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Bahai Life Coaching by Susan Gammage » Divorce – a Bahá'í Perspective
by Susan Gammage, Baha'i Life Coach. In my Bahá'í-inspired life coaching practice, the topic of divorce occasionally comes up. The Bahá'í Writings teach: “We know that Bahá'u'lláh has very strongly frowned upon divorce; and it is really ...
BBC News: Iran's Baha'i community fear rise in persecution ...
On Friday, July 2, BBC News covered the recent demolition of 50 Baha'i homes in Ivel, a small village in northern Iran. The report also included a summary of.
From the Midwest to Mumbai: Baha'i Choir Returns from India ...
For Emily, the most memorable concert was the tour's final one, in the prayer hall of the Baha'i House of Worship in Delhi. She says this destination inspired many people in the choir to sign on for the journey. ...
Attack on Iran's Baha'i is a Human Rights Outrage | Only Democracy ...
Razing the Baha'i homes in Ivel is the latest step in an ongoing campaign. Baha'i farmers left Ivel several years ago because of local harassment and persecution.
The Bahai faith
This is one of the most attractive Bahai worship centers of the world though the most prominent ones are situated in Israel. The Lotus temple has a lovely interior design with amazing ventilation and natural light falling in from all ...
The physical well being of an imprisoned Baha'i is in danger ...
This post was mentioned on Twitter by Iran Press Watch, Jonathan Fryer and Rashid Naimi, Hajir Bahai Tweets. Hajir Bahai Tweets said: IPW: The physical well being of an imprisoned Baha'i is in danger: Rozita Vasseghi Wednesday 30 Tir ...
Bahai Summer School Cyprus
It is done in vibrant colors and also depicts the buildings in the market like an ice cream parlor and the Hotel Van Nuys. It's called First Trolley to Van Nuys and shows the center of a town filled with people. She looked so relaxed, ...
Prayer is a vital part of Bahai spiritual life
“Prayer is a vital part of Bahai spiritual life. Bahais believe that prayer is more than making requests to God; it's more like a conversation with God in contrast to meditation, which is like a conversation with one's inner spirit. ...
Planet Baha'i: The Blog: Oh Yeah, the Name Is . . .
One Voice Press. That's the name of the Baha'i press Kathy and I are working on starting. We got the trade name registration letter from the state yesterday, so that part is official, at least. We have a friend working up a logo for us ...
On the 50th Convención Nacional Bahá'í de Bolivia 2010: Fifty ...
I have posted a number of Steve Pulley's photos from Bolivia on Baha'i Views. I always have such a strong feeling when I see his shots, because of my memories of seeing around the time of my initial exposure to the Faith photos and ...
Baha'i Position on Homosexuality? - Bahá'í Forums
Greetings to all... I've received conflicting information from outside sources on this issue so I thought I'd bring it to the forum. My questions are.
UK Baha'i community represented at G8 Religious Leaders' Summit ...
"It was an important experience for all of us," said UK Baha'i representative Barney Leith, Koop korting famvir. "We were there to share our understanding that solutions to the world's problems require the application of spiritual ...
Bahai homes demolished in a village in Mazandaran « Sen's daily
On Tuesday 22 June, Baha'i residents of Eival ( ایول ) in Mazandaran province learned that non-Baha'i villagers were collecting signatures to destroy, level and clear houses belonging to Baha'is. Or, according to a BBC report, people in ...
Ongoing harassment and persecution of Bahai's in Iran - Iran Press ...
According to HRA reporters, on Saturday Tir 26th [July 17th], agents of the Ministry of Information raided the house of Hedayat-Allah Rezayi, a Baha'i citizen living in Abadan, searching the premises and arresting him. ...
Girl in a Music Box: Baha'i House of Worship
Baha'i House of Worship. This is where I went during work today. Yayay for spiritual renewal! The faith is really inclusive. All about oneness and...inclusiveness. I'm a fan. I'm also a sucker for good architecture as well, ...
Baha'i in Iran: Are they victims of new sanctions regime? | Only ...
Their crime is that they are Bahais and they say they do not want to change their religion, says lawyer and Nobel peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. She fled Iran after her own life was threatened.
Seven Iranian Baha'i leaders approach two-year anniversary of ...
This Friday, May 14, marks the two-year anniversary of the arrest of seven Iranian Baha'i leaders on a series of false charges stemming from their membership with the minority Baha'i Faith. They are still in prison today. Baha'is ...
On Lasse Thoresen's Latest: Innovative Opus 42 wins prestigious ...
The piece, titled Opus 42, has won a prestigious music award. http://news.bahai.org/story/781. I wonder how soon a CD of this Baha'i-composed music will be available. -gw. http://pfformula.ipapercms.dk/NLH/NordiskMusikpris2010/ ...
Trial of Iran's Baha'i leaders seems to have ended | Bahá'í News UK
The Baha'i World News Service reports Order famvir, that the ongoing trial of the seven Baha'i leaders imprisoned for more than two years in Iran appears to have concluded after three days of successive court hearings. ...
What does the Baha'i faith teach about morality? - Religious ...
Hey everyone. What is the Baha'i faith's teaching on various moral topics such as gay marriage, abortion, and premarital sex?
Baha'i Views: On Music in Montreal: Up on the Baha'i Center stage
On Music in Montreal: Up on the Baha'i Center stage · http://www.flickr.com/photos/notoriouslbt/. Looks like they're getting ready to make music here. Don't you love the clutter of stages? -gw. Posted via email from baha'i music ...
Baha'i student expelled from Sari - Iran Press Watch
At the same time, the university is preparing to hold seminars on the Bahai Faith, part of the accelerating spread of systematic institutionally-supported anti-Bahai propaganda throughout Iranian society in recent years. ...
July 26 | Baha'i Words
Praise be unto Thee, O my God, that we have wakened to the splendors of the light of Thy knowledge. Send down, then, upon us, O my Lord, what will enable us to.
New series of attacks on members of the Bahai faith
Los Angeles Times report on the latest persecution of Baha'is: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/07/new-series-of-attacks-on-members-of-the-bahai-faith-in-iran.html. Note: The Sentinel Project is not responsible for the ...
On Can Feeble Reason Encompass the Qu'ran: Or the spider snare a ...
Pithy excerpts, personal learnings, and mentions of "Baha'i" on the Internet. « Back to blog. Viewed 27 times; Favorited 0 times ... http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/SVFV/svfv-6-printable.html · Loading mentions. Retweet ...
Baha'i publishes new research on widowhood | Canadian Bahá'í News ...
Van den Hoonaard, who is a member of the Baha'i Faith, said that its teachings regarding the equality of women and men and the elimination of prejudice inspired her to work to dispel stereotypes about widowhood. ...
BBC News - Iran's Bahai community fear rise in persecution ...
BBC News - Iran's Bahai community fear rise in persecution. Kasra Naji's documentary on BBC Persian TV has been well received. This article on the BBC News website complements the documentary. Bahai leaders jailed in Iran, ...
Iranian Minorities Human Right Organisation (IMHRO): BBC: Iran's ...
They also say that non-Bahai residents supported the demolitions. Bahai groups outside Iran have also received eyewitness reports from Ivel. The witnesses said that several days before the bulldozers moved in, some people in the village ...
Iran's Bahai community fear rise in persecution | Planet-Iran.com
Bahais have lived in the area in Iran's Mazadaran province for more than 100 years, says Diane Alai, the representative of the Bahai community at the UN in Geneva. Bahai groups warn that life is becoming harder and harder for the 300000 ...
Photo of the Day-The Baha'i Temple | Camera-Chi Photography
Photo of the Day-The Baha'i Temple. 0 · comments. By admin | Jul 10th, 2010 | Architecture |. Baha'i Temple, Bahai Faith, camera-chi, Chicago, mother diablo, Willmette · Photo of the Day-Band at Immigration March · Photo of the ...
Bahai wedding, island food, ballerina shoes
This is the second Bahai wedding i've attended and I love everything about their non-intrusive and soulful approach to holy matrimony. I love that there is no priest/faifeau/rabbi officiating but rather the event is determined by the ...
A question for open minded spiritual thinkers, does the Bahai ...
1)All humanity is one family. The Bahá'í teachings emphasize that all of us, as creations of one God, are part of one human family. Bahá'u'lláh said, “The tabernacle of unity hath been raised; regard ye not one another as strangers. ...
Ruth Benedict: Culture and the Baha'i Faith - Science Forums
RUTH BENEDICT AND THE BAHA'I FAITH: A Personal Perspective In 1919 Ruth Benedict(1887-1948) began taking courses, first at Columbia University.
Baha'i Coherence: Cyberspace and the Possibility for Action
Baha'i Coherence. An Exploration of Our Conceptual Territory. 2010-07-24. Cyberspace and the Possibility for Action. One of the most peculiar features of the internet is the way it reconfigures conceptions of social space. ...
On Operating at the Most Local Level of Society: A trend away from ...
The activities of Baha'i life, whether Feast, devotions, childen's classes, and study circles, thrive when we follow the House of Justice's guidance. -gw. At the most local level of society – the neighborhood -- Baha'is are learning how ...
Baha'i choir returns to capital after 24 years | TopINews ...
New Delhi, Twenty-four years after the Baha'i choir performed at the Lotus Temple in the capital, the Baha'i house of worship once again reverberated with the 'Voices of Baha', a rainbow choir from 25 countries. ...
Iran's Bahai community fear rise in persecution - Iran Press Watch
Iran's Bahai community fear rise in persecution.
Baha'i Coherence: Understanding the Addict as a Bahai
I have been a Bahai since 1962. Before I became a Bahai and in 1980 I was a full blown sick, dying, insane alcoholic/addict. I put a gun to my head and pulled the trigger. That is desperate I was. The gun did not go off due to the fact ...
Ongoing trial of Iran's Baha'i leaders highlighted on global day ...
“We note the trial of the seven leaders of the Baha'i community was to take place today,” said Mr. Harper in a statement marking the one year anniversary of Iran's 2009 presidential election, “and we call on the Iranian regime to ensure ...
New Baha'i Rights Illustration!
We're proud to present to you a new Baha'i rights illustration that aims to highlight some of the human rights abuses Baha'is are subjected to in the Middle East: arson, unjustified incarceration and limitations on freedom of speech. ...
IRAN: New series of attacks on members of the Bahai faith
Members of the Bahai faith in Iran reportedly have been subject to a recent series of attacks on their homes and cemeteries and investigations into their bank accounts. (A Bahai temple in the US is pictured above.) ...
Baha'i Coherence: The Universal House of Justice's Vision for ...
Baha'i Coherence. An Exploration of Our Conceptual Territory. 2010-07-25. The Universal House of Justice's Vision for Global Action. I'd like to share some thoughts on the classical philosophical tension between the needs of the ...
IRAN: New series of attacks on members of the Bahai faith ...
Iran's Islamic authorities appear to be stepping up repression of a small, long-maligned religious minority, advocates for the group say. Members of the Bahai faith in Iran reportedly have been subject to a recent series of attacks on ...
Iranian Minorities Human Right Organisation (IMHRO): Baha'i Houses ...
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Iranian Minorities Human Right Organisation (IMHRO). Defending Iranian Minorities. Thursday, 1 July 2010. Baha'i Houses Demolished In Iran. Posted by Iranian Minorities Human Right Organisation at 22:27 ...
Baha'is join social media campaign to end violence against women ...
The International Violence Against Women Act presents a critical opportunity for the United States to protect, defend, and empower the world's women. This comprehensive piece of legislation, long-supported by the National Spiritual ...
A Bahai has been sentenced to 4 years in prison. - Iran Press Watch
According to HRA reporters, Peyman Kashfi, a Bahai citizen who was released on 100 Million Tooman bail, was tried on Khordad 25 [June 15] in branch 28th of the Revolution court in the presence of judge Mohammad Maghyseh with charge of ...
Brilliant Star wins APEX Award of Excellence for Green Writing ...
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Arrest of an 18 year old Bahai in Sari - Iran Press Watch
According to the committee of human rights reporters, on Wednesday 23rd of Tir (July 14th), Hooman Hoorbod, an 18 year old Baha'i was arrested in Sari. Although days have passed since his arrest, his friends and family are unaware of ...
Baha'i Faith - Its origin and its role: Who forged the Will and ...
Bahiyyih Khanum played a big role in persuading Bahais to accept the will and its appointment of Shoghi Effendi to Guardianship. In fact, for a couple of years after Abdul-Baha died, Bahiyyih was running the faith and seen as its ...
Planet Baha'i: The Blog: E-Books and Baha'is
Where Baha'i publishing is concerned, I can certainly see a prominent place for electronic versions of the Holy Writings, other authoritative materials (a lot of which is used for reference and regularly searched; I myself have used ...
Baha'i Coherence: The Power of Our Souls
In it's annual Ridvan message the Universal House of Justice educated the Baha'i world about a fuller context for the endeavors in which it is currently engaged. They outlined three broad areas of action in which the Cause of ...
Baha'i Points of Interest: First Baha'i to live in Vancouver, Canada
In April of 1920, Marion Jack [then 56 years old] moved to Vancouver and was the first Baha'i to live there. She worked with Mrs. Laura Luther of Seattle to arrange for the visit of Jenab-i-Fadl Mazandarani to Vancouver. ...
Reflections on the Baha'i Faith: Qualities of Baha'u'llah as Teacher
Reflections on the Baha'i Faith ..... Other Sites by this Webservant. Study of Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude · The Baha'i Covenant · Abdu'l-Baha's Tablets of the Divine Plan · Principles of Baha'i Storytelling ...
The Bahai Cause: Iran's Bahai community fear rise in persecution
Iran's Bahai community fear rise in persecution. By Kasra Naji BBC News. First there are the images of wooden beams on fire. Then buildings come into view, some without windows and doors, others reduced to rubble. ...
Baha'i Coherence: Nationalism at the Service of Global Prosperity ...
It seems to me, this is a useful framework for understanding the role Persians and Persian culture has played in the development of the worldwide Baha'i community, a community whose membership a century ago was almost entirely Persian, ...
Ahmadiyya Times: Eye on persecution: Iran's Bahai community fear ...
The current Bahai leadership in Iran is in jail, accused of spying for Israel. "Their crime is that they are Bahais and that they don't want to change their religion." [Shirin Ebadi Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner] ...
Urge President Obama to Advance the Status of Women Worldwide ...
Click here to tell President Obama that the women and girls of the world can't wait any longer – we need CEDAW now! News · Action alerts · Government affairs · Human rights · United Nations · Women · bahai-rss-feed · bahai-podcast-feed ...
Action Alert -- Fourth court date for imprisoned Baha'i leaders ...
"To have spectators, including a film crew, in a supposedly closed hearing while denying entry to the defendants' families was unacceptable," said Diane Ala'i, Baha'i representative to the United Nations in Geneva. ...
Detention and Sentencing of a Bahai Adherent | Iran Human Rights Voice
Susan Tabianian, a Bahai resident from the city of Semnan, was sentenced to an eighteen-month jail term for spreading propaganda against the regime and membership in a Bahai organization. The sentence was confirmed by the appeals court. ...
Canadian Baha'i summer schools uplift spirits across the country ...
Not so for the participants at the Maritime Baha'i Summer School. One of many similar efforts across Canada, it provides a joyful and nurturing learning environment so that this year, 210 people of all ages were attracted to participate ...
Baha'i artist dedicates new work to coreligionists in Iran | Bahai ...
Next, Austin, a 38-year-old Baha'i artist living in Fredericksburg, Va., cut the lines into seven equal strips of paper and arranged them horizontally on a square 12” x 12” board. He then added lustrous, white letters to spell out a ...
Point of no return: Jew and Baha'i' may monitor Bahrain elections
Ehsan belongs to the Baha'i community which constitutes approximately one per cent of Bahrain´s population, while Cohen is a senior member of the society and is part of the 47-strong Jewish community in Bahrain. ...
Baha'i in Iran: Iranian Baha'is are being imprisoned because of ...
Two weeks ago, about 50 homes of Baha'i Iranians were destroyed by bulldozers in the Ivel village in Mazandaran, according to Iran Press Watch. In recent years, Baha'i religious institutions, homes and cemeteries have been destroyed. ...
Mideast Youth – Thinking Ahead » Blog Archive » Baha'i students in ...
As one young Baha'i student from Shiraz notes, “I logged into a University computer in order to take the eligibility test. Instead of being asked about my academic record, I was met with a question about my religious affiliation. ...
Community building; One heart at a time | Bahai Faith | Baha'i Faith
The Baha'i Faith has some lofty goals. To name just a few: developing a consciousness of world citizenship, the establishment of full equality between men and women, the elimination of all forms of prejudice and the development of an ...
On Baha'i Music & Music from Baha'is: bahainewsletter.co.uk - baha ...
On Baha'i Music & Music from Baha'is: bahainewsletter.co.uk · http://bahainewsletter.co.uk/. Follow this site. What has been needed for some time now has been a website that lists all in one place all of the Baha'is who are producing ...
On The Evolution of Baha'i Websites: There is nothing unscientific ...
I found this on the Baha'i website for India. Beautiful site, with the same beauty and flash of bahai.org and bahai.us. That's certainly appropriate for the most populous country in the world in terms of Baha'i population. -gw ...
On Following Baha'i Content on Every Level: There is no "other ...
All it takes is to arrange for an alert for "Baha'i" to be sent to your email, and you are informed of new content as it appears. BackType is an alert that focuses on comments. I came across this comment content via a BT alert. -gw ...
Baha'i homes torched in Iranian village | Bahá'í News UK
Order famvir no prescription, Homes belonging to some 50 Baha'i families in the Iranian village of Ivel in Mazandaran were torched last Thursday, 22 June, a report from the Baha'i World News Service confirms. ...
Radio Farda interviews Baha'i whose home was destroyed in Ivel ...
On June 28, the Persian-language radio station, Radio Farda, broadcast an interview with Mr. Derakhshan, one of the Baha'is whose property was destroyed in the.
Regime Razes Bahai Homes in Iran - Michael Rubin - The Corner on ...
Members of the Baha'i community have made repeated complaints both before and after the latest incident to local government officials, including to the provincial governor in Sari. In every case, knowledge of the demolitions or the ...
Alternatives to consumer culture focus of new Baha'i document ...
Peter Adriance, a member of the Baha'i International Community's delegation to the Commission, said the statement is a contribution to a dialogue on the development of a 10-year framework to encourage new programs that advance ...
A Unitarian Universalist Visits the Bahai Temple | Iranian.com
I was an enrolled member of the Baha'i Faith from 1998 to 2002. Although I was very serious about my faith and took two trips halfway across America for evangelistic purposes (“travel teaching” in Baha'i lingo), I never visited the ...
An Interview on Baha'i and Homosexuality Part 3: Ultimately We ...
Sean is a gay third generation Baha'i who has been with his partner for ten years. He kindly agreed to give an interview about his experiences to God Made the.
Italian Baha'i Summer School 2010 « www.europeanbahai.org
Teatro, danza, mosaico, poesia e multimedia, Classi per bambini, sessioni speciali interattive, un'idimenticabile cena presso un agriturismo in campagna, tutto l'affetto degli amici Baha'i…. prenotazioni e prezzi acuto@bahai.it ...
On a Wilmette Baha'i Institute Offering: On Zorastrianism with ...
The Wilmette Baha'i Institute, the Online Baha'i Learning Center, is offering a three-month course on Zoroastrianism with Susan Maneck, Robert Stockman, and Christopher Buck as faculty starting next week. -gwd ...
ivel: Baha'i homes destroyed « section 209
episode 1 of “section 209” is available now on youtube. mr sabeti was imprisoned 3 times in iran for being a Baha'i. he was tortured, beaten, interrogated, and threatened with execution. he survived, escaped, and is lucky to be alive ...
On Counselor Serrano's Remarks Regarding Baha'i Expansion ...
On Counselor Serrano's Remarks Regarding Baha'i Expansion Campaigns: Teaching is part of a life of generous giving. I am continuing to upload to Flickr my video from the intensive campaign last weekend. Counselor Serrano's impromptu ...
Sects in the Baha'i Faith | Iranian.com
continue in the Bahai Faith, because according to the Will and. Testament, the Guardianship of the Cause of God will continue till the end of the Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh. Even if all the people of the ...
World Peace From A Baha'i Perspective
World Peace From A Baha'i Perspective. Posted by Glenn Franco Simmons on 07/27/2010. Click photos for full-sized, spam-free originals on Flickr. (Source: The Millennium World Peace Summit: A Bahá'í: Perspective, presented on Aug. ...
July 28 | Baha'i Words
Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beg Thee to forgive me and those who support Thy Faith. Verily, Thou art the sovereign Lord, the Forgiver, the Most.
Call me a cynic, but « Sen's daily
Every week there are one or two new anti-Bahai stories that are pushed by the government-controlled media in Iran, and picked up by all the outlets that need to show their loyalty to the regime. A couple of weeks ago, the story doing ...
Bahai House of Worship The Lotus Temple New Delhi | Snipsly
The Lotus temple which is known by the name Baha'I Temple in Delhi located in the south of Delhi, which is Kalkaji. It is lotus shaped and has rightly been given the name.
Baha'i houses demolished in Iran - Hurriyet Daily News and ...
Some 50 houses owned by members of Iran's Baha'i religious minority have been demolished in a village northeast of Tehran, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Radio Farda reported.