour Chant for Peace
In the serene setting of the Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie, OR, over 50 people from different religious traditions participated in a 24-Hour Chant for Peace on August 7, 2010. Co-sponsored by the Northwest Dharma Association and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, this annual gathering is open to the public and provides an opportunity for people of [...]
Full StoryInternational outcry at prison sentences for Iranian Baha’i leaders
11 August 2010 GENEVA — Reports that seven Iranian Baha’i leaders have each received prison sentences of 20 years have been met with condemnation from governments and human rights organizations around the world. Australia, Canada, France, Germany – and the President of the European Parliament – have all expressed strong statements of concern. They are [...]
Full StoryWorking to secure the human rights of children
For more than 20 years, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States has been part of a collective effort toward U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child — a legally binding international agreement that protects the civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights of children [...]
Full StoryReports say Iran’s Baha’i leaders "sentenced"
NEW YORK — The Baha’i International Community has received reports indicating that seven Iranian Baha’i leaders have each received jail sentences of 20 years. The two women and five men have been held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison since they were arrested in 2008 – six of them on 14 May and one of them [...]
Full StoryBaha’u'llah and The Baha’i Faith pt. 3
“God, guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star. Thou art the Mighty and the Powerful.” ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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