Baha'is in the Media

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A selection of recent media coverage in which Baha'is are mentioned. Click on the headline to read the full article. (Note: Some newspapers require registration or payment to view articles; some links may have expired.)

Message of Persecution
Arlington Connection - Arlington, VA, July 24, 2008
Dr. Kavian Milani, a Fairfax resident, never saw his father again after Iranian authorities abducted him in 1980. Milani's past is similar to other Iranian refugees in Virginia who, like Milani and his father, are part of the Bahá’í religion.

HAIFA'S BAHA'I GARDENS DESIGNATED UNESCO'S 9TH WORLD HERITAGE SITE ...
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - New York, NY July 24, 2008
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee this week designated the Baha'i holy sites in Haifa and Western Galilee as an official World ...

Baha'i believers know freedom and oppression
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson, MS, July 19, 2008
"Today is the anniversary of the martyrdom of the Bab," Ghaemmaghami said about the prophet who heralded the coming of the founder of the Baha'i Faith. ...

They Hanged Her for Teaching Love
Cleveland Indy Media - Cleveland, OH, July 15, 2008
Her name was Mona, a 17-year old Baha’i Character School (Sunday school) teacher. Her pupils loved the indescribably gentle loving teacher who taught them ...

Early NU grad skips freshman year to learn life with sister
The Union of Grass Valley - Grass Valley, CA, July 14, 2008
The young Platners parents, Paul Platner and Leslie Platner have gone on similar trips as part of the family's Bahai Faith. The parents served in Africa as ...

Bahais a target in Iran
Washington Times - Washington, DC, July 10, 2008
When I asked why she had left, "We're Bahais," she responded. When it comes to the persecution of faith, two groups - the Falun Gong in China and the Bahai ...

Event in US honors founder of Bahai Faith
South Bend Tribune - South Bend, IN, July 9, 2008
By JOHN CHADWICK HACKENSACK, NJ — When one of the founding fathers of the Bahai Faith spoke in 1912 to followers in northern New Jersey, he declared that ...

Baha'i followers know persecution is alive and well
Statesman Journal - Salem, OR, July 5, 2008
As a follower of the minority Baha'i Faith, Amir Badiei of Salem recalls the pain of growing up in mostly Muslim Iran. "There were killings and lootings, ...

Baha'i Faith: Religion centered on unity, equality
Savannah Morning News - Savannah, GA, July 5, 2008
Savannah members of the Baha'i Faith use dolls to teach children that humanity is one and that people of all races, nations, economic classes and religious ...

Persecuted for her faith, woman 'never became bitter'
The Huntsville Times - al.com - Huntsville, AL, July 5, 2008
Baha'is believe that men and women deserve equal respect and that all faiths fit into a developing understanding of the essential unity to be found in God. ...

Unity feast will honor Baha's 1912 visit
Ventura County Star - Camarillo, CA, June 28, 2008
By John Chadwick, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services HACKENSACK, NJ — When one of the founding fathers of the Bahai religion spoke in 1912 to followers ...

Bahais detained in Iran contact families
CNN - USA, June 19, 2008
(CNN) -- Seven Bahai leaders detained by Iranian authorities have contacted their families for the first time since their arrest more than a month ago, ...

Then They Came for the Bahai
Forward - New York, NY, June 19, 2008
There was also a Bahai family, the Alavis, next door. By then, I had already intuited that my relatives, in the presence of Muslim friends and neighbors, ...

Haslip, 23, heads to Israel
St. Helena Star - St. Helena, CA, June 19, 2008
As a volunteer with the Baha’i community, the 23-year-old will help manage the Baha’i World Centre, the spiritual and administrative heart of the ...

East Bay faithful condemn arrests of Bahais in Iran
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek, CA, June 11, 2008
The arrests of six Bahai leaders in their homes May 14 followed the detention of another in March. Those who are old enough to remember said the sweeps ...

Baha’i faith picnic celebrates diversity in community
Gainesville Times - Gainesville, GA, June 8, 2008
By Jessica Jordan Red and yellow, black and white were all welcomed to the Race Unity Day picnic at Wilshire Trails Park by the Baha’i faith of Hall County. ...

Why Islamists Persecute the Baha'is
American Thinker - Bellevue, WA, June 8, 2008
This clash of beliefs, the old versus the new, is the reason for Islamists to unleash their power against the upstart iconoclastic Baha'i faith. ...

Treatment of Bahais: A Test of Human Rights in Iran
Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Washington, DC, June 4, 2008
By Mehdi Khalaji On May 14, the Iranian government arrested six prominent Bahai leaders and accused them of "endangering national security. ...

Baha’i Arrests Show Loss of Basic Religious Freedoms and Human ...
The Cutting Edge - Washington,DC, June 2, 2008
Seven Baha’i leaders recently arrested in Iran are members of an informal Baha’i national coordinating group established to help meet the needs of Iran’s ...

East Bay faithful condemn arrests of Bahais in Iran
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek, CA, June 2, 2008
With the lighting of candles and a Persian prayer, Bahais and interfaith supporters gathered Friday evening to voice alarm about the recent arrest of seven ...

Strength of faith battles tyranny
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg, FL, May 27, 2008
The revolution marked the start of oppression of Baha'is in recent times, Azizi said. Many were arrested and their property and bank accounts seized, ...

Iran Arrests National Baha’i Leaders in Dawn Raids
The Cutting Edge - Washington, DC, May 26, 2008
In dawn raids that dragged on for hours, Intelligence Ministry officers arrested six of the seven members of Iran’s national Baha’i leadership, ...

Baha'i faith faces difficult times
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs, CA, May 24, 2008
Clearly, this is the case with the Baha'is of Iran, who constitute the largest religious minority (300000) in a country whose secret government memorandum ...

Iran 'plans to destroy Baha'i community'
CNN - New York, New York, May 22, 2008
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A top Baha'i official has criticized Iran's claim that the six imprisoned leaders of the religious minority were held for security reasons ...

World Leaders Should Press Iran to Free Baha'i Religious Prisoners
Anti-Defamation League (press release) - New York, NY, May 20, 2008
Reacting to the ongoing imprisonment of seven national leaders of the Baha'i religious community in Iran, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on "world ...

Iran's arrest of Baha'is condemned
CNN.com/World - May 16, 2008
Six Baha'i leaders in Iran were seized and imprisoned this week, the religious group said. The act prompted condemnation and concern from the movement and a top American religious freedom panel.

IRAN: Baha'is rounded up
LA Times.com Babylon and Beyond Blog - May 15, 2008
Human rights advocates have decried the apparent arrests this week of six leaders of Iran's embattled Bahai community.

Greene finds temple visit 'uplifting'
Major League Baseball - MLB.com - May 14, 2008
Chicago - Shortstop, member of Baha'i faith, homers later that day. Khalil Greene hasn't found his comfort zone at the plate this season, but maybe a little divine intervention was all he needed...

'Lost' Dueling Analysis: Cabin Fever
Washington Post - Wasington, DC - May 9, 2008
It's a text of the Baha'i faith -- and I could swear Baha'i has surfaced on "Lost" before, though I can't recall where just now. ...

Faith & Action: Study Circles
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande, AZ, May 9, 2008
By JOYCE FULLER KLEIKAMP, Baha'i Community of Pinal County But, here it was. A unique curriculum, the Ruhi Institute, initially developed in Columbia and ...

City united by desire to believe
Daily Herald - Provo, UT, May 2, 2008
Heern grew up in the largest minority faith in Iran, Baha'i. The Baha'i were among the first people to be attacked in the 1979 revolution, and Heern was ...

Guest Commentary: Bahais need relief from Iran persecution
Bonitanews - Naples, FL, April 26, 2008
For a world religion that believes in the oneness of mankind and upholds unity in diversity, the Bahai Faith has historically been under persecution since ...

The purpose of religion
Anderson Independent Mail - Anderson,SC, April 25, 2008
Through the centuries, with the exception of the Bahai Faith, each of these belief systems became divided into numerous sects or denominations. ...

Media

Baha'is in the Media

Bahá'í annual election featured on Chicago Public Radio

NPR features Baha'i children's classes

NBC Nightly News kicks off 'Faith in America' series with Baha’i interview

Baha'i Faith featured on PBS series "I Believe"

Baha'i author talks about globalization

Baha'i column debuts on religionandspirituality.com