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May
13
A bleak future for Bahá’ís
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Bahá’í News UK is pleased to share an extract from an article written by Dr Moojan Momen, an Iranian author and academic, and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. The article is published in full on the New Statesman website.
International pressure may have set Roxana Saberi free, but the plight of seven Iranian Baha’is, imprisoned in Tehran [...]
Apr
1
Bahá’ís join G20 faith message – “leaders must not forget promises to the poor”
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The national governing council of the UK Bahá’í community has joined with the country’s religious leaders in urging the G20 leaders not to forget their commitments to the world’s poorest people in the current economic crisis.
In a letter issued in advance of the G20 meeting in London, political leaders are called upon to consider the [...]
Mar
13
Iran’s persecution of Bahá’ís is devastating
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Bahá’í News UK is pleased to share the following commentary article written by Dr Nazila Ghanea, Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal of Religion and Human Rights. The article has been published in the Personal View pages of Telegraph.co.uk’s Comment section.
What connects an [...]
Mar
11
The recent shootings in Antrim and Craigavon – in which two soldiers and a police officer died – have been condemned by the Bahá’ís of Northern Ireland.
“We are very disturbed by these events…this is a shocking development,” wrote the Bahá’í Council for Northern Ireland in a statement to the Community NI website, a portal [...]