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The experiences of two members of the Scottish Bahá’í community have been featured in an exhibition on the subject of pilgrimage, staged at a prestigious Glasgow museum.
The exhibition, at the St.Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, entitled Sacred Journeys: Expressions of Faith, explored the journeys of nine different religious adherents from Glasgow, two of whom - Menai [...]

The 15th edition of the UK Baha’i Review has been published. This attractive, full-colour, 32-page magazine, launched in 2001, showcases the activities and thinking of the Bahá’í community of the United Kingdom in the past twelve months.
Special features in the latest edition includes news of the UNESCO recognition of Baha’i holy places in Israel as [...]

A new film about a young man’s journey around the world to understand the Bahá’í faith – its beliefs, its humanitarian efforts, and its ongoing struggle against persecution – has been released on DVD.

The Wayfarer is an informative documentary written and directed by filmmaker Jess Firth. Mr Firth first encountered the Bahá’í faith while visiting [...]

Two Bahá’ís from Scotland joined some thirty pilgrims from seven different faith communities for a unique inter-faith pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Dr Maureen Sier, the Development Officer of the Scottish Inter-Faith Council, and Mr Justin Alae-Carew, an Edinburgh University student, were part of an initiative designed to increase understanding and friendship between communities in Scotland.
The ten-day [...]

The two most sacred sites for Bahá’ís have been added to a list of internationally recognized World Heritage sites, which includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids, the Taj Mahal, and Stonehenge.
The decision by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee means that the resting places of the founders of the Bahá’í Faith possess “outstanding universal value” [...]