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Images from mobile phone footage taken in Ivel showing fiercely burning fires and several Baha’i properties reduced to rubble Homes belonging to some 50 Baha’i families in the Iranian village of Ivel in Mazandaran were torched last Thursday, 22 June, a report from the Baha’i World News Service confirms. Villagers – incited by elements inimical [...]

Susanne Tamas (centre) represented the Baha’i community of Canada at the G8 World Religions Summit 2010 in Winnipeg, Canada The UK Baha’i community was represented at the G8 World Religions Summit 2010 in Winnipeg, Canada, from Monday to Wednesday of this week. Barney Leith, a member of the UK Baha’i community’s national governing council, joined [...]

Iran’s imprisoned leaders, l to r: Behrooz Tavakkoli, Fariba Kamalabadi, Vahid Tizfahm, Mahvash Sabet, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Saeid Rezaie, Afif Naeimi The seven Baha’i leaders in Iran, imprisoned for more than two years, face their fourth court appearance on 12 June, the Baha’i World News Service has reported. The trial of the seven began on 12 [...]

Supporters of the United4Iran campaign on 14 May outlined the cramped dimensions of the cells of the seven Baha’i leaders in Tehran’s Evin prison. This photograph is from Liechtenstein. The Baha’i International Community will be amongst a range of organisations cosponsoring the 12 June Global Day of Action demanding an end to human rights abuses [...]

President McAleese, left, talks to two members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the Republic of Ireland, Mr Brendan McNamara and Mrs Alison Wortley Mary McAleese, President of the Republic of Ireland, has praised the universality of of the Baha’i teachings and the contributions of the Baha’i community make to life in [...]

Top l to r: Behrouz Tavakkoli, Fariba Kamalabadi, Vahid Tizfahm, Mahvash Sabet Bottom l to r: Jamaloddin Khanjani, Saeid Rezaie, Afif Naemi On 14 May the seven members of Iran’s Bahá’í leadership group will begin their third year in prison. The prisoners are Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie, [...]

The Baha’i International Community has challenged the belief that human beings are slaves to self interest and consumerism in a new statement issued for the UN Commission on Sustainable Development’s two-week meeting in New York. The document, entitled Rethinking Prosperity: Forging Alternatives to a Culture of Consumerism, challenges the view that there is an intractable [...]

Delegates and observers at National Convention Baha’is from across the United Kingdom gathered in Nottingham this weekend for the annual election of the National Spiritual Assembly, the governing body of the Baha’is in this country. Ninety-five delegates, themselves elected by Baha’is at local level, fulfilled what for Baha’is is a sacred task of administrative and [...]

More than 700 members of the UK Baha’i community gathered in Nottingham over the weekend to take part, as delegates or as observers, in their annual national convention. The central role in the convention is played by the 95 delegates elected by Baha’is at local level across the country. The delegates take part intensive consultations [...]

As the sun sets on 20 April, Baha’is around the world will be preparing for the greatest and holiest of their annual festivals, the twelve-day festival of Ridvan. Perhaps uniquely amongst religious festivals, Ridván is not just a time for prayer and celebration. It is the occasion when Baha’is take part in the elections of [...]