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Baha'is celebrate Ayyam-i-Ha and prepare for annual fast

Baha'i children love Ayyam-i-Ha because it's a special period of the year devoted to charity, hospitality, social events, and the giving of gifts....

Draft Iranian law threatens gross human rights violations

The Iranian Parliament is considering legislation that would institutionalize a series of gross human rights violations, affecting not only Baha'is...

Building unity with community prayer

Twenty-five-year-old Andreas Rolle is in his final year of university, studying to become an elementary-school teacher. Like many students, he...

Baha'i International Community issues statement on poverty eradication

A new statement from the Baha'i International Community calls for a coherent, principle-based approach to the eradication of global poverty....

Iranian Baha'is sentenced to prison were helping underprivileged youth

Accusations by the Iranian government that 54 Baha'is were engaged in anti-regime "propaganda" when they were arrested almost two years ago are...

New tactic obstructs Baha'i enrollments in Iranian universities

More than a million students take Iran's national university entrance examination each year. So Halaku Rahmaniyan was extremely pleased when...

Amnesty International, US State Department call for release of Baha'i prisoners in Iran

In the wake of a US State Department call for Iran to release Baha'i prisoners, Amnesty International has issued an "urgent action" appeal on...

Egypt court upholds Baha'i plea in religious freedom cases

In a victory for religious freedom, a lower administrative court here today ruled in favor of two lawsuits that sought to resolve the government's...

People's Theater from Germany goes international

After six years of perfecting a technique that combines drama and discussion as a means to communicate with youth, a German theater group has...

Beyond expectations

Weekly gathering surprises hosts

A couple of neighbors in this southern U.S. city have been throwing a weekly "spiritual party" - a prayer meeting - and the reaction to it has...