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Cherie Booth QC, wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, has paid a visit to the Bahá’í House of Worship in New Delhi. Ms Booth travelled to India earlier this year as President of the Loomba Trust, a charity that assists widows and their families. As she approached the House of Worship, Ms Booth told [...]

The first major study of the contribution religious organisations make to life in Wales has revealed that the Bahá’í community leads the way in the percentage of members volunteering and working with young people. The research conducted by Gweini, the Council of the Christian Voluntary Sector in Wales, found that, in proportion to congregation size, [...]

The House of Lords has debated the situation of the Bahá’ís in Iran following the arrest of six leaders of the community in an early morning sweep on 14 May. On 22 May, Lord Avebury, pictured, asked Her Majesty’s Government whether “they will consult other European Union member states on issuing a démarche to the [...]

The Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire, Lembit Öpik, pictured right, has tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons, expressing “grave alarm” at the arrest of the six Bahá’í leaders in Iran. The Motion, numbered EDM 1608, reads: That this House expresses grave alarm at the news of the arrest of [...]

Under the heading, Persecuting the Bahá’ís, The Guardian‘s Comment is Free section has published a moving contribution by Bahar Tahzib, a UK-based complementary health practitioner whose father was executed in Iran in June 1980 for being a Bahá’í. Her uncle, Jamaloddin Khanjani is one of the six Iranian Bahá’í leaders arrested on 14 May. “Hearing [...]

Scottish religious leaders from Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist and Bahá’í communities have called for the immediate release of the six prominent members of the Iranian Bahá’í community who were arrested by the Iranian authorities in Tehran last month. The leaders include the newly appointed Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the [...]

The Rt Revd Dr Tom Butler, Anglican Bishop of Southwark, pictured, has issued a statement on behalf of the Church of England, condemning the arrests on 14 May of members of the Bahá’í leadership group in Iran. The Bahá’í community has for long played a distinguished role in fostering positive inter faith relations in this [...]

A motion calling for the release of seven Bahá’í leaders being held in Iran has been tabled at the Scottish Parliament. Around 25% of all members of the Scottish Parliament, representing all political parties, have so far signed the motion. The motion, numbered S3M-1981 and tabled by Jamie Hepburn MSP, pictured, reads: That the Parliament [...]