nice article on bahais in iran

here is an article on the situation of the bahais in iran, which tries to present the situation of the bahais in a fair manner. please read it, its well written and worth read. here is the (link)

there is definitely propaganda in iran which vilifies the bahais. there is rapports of anti-bahai organizations in iran (link). i find that scary and it saddens me to see it. i hope all arrested bahais in iran are at the best possible health. you can read the history of persecution here (link)

on happier note, i am really digging the french/british band the teenagers and the american/african band vampire weekend. check their music, its definitely worth a listen.

update: bahais in iran

bbc and cnn has some news of condemnations of the arrests of bahais in iran. good to see the global media are picking this up fairly quick. next up denmark. (link) (link)


picture of the seat of the universal house of justice

Iran is at it again

I dont have much time to write it myself, but here is a quote from Bahai News Service.
"The six men and women, all members of the national-level group that helped see to the minimum needs of Bahá’ís in Iran, were in their homes Wednesday morning when government intelligence agents entered and spent up to five hours searching each home, before taking them away. The seventh member of the national coordinating group was arrested in early March in Mashhad after being summoned by the Ministry of Intelligence office there on an ostensibly trivial matter. " Here is the original source (link).


it is sad to hear such news, especially so few days after the joyous occasion of the election of the Universal House of Justice (link).

My prayers go out to the Bahai of Iran and not to forget the thousands suffering under the natural disasters in Myanmar and China.

bahais in iran

i have blogged about this before. but i just read an 'old' article about bahais in iran and the persecution that they are facing. in this bbc article (link), there are reports that four members of the bahai faith were jailed for proselytizing in shiraz. it says the were proselytizing under the guise of helping the poor. wow! here is the bahai news services report about the case, accompanied by amnesty internationals and the us state departments call for their release (link) and (link). as bahais we are encouraged to be philanthropists (definition link) and i guess that is not a positive action in iran. at the same time the young bahais in iran are banned from higher institutions of learning (link).

all these things come to show that the iranian government is instituting systematic policies to ruin the fabric of the bahai community in iran.

Some of the ladies at the Barli Development Institute for Rural Women in Indore, India.
Source: bahai.org

in light of these crimes against the bahais in iran, it is nice to see that there are people who through peaceful methods are trying to promote change. one of my friends shariar from new zealand is creating a art piece to create awareness around this project (only for facebook members link). where he uses the visual arts to create awareness around the problem. so i ask you to keep these facts in mind when looking at the iranian government.

on a better note, favorite my danish football team aab is currently number one and looking like they will win the danish championship. so shout out to them.

for more information on the persecution of bahais in iran check bahai news services website (link)

links

I have decided to introduce a simple new feature on this blog, where I post links to thing i feel need to share with people. Basically its all the site I have enjoyed visiting since last time I posted a collection. Any way here comes the first installment:

FreeRice.com No its another site that tries to free a basketball player from the bench, to be able to unleash his potential. But its a site the gives 10 grains of rice to "hungry human beings" for every word you get correct. It seems legit, they will help the UN, through the sponsors on the site. So you can take a vocab quiz and give something to other people by knowing the words. So start giving HERE

(heard about it on the radio, but a hat-tip to afshin for the link)

Bahaullah.org

Ever wanted a site that explain the life of Bahá'u'lláh through pictures. Well here it is. The Bahá'í World News Service describes it like this: "Rather than providing a comprehensive history or literary presentation of the Baha'i Faith, the new Web site aims rather to be impressionistic" So enjoy the presentation HERE

Musik Nu! and Angora By Night A good radio program about music - in danish. Who recommend new music and try keep people up on the newest music. I was fully enthralled last time I listened to it. Especially the interview they had with the singer from Bloc Party. So either listen to it online or as a podcast. Website HERE

While I'm recommending danish stuff, there is the danish satire show Angora By Night. Great for laughs, but sometimes a little too much. You can view all their shows HERE


This pretty much concludes the first batch, I hope to post more links regularly.

Before I end I just want to give a link to a great resource if you need to look thing up on the nets: schoolr.com. Another link is to a review of the new Jay-Z CD, holla! (link)

Enjoy

bahais in iran

the cradle of the bahai faith - iran - has been persecuting the bahais since the inception of the faith. in the recent years there as been an increased discrimination of the bahais. on of the many act of discrimination includes expelling bahai students from the universities (and even denying them admittance) based solely upon them being bahais. other act of persecution include the destruction of grave sites, harassment and detainment of bahais, and attacks upon the bahais through the media. this is a grave issue and i hope that anyone who has the opportunity will help stop this and the many injustices which are happening to the bahais of iran.

thanks

links that are worth noting:

congressman from illinois writing about the persecution (link) - thanks to afshin for the headsup
bahai news service with the latest on the persecution (link)
bahai news service on the students (link)

Forfølgelse og Undertrykkelse af Bahá'íerne i Iran

Her kommer et forsinket indlæg… Jeg vil bare kort gøre opmærksom på det systematiske forfølgelse og undertrykkelse der sker af Bahá'íerne i Iran. Siden Bahá'í troens fødsel i 1844, har de Bahá'íer som levede i Iran været forfulgt og siden revolutionen, i 1979, er over 200 Bahá'íer blevet dræbt af det Iranske præstestyre. Der har været flere FN resolutioner mod denne forfølgelse, som dog ikke har ændret på det. Blandt andet er det på nuværende tidspunkt ikke muligt for Bahá'íer, bosiddende i Iran, at få en universitetsuddannelse - da der lovgivning som gør det ulovligt for Bahá'íer at tage uddannelse på Iranske universiteter. Den 20. marts 2006 udtalte en af FNs special rapportør for menneskerettigheder, om hendes frygt for medlemmerne af Bahá'í troen forfølgelse. Jeg vil ikke sige mere end det, men hvis der er interesse for at undersøge sagen nærmere har jeg sat nogle links i bunden af siden.

FNs pressemeddelelse

Kort beskrivelse af situationen for Bahá'í i Iran

Længere redegørelse af forfølgelsen Bahá'í i Iran