Gathering in Lae draws 1,500; in the Americas, series is complete
From every corner of Papua New Guinea, the Baha’is came – and that was not easy. They were eager to reach the city of Lae to attend a regional...
January 20, 2009
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Six Baha'is arrested in Iran; one worked for Shirin Ebadi's rights organizations
At least six Baha'is were arrested in Iran yesterday, including a woman who worked at human rights organizations connected with Nobel prize winner...
January 15, 2009
Attendance nears 50,000 people at conferences
In Mexico, the prayers were in Spanish, Mayan and Nahuatl. Across North America, in Toronto, they were in English, French, and the Northern Tutchone...
January 13, 2009
London, Abidjan host landmark conferences
London hosted its largest Baha’i gathering in 45 years with a regional conference last weekend that brought together 3,200 people from the United...
January 6, 2009
Conference series reaches halfway point with 40,000 participants
A series of 41 conferences is bringing together unprecedented numbers of Baha’is in country after country, with more than 40,000 people having...
December 31, 2008
Restoration work begins on Shrine of the Bab
Work has begun on a four-year restoration project on the golden-domed Shrine of the Bab, one of the holiest sites in the Baha’i world and Haifa’s...
December 28, 2008
Baha’is call for reopening of human rights center in Iran
The Baha'i International Community today expressed grave concern over the closing by the Iranian government of Shirin Ebadi’s Defenders of Human...
December 23, 2008
Baha’i conference series completes eighth week
The series of 41 Baha’i conferences being held around the world continued this past weekend with gatherings in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Kuching,...
December 23, 2008
UN General Assembly expresses "deep concern" about human rights in Iran
The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution expressing “deep concern at serious human rights violations” in Iran. The resolution,...
December 18, 2008
Manhattanites start small, aim high with class for children
As one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the United States, Manhattan’s Upper East Side might seem like an unlikely place to start building...
December 16, 2008