Jun
25
UK Baha’i community represented at G8 Religious Leaders’ Summit
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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 [...]
Dec
9
Baha’is help organise first ever inter-faith eisteddfod in Wales
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On 5th December the first ever Inter Faith Eisteddfod took place in Cardiff as the culmination of events held in Wales for the Inter Faith Week in Wales. An eisteddfod – Welsh for ‘sitting together’ – is a festival of literature, music and performance and this particular eisteddfod gave people from the different faith communities [...]
Nov
4
Baha’i environmental action plan presented at Windsor Castle event
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Baha’i delegates Arthur L Dahl and Tahirih Naylor in conversation in Windsor Castle with HRH Prince Philip, ARC Secretary-General Martin Palmer, and UN Secretary-General HE Ban Ki-moon Is this, as has been suggested, “the biggest civil society movement on climate change in history”? Representatives of the Bahá’í International Community joined some 200 delegates from nine [...]
Oct
27
Baha’is join global plan on climate change
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The Baha’i International Community has become a partner in a UN sponsored programme to address climate change and environmental stability. According to the Baha’i World News Service, the programme, which is co-sponsored by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), seeks to promote lifestyle changes that will help [...]
Apr
27
New UK Bahá’í Review published
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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 [...]
Apr
22
PM describes prejudice and discrimination against Bahá’ís as “tragic”
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The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has described the prejudice and discrimination faced by Bahá’ís around the world as “tragic”. Mr Brown made his remarks in a special message sent to the UK Bahá’í community on the holiest day of the Bahá’í year. In a letter addressed to the annual reception hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Friends [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Feb
20
Board of Deputies speaks out for Bahá’ís in Iran
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Henry Grunwald QC, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, pictured, has written to Foreign Secretary David Miliband, to call, once again, for the government to take action to support the persecuted Bahá’í community in Iran. The Board made representations to the government in May of last year when six community leaders were [...]
Dec
10
Bahá’ís join call for PM to appoint religious freedom ambassador
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The national governing body of the Bahá’í faith in the United Kingdom has joined a call for the Prime Minister to improve international efforts to protect freedom of religion and belief – specifically through the appointment of an Ambassador-at-Large for Freedom of Religion and Belief. In a letter to Gordon Brown, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Release International [...]

