Baha'is help found Interfaith Forum in Iceland
The Baha'i community of Iceland joined with twelve other faith groups and collaborative partners here to form the country's first national interfaith...
December 24, 2006
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UN General Assembly approves resolution expressing concern on human rights in Iran
The United Nations General Assembly yesterday adopted a resolution expressing "serious concern" over the human rights situation in Iran, including...
December 20, 2006
UN Declaration on religious tolerance commemorated in Prague
Although it was negotiated at the height of the Cold War, a 25-year-old international agreement on freedom of religion or belief remains as relevant...
December 19, 2006
Egyptian court rules against Baha'is, upholding government policy of discrimination
In a closely watched case that has become the focus of a national debate on religious freedom, Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court today ruled...
December 16, 2006
Award highlights moral education for junior youth
Before he became a vegetable seller in this down-and-out ethnic Chinese village about 55 kilometers southwest of Kuala Lumpur, Lim Jia Chin was...
December 6, 2006
WatchEgyptian Baha'i case final arguments heard; judgment due in two weeks
Lawyers representing a Baha'i couple seeking to have their religious affiliation properly identified on state documents presented arguments yesterday...
December 3, 2006
Egypt court sets date for full hearing on Baha'i case
The date for a full hearing on a closely watched court case over the right of a Baha'i couple here to have their religion properly identified...
November 25, 2006
UN expresses "serious concern" over human rights in Iran, including the situation of Baha'is
A committee of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday passed a resolution expressing "serious concern" over the human rights situation...
November 22, 2006
Village women work to establish medical post
On this remote island some 30 kilometers off Papua New Guinea's northern coast, a group of villagers have begun taking their destiny into their...
November 12, 2006
Looking beyond short-term profits
Participants from 28 countries gathered in this small Dutch town in September to consider how businesses can look beyond short term profits towards...
November 8, 2006