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A member of the UK Bahá’í community has won a prestigious award for her work in protecting high conservation priority areas around the world. Mrs Guilda Navidi-Walker of Stisted was honoured by the World Wide Fund for Nature for the role she has played in helping convene summits for heads of states and ministers to agree [...]

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 [...]

A British Bahá’í has been awarded one of the highest honours in Mongolia. Lois Lambert has been named a State Honoured Citizen. She is only the second non-Mongolian to have been given this award. Mrs Lambert has been conducting moral education classes for students for the past two years at a medical college owned and [...]

Betty Reed, who played a key role in the administration of the Bahá’í community in the United Kingdom, and further afield in Europe, has died at the age of 87. Mrs Reed, who spent her final years in a care home near Hollywood, County Down in Northern Ireland, passed away on 25 October. Born in [...]

Amnesty International has issued an appeal under its urgent action procedure for the release of four Bahá’ís currently being held in Yemen, with the risk of deportation to their home countries. Amnesty reports that three Iranian Bahá’ís – Zia’ullah Pourahmari, Keyvan Qadari and Behrooz Rohani – and an Iraqi national – Sayfi Ibrahim Sayfi, are being held [...]

A Bahá’í from Norwich has celebrated her 100th birthday by recalling witnessing first hand the rise of the suffragette movement in the early years of the 20th century. Christabel Welham – known as Chrissie – marked her centenary on 25 August, surrounded by family and members of the local Bahá’í community. Ms Welham was named [...]

Athlete Nelson Evora – a member of the Bahá’í Faith – has won an Olympic Gold Medal in the men’s triple jump. 24 year old Mr Evora jumped 17.67 metres, adding the Olympic title to his world crown and giving Portugal its first Olympic gold medal in 12 years. Born in Cote D’Ivoire where his [...]

A Bahá’í from Wallasey, Wirral, was given the honour of being one of the Olympic torch bearers as it passed through the Chinese province where she now lives. 52 year old Wilma O’Sullivan was asked to carry the torch through Hebei. She was one of a number of foreign workers to be acknowledged nationally for [...]

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. [...]

A Bahá’í from Brent, London, has been honoured with a Lifetime Service Award for his work in schools and, in particular, religious education. Mr Hasan Afnan was presented with the Joe Foster Award at a reception, held at the National Bahá’í Centre. Mr Afnan is the second recipient of the Award. The first recipient, Mrs [...]