On the Eye Is On the UN: The plight of Baha’is
By george wesley dannells on May 31, 2008 in Baha'i Views
Iran, May 29, 2008
Ignoring Baha’i plight hypocritical
Original Source:
The National Post
- United against persecution
Columbia Daily Tribune - Saturday, May 31, 2008 - Nieuwenhuizen remembers the fear she felt the day she was a 14-year-old and a group of 1,000 men, members of the “Party of God,” known today as Hezbollah, marched past her home toward the local Bahai center. “They were shaking their fists toward our house and shouting, “God is good. Death to the Bahais,” she said. “Every time they said the word ‘Bahai,’ they spit. … They did not want their mouths to be unclean.”
Baha’í ‘very concerned’ - Letter to the editor
Budapest Sun - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - The persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran is ongoing since its inception in the 19th century, but dramatically increased after the Islamic revolution in 1979. Ever since, the Hungarian media has reported on many occasions about the human rights violations against the religious minority of Bahá’ís in Iran, and also about the activities of Hungarian Bahá’ís here, such as the social and economic development project (MESED) for Roma mothers and children.
Mass detention of religious minorities in Iran - First Bahai’s and now Christians
Western Standard - Friday, May 23, 2008
Baha’is worried about Iranian community
Jerusalem Post - Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Arrests of Leadership of Iranian Baha’is
U.S. Department of State - Thursday, May 15, 2008
Ignoring Baha’i plight hypocritical
| Original Source: | The National Post |
- United against persecution
Columbia Daily Tribune - Saturday, May 31, 2008 - Nieuwenhuizen remembers the fear she felt the day she was a 14-year-old and a group of 1,000 men, members of the “Party of God,” known today as Hezbollah, marched past her home toward the local Bahai center. “They were shaking their fists toward our house and shouting, “God is good. Death to the Bahais,” she said. “Every time they said the word ‘Bahai,’ they spit. … They did not want their mouths to be unclean.”
Budapest Sun - Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - The persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran is ongoing since its inception in the 19th century, but dramatically increased after the Islamic revolution in 1979. Ever since, the Hungarian media has reported on many occasions about the human rights violations against the religious minority of Bahá’ís in Iran, and also about the activities of Hungarian Bahá’ís here, such as the social and economic development project (MESED) for Roma mothers and children.
Western Standard - Friday, May 23, 2008
Jerusalem Post - Tuesday, May 20, 2008
U.S. Department of State - Thursday, May 15, 2008
