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Youth Want Peace: the rest is up to us!
2007-09-12 02:41:00
Here is a wonderful example of a constructive strategy, from which the rest of the world can learn. This amazing video, emerging from the planet's most volatile spot, produced by OneVoice movement and presented to Kings and Prime Ministers in Davos, Switzerland, clearly illustrates the yearning for peace. It describes a systematic approach to solving conflicts in a region plagued with hostilities, hatred and long history of wars. The youth took it upon themselves to initiate a transformation that might lead, at least, to a political solution of this long-lived dispute. Who else can project this dire need better than the youth who hold the key to the future?
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"One Common Faith"
2007-09-11 01:01:00
In 2005, the Baha'i World Centre released a publication, named "One Common Faith ," in the English language. The entire text of this publication can be accessed at this link. A summary of the book's contents can be previewed here, and an "etext" with numbered paragraphs can also be accessed here.The book, which is described as a "chilling historical account...and a sobering examination of the catastrophic result of 20th century materialism and economic exploitation..." provides us with a glimpse of its powerful message on the current state of human affairs through this paragraph found on page-5 of the text: "Throughout that part of the world where the vast majority of the earth’s population live, facile announcements that “God is Dead� had passed largely unnoticed. The experience of the peoples of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific had long confirmed them in the view not only that human nature is deeply influenced by spiritual forces, but that its very identity is sp...

Egypt's Identity Crisis in Dutch Media
2007-09-10 03:37:00
On 4 September 2007, the Dutch national newspaper "NRC Handelsblad" published an extensive article on the crisis of identity documents and religious classification in Egypt.The translation of this article from Dutch to English was graciously provided by Dr. Martijn Rep, an academician from the Netherlands.The article contains one error referring to future Prophets which was corrected in brackets.NRC Handelsblad 4 september 2007By Alexander Weissink“According to Egyptian law we cannot even dieâ€�An Egyptian is a Muslim, Christian or Jew; a Baha’i or Qur’anist does not existIn Egypt there is no place for people who deviate from the three recognized religions. Everybody must be Muslim, Christian or Jew. And preferably the first. There is no freedom of choice. Unless you want to become Muslim.Today, Raouf Hindi (51) appeared before the judge with his 14-year old twin Emad and Nancy. “Initially I did not want to expose them to the resentful Muslims and hostile press in the courtâ...
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A Tribute to a Loved Giant: Luciano Pavarotti
2007-09-08 02:35:00
The New York Times wrote: "Luciano Pavarotti , the Italian singer whose ringing, pristine sound set a standard for operatic tenors of the postwar era, died Thursday at his home near Modena, in northern Italy. He was 71."Read more here....Thanks to Barney Leith for the link below:Credit: David Henderson
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Egypt: the "Other" Lawsuit that Got Postponed
2007-09-06 23:45:00
Cairo's Court of Administrative Justice dealt with another lawsuit regarding a Baha'i youth on the 4th of September. It, too, had the same fate as the twins' case: it got postponed until the 30 October 2007 court session.This second lawsuit (no. 12780/61) was filed by the the Egypt ian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) last February on behalf of Hosni Hussein Abdel-Massih, born in 1989, who was suspended from the Suez Canal University's Higher Institute of Social Work due to his inability to obtain an identity card because he is a Baha'i. It is quite common now for Baha'i students in post-secondary education in Egypt to face suspension or expulsion because of their failure to obtain ID cards or military service postponement papers.Hosni Hussein had already passed his final examinations after completing his first year at the university but was not promoted to the second year, as he is entitled to, and was suspended from the university. In order for Egyptian students to compl...
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Egypt: Twins Case Postponed Again
2007-09-05 03:23:00
Cairo's Court of Administrative Justice convened today to render a decision on the case of Emad and Nancy, the Egypt ian Baha'i 14-year-old twins waiting for their Egyptian birth certificates. The courtroom was full of Egyptian activist youth from a variety of backgrounds who came to the Court to show their support for the twins. Interestingly, the few Baha'is attending today appear completely at ease in this court...after all they have been frequent guests of these chambers lately!The court postponed its decision again for its upcoming session of 30 October 2007, which would be this court's fourth session regarding this case. Meanwhile the twins remain without Egyptian birth certificates.
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Egypt's Administrative Court Decides Case of Twins Tomorrow
2007-09-03 17:41:00
The Egyptian Christian website The Free Copts has just published an article on an important upcoming case before Egypt's Administrative Court , regarding the 14-year-old twin Egyptian Baha'i children Emad and Nancy who remain, to this date, without Egyptian birth certificates. The court heard the case on 7 May 2007, postponed it until 3 July 2007, and again the court had postponed this case for a decision to be heard tomorrow, the 4th of September. Meanwhile the twin children remain without recognition of their birth, thus deprived of education, vaccination, health care and other essential services.The Christian website article, entitled "New dilemma in front of the Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court," explains the case of Emad and Nancy and compares them to the controversy of a twin Egyptian Christian boys, Andrew & Mario, whose father, having converted from Christianity to Islam, is assisted by the authorities in forcing the conversion of his boys to Islam without their consen...
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The Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights Corrects Egypt's Al-Masry Al-Youm Ar
2007-09-01 05:21:00
The Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights has just published a post correcting an error in the title of an article published in Al-Masry Al-Youm Egyptian newspaper which unintentionally indicated that the Egyptian tourism ad video, linked here, was produced by the Baha'is. Surely this misrepresentation was simply an error by the newspaper and hopefully the newspaper will correct it in its upcoming edition.The Network's post states: "The article notes that the “Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights� publicized the video however the title implies that the network is composed of or contributed by Baha’is. We’d just like to assure the journalist that this project is by independent Muslim activists."Below is the post published on the Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights:The Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights » Al Masry Al Youm covers Egyptian tourism ad videoThe Network also stated the following in Arabic for the benefit of Arabic-speaking readers:Just a further comment to encourage sup...
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Egypt: Media Coverage on Showing of Film on Baha'i Rights
2007-08-28 12:14:00
The Egypt ian newspaper el-Badeel, in its 28 August 2007 edition, published an article about the recent documentary film made by the independent film maker Mr. Ahmed Ezzat. The article is authored by Khaled Abdel-Rasoul and Sarah El-Masry and is entitled "First Film on the Baha'i Quagmire in Egypt."The film, titled "My Belief or My Country [Identity Crisis]," was shown at Egypt's Cinematic Cultural Centre upon the invitation of the Egyptian Film Critics Association on 26 August. Previously, this film was invited for showing at the last Alexandria Film Festival, but was banned by Egypt's security and censorship agencies. The documentary is 34 minutes long, and required approximately 35 hours of filming and 300 hours of montage.The film's director, Ahmed Ezzat, stated that "the principal reason for him to handle the Baha'i case was for the cause of justice and not religion, because human rights cannot be partial, but should be applicable to all." He also added that "the film was p...
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Egypt: ID Cards Vs. Ancient Civilization!
2007-08-22 23:15:00
This video clip, entitled "Egypt Tourism Ad" was just published by the Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights on YouTube. It depicts the dilemma of certain citizens of Egypt, such as Baha'is, who are denied their ID cards because of their religious affiliation. Egypt will only allow the entry of one of three religions on the mandated computerized ID card forms, namely: Muslim, Christian or Jewish. If anyone belongs to any other Faith than these three, then the person is denied the ID card. The application form also clearly states that the entry of any false statements will lead to imprisonment and heavy fines. A citizen of Egypt without ID card is considered non-existent and cannot have any rights in his or her own country. All essential services in Egypt mandates the use of ID cards. The lack of such documents in Egypt amounts to Civil Death.Also see Egyptian identification card controversy at Wikipedia.The Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights describes itself as follows:The Muslim networ...
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Is There Any Religious Freedom in Egypt?
2007-08-18 03:25:00
This article, published on Compass Direct News illustrates a very interesting dilemma. It is the story of an Egypt ian man who had decided to convert from Islam to Christianity only to find himself in a very precarious position--he cannot obtain an ID card stating that he is indeed a Christian. Consequently, he had to resort to the courts in order to obtain his rights.Thus far, Egypt has always used the excuse of not recognizing the Baha'i Faith in order to deny the Baha'is their civil rights. Egypt has clearly stated that it only recognizes three religions as divine, namely: Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Officially it will grant anyone who is a follower of any of these religions his or her full citizenship rights.Now, this case involves a man who supposedly belongs to one of the three recognized religions in Egypt, but apparently because he had converted from Islam to Christianity, he is being denied his rights. However, legal conversion from Christianity to Islam occurs regula...
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Egypt Begins Soon Exclusive Use of New ID Document
2007-08-12 22:50:00
Egypt's leading daily newspaper Al-Ahram published an article on 8 August 2007, in which it describes plans for the exclusive use of the new computerised national ID number/card and the total abandonment of the older paper ID documents.Thus far, Baha'is remain prevented by the government from being issued the new ID cards, and are only in possession of the old paper documents. The only option given to them, as instructed by the Ministry of Interior, is that they must lie on the application form regarding their religious affiliation in order to obtain ID documents. They are given only three choices (Muslim Christian or Jew). The application form clearly states that any false statements made by the applicant will be punishable by imprisonment and heavy fines. The ID card system does not allow for any other options, such as leaving the space for religion blank.The newspaper article indicates that it was decided that the new ID card will be "an essential element in all transactions." ...
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US Congress: Briefing on Religious Freedom in Egypt
2007-08-01 03:16:00
Nina Shea, Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has recently presented a Brief ing on “Religious Freedom in Egypt : Recent Developments� before the Task Force on Religious Freedom Of the United States House of Representatives. The Commission's Annual Report was published on 2 May 2007. The section on Egypt is on pages 203-211 of the report. The testimony was presented by Ms. Shea on 23 May 2007.As the briefing went into great details in describing the violations of religious freedoms of the various minorities in Egypt, and because of the known focus of this blog, this post will point mainly to the sections of the briefing where it mentioned the crisis currently facing the Baha'is of Egypt.In the introductory paragraphs it states: "...These violations include continued prosecution in state security courts and imprisonment of those accused of “unorthodox� Islamic religious beliefs or practices, including those who are not militants; dis...
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Grand Mufti of Egypt on "Freedom of Religion"
2007-07-25 02:46:00
The Washington Post has published a collection of articles, on 21 July 2007, under a section entitled "Muslims Speak Out" that featured, among others, Ali Gomma'a, the Grand Mufti of Egypt . One third of his statements were specific to the question of "Freedom of Religion in Islam."Coverage of this article was also published in Arabic in Egypt's Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper and Al-Arabiya website.The Washington Post describes the Grand Mufti as follows: "Since 2003, Dr. Ali Gomaa has served as the Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt, a position of religious authority second only to the Sheikh al-Azhar. As one of Islam’s most respected scholars of Islamic law, Dr. Ali Gomaa oversees Dar al-Ifta, Egypt’s highest body for delivering opinions on religious law. Details"In that section of the Washington Post the Grand Mufti stated the following when he addressed religious freedom question:Freedom of Religion in IslamThe essential question before us is can a person who is Muslim c...

Egypt's Project for Law Against Discrimination
2007-07-20 02:54:00
In the 17 July 2007 issue of Egypt's Nahdet Misr newspaper, an article was published describing Egypt's new project for a law that will prohibit discrimination between its citizens.The article explains that Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) was charged by the government with the responsibility of proposing a law that would eliminate all forms of discrimination in Egypt, including "the official resolution of the situation of the Baha'is, the inclusion of Copts living abroad in their deliberations, and addressing the prevailing trend of torture."The NCHR will hold a convention on "citizenship" next November, which will address the matter of equal opportunity for all Egyptian citizens. Its recommendations will be passed on to the Egyptian Parliament in its forthcoming session that will address the elimination of all forms of discrimination between the citizens of Egypt.In preparation for the November convention, the Council will hold several workshops/symposia. The f...
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Boutros Ghali Concerned With Egypt's Image in the World
2007-07-16 00:48:00
Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and currently the President of Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) was interviewed recently by Egypt's government-owned weekly magazine Al-Mussawar. The article was published in the Magazine's 6 July 2007 issue.The interview revealed Ghali's deep concern for the status of the Baha'is in Egypt. He pointed out that Egypt recognizes three religions only: Islam, Christianity and Judaism; that 51% of the world's population does not belong to any of these three religions. This creates a huge problem for Egypt when confronted with matters concerning some citizens of Egypt, such as the Baha'is, other residents of Egypt such as the Chinese, and visitors in Egypt such as Japanese tourists. He stressed that Egypt's current position implies that it does not recognize the religions of 51% of the world's population.He also indicated that Baha'is in particular face major challenges in Egypt because of ...
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Defense of Baha'is: New Site Up, Running & Active
2007-07-09 00:23:00
The authors of the new site named "The Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights" have fixed the technical error with Internet Explorer (IE), which was encountered when clicking on any one of its links or comments tabs that caused the link to hang and not to respond. Partly because of that issue, apparently many readers were unable to make comments on the posts so they resorted to make comments on the parent site "MIDEAST YOUTH" instead, which thus far has 62 comments on the post announcing the initiation of the new site. In order to read these comments, which are quite interesting, you may click here.Furthermore, in order to know more about the authors, the background and the motives behind this new site, you may want to read the FAQ section at this link.In it, they write: "This network is composed of Arab and Iranian Muslim students and interfaith activists who do not approve of Baha’i human rights abuses within the Arab and Muslim world. We took it upon ourselves to do something about ...
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Egypt: the Other Side of the Coin!
2007-07-06 01:14:00
Yesterday, I received a comment on one of the videos posted on my YouTube site. The comment is about a news report by AlHurra Television regarding Egypt 's National Council for Human Rights' symposium that examined the issue of ID cards for Egyptian Baha'is. The symposium was reported on last August in this blog and in this previous post.The comment on YouTube, even though is insulting, can be seen to be quite amusing because it clearly betrays the sentiment of some extremists in the region and serves to expose the serious challenges facing Egyptian Baha'is in their homeland. For that I thanked the person making the comment!The comment, submitted by a person named Abosooka, is quoted below in its entirety:"Does tatooing a seen cross or wearing one, and writing "Christian" in religion-entry in an ID card differ?Blow in ashes,plan evil,try to divide our nation, yet growth of non-muslim minorities centuries ago is an enough witness.Game of Bahais and others,game of no-religion-entry...
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Twin Children Must Wait Longer Without Birth Cretificates
2007-07-04 23:54:00
The case of the twin children Nancy and Emad got postponed until 4 September 2007 for a court decision on their fate. The question at hand is whether or not these Egyptian 14-year-old twins can obtain Egyptian birth certificates.On 2 July 2004, Seeking Justice blog has posted a very well argued article regarding this case.The children's Father, Dr. Raouf Hindy Halim is requesting, as a compromise, that in place of entering "Baha'i" in the religion section of the certificate, he would be content with entering "dashes" or leaving it blank.Here is a piece of the "Seeking Justice" article:"Several legal principles are at issue here. At the international level, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which Egypt is a signatory, states in Article 15 that “everyone has a right to a nationality.� Moreover, Article 2 provides that this right is guaranteed irrespective of one’s religious belief. The denial of birth certificates to these children, solely on the basis of their fam...
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Iran Examined by the Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights
2007-07-04 03:33:00
In its latest post today, The Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights addresses the persecution of the Baha'is of Iran . In its post titled "Iran must end its mistreatment of Baha’is," the Network states the following:"On behalf of all the other Muslims who allowed for this to happen, by either being silent or by directly contributing to this human rights abuse, we would like to apologize. The Baha’i Faith in many ways remains to be a forbidden one in our societies until we officially recognize it as a religion, which its members should be able to practice as a right to religious and individual freedom. We stand by our Baha’i brothers and sisters through this struggle, and demand that this right be recognized by our governments, our people, and our school systems. We would like to see the day that our friends can say “I am Baha’i� with pride without facing any consequences or discriminative behavior. Muslim activists within Iran in particular must help the Baha’is within the...

New Site: The Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights
2007-07-01 18:05:00
A new site, still in a draft form, has just been created. It is titled "The Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights ." It's authors are "Muslim interfaith activists who are deeply concerned with the treatment of Baha’is within the Middle East." The authors host the well-known MIDEAST YOUTH and the ME Faith websites. In this site's first post, it states the following:Why this website? June 29th, 2007 by AdminMany of you are probably wondering why a Muslim network in defense of Baha’i rights exist. The answer is very simple - the best way to promote tolerance, human rights, religious freedom and respect is to rally for a cause that doesn’t necessarily affect you. When you strongly believe in a value, you should apply it to all people equally regardless of their faith, cultural differences, political stance or nationality. If within your country this doesn’t happen, as a loyal citizen you should actively enforce that such rights be met for the sake of a better and more productive so...
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Rising Interest in the Egyptian Baha'i Struggle
2007-06-29 00:36:00
The award-winning "Global Voices Online" website has been following closely, in its recent publications, Egypt's Baha'i story.It has been also reporting on several other pressing human rights issues in Egypt. This site is world-embracing and is hosted by several prominent media experts.The most recent report can be seen here. Another story published by Global Voices Online regarding the banned documentary film on the Baha'is of Egypt can be seen here.Also, the leading "Egyptian Blogs Aggregator" site now hosts a link on its Custom List section that includes several Baha'i blogs, links and official sites. This link can be seen here.Another site named "ME Faith", which is sponsored by a diverse group of Middle East youth, has been following the Baha'i story with earnest. This group, of mostly youth of Muslim, Jewish and Christian backgrounds, promotes tolerance and acceptance. It also calls for peaceful resolution to all political, social, ethnic and religious conflicts afflictin...
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Baha'is of Egypt: Update on One of the Lawsuits
2007-06-26 02:38:00
URGENT UPDATE!Please see this post published on 2 July 2007 at "Seeking Justice" regarding the 3 July court case.In a previous post, the case of the twin children of Dr. Raouf Hindy Halim was discussed in details. This case was on the court's docket on 7 May 2007 when it was postponed again to be heard in the upcoming 3 July 2007 administrative court session for a decision. The 14-year-old Egypt ian twin children continue to try to thrive without Egyptian birth certificates.The attached newspaper article, republished previously on this blog, states: ...the children's parents and grandparents are Egyptian. Even after the passing of more than three years of court battles, Dr. Raouf has not been able to obtain birth certificates for his children. Since Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court has prevented Bahá’ís from documenting their religion as “Bahá’í� in the religion section on all official documents—in violation of citizenship rights to freedom of belief—Dr. Raouf...
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Banned Film Gets Prominent Media Coverage in Egypt
2007-06-17 20:21:00
Yesterday, 16 June 2007, AlMasry AlYoum Egypt ian newspaper reported on the banning of a documentary film that has exposed the human rights crisis facing the Baha'is of Egypt.The article, written by Muhammad Abd El-Khaleq Mussahel, states the following:Banning of Documentary Film Regarding the Baha'is in Egypt[State] Security authorities banned the release of a new documentary film regarding the Baha'is in Egypt. It prevented attempts of spreading its viewing and advertising it. The forbidden film is entitled "Identity Crisis Between My Religion or My Country: The Baha'i Quagmire in Egypt."The Film's promotional clips, which were posted on the "Baha'i Faith in Egypt" site, begin with a thickly bearded man, referred to in the film as one of the opposing Islamist lawyers, who was present at the 16 December 2006 session of the [Supreme] Administrative Court that issued a ruling against the Baha'is. This was when [he] was talking about the special punishment reserved for those tha...
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Canada an Advocate for the Baha'is of Iran & Egypt
2007-06-16 03:11:00
A recent article published on the website of "the Baha'i Community of Canada ", on 30 April 2007, describes a recent meeting between two officials representing the Canadian Baha'i Community and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, regarding the critical situation currently facing the Baha'is of Iran and Egypt . The Canadian Community's website is linked here, and a copy of the article is reprinted below:Bahá'í representatives meet with Foreign Affairs Minister on serious situation in Iran and EgyptOTTAWA, ON, 30 April 2007 (CBNS) -- The Honourable Peter MacKay, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with two Bahá'í representatives on 16 April 2007 to discuss the deteriorating situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran and Egypt.Karen McKye, Secretary-General of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, and Susanne Tamas, Director of the Bahá'í community's Office of Governmental Relations, briefed the Minister on recent developments that point to syst...
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Yet Another Documentary Film on Egyptian Baha'is
2007-06-14 03:31:00
Al Fanar for Media Production, an Egyptian commercial film company has just completed a full feature documentary, in Arabic, on the Baha'is of Egypt. This objective film, entitled "Baha'is and Egyptians" deals with the principles of the Baha'i Faith, its origin, its history and introduction into Egypt, as well as all the challenges it faced in that land. It also investigates and reports the recent crisis facing the Egyptian Baha'is, being deprived of government-issued ID cards, with the punitive consequences affecting their daily living. The film also covers in great detail the Baha'i teachings for humanity, its laws and its independent distinguishing features.An obviously somber short promo for the film is posted below. It depicts the sense of suffering and oppression currently experienced by the Egyptian Baha'is. In it, one can see some Egyptian Baha'is chanting a prayer in dignity, clips of interviews with individual Baha'is, with some who support them and with some of th...
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UC Berkeley: Resolution on Human Rights in Egypt
2007-06-12 04:34:00
The ground breaking legal blog "Seeking Justice" has just published a post entitled "UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly Passes Resolution About Human Rights in Egypt ."The post reads, In May of 2007, the UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly passed a resolution expressing serious concern regarding the denial of basic human rights to religious minorities in Egypt. In a letter to the Ambassador of Egypt to the UN, the president of the Graduate Assembly, Mr. Joshua R. Daniels, writing on behalf of the graduate students, expressed its hope that “the government of Egypt, a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , will afford all its citizenry the basic civil rights all people deserve, including the right to education, irrespective of religion.� The text of the letter is included below:Dear Mr. Ambassador:I write to inform you that the Graduate Assembly at the University of California, Berkeley recently passed a resolution expressing its deep concern regarding the situation facing re...

Just Released: Documentary Film on Baha'is of Egypt
2007-06-07 02:45:00
An independent Egypt ian film maker, named Ahmed Ezzat, has just released a documentary on the struggle of the Egyptian Baha'is. The film, banned by the Egyptian authorities, is entitled "Identity Crisis [My Religion or My Country]: The Baha'i Quagmire in Egypt."Below is the promotional segment for the film. The fully bearded man at the start of the promo was one of the hostile Islamist attorneys present at the 16 December 2006 Supreme Administrative Court session which ruled against the Baha'is. Others in the promo, in addition to a couple of Baha'is, are: prominent sympathetic bloggers and human rights activists, and another Islamist calling for killing the Baha'is. Details as to how to acquire the film in its entirety will follow.Update:Award winning Global Voices Online picks up the story here....
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Egyptian Blogger & Activist Releases Video on Human Rights
2007-06-02 17:55:00
The well-known Egyptian blogger and human rights activist Nora Younis has just published a video regarding human rights violations in Egypt (produced by free kareem campaign). The video also specifically referred to the imprisonment and torture of bloggers and the violation of religious freedoms of the Baha'is in Egypt, giving the example of Baha'is paying taxes but deprived of their rights. She published the video on this site and this site. You may also view the video here as well.
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One Country: Award-Winning Magazine
2007-06-01 00:27:00
ONE COUNTRY, the award-winning newsletter of the Bahá'í International Community, first appeared in English in 1989 and is now published in five other languages - French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and German. Each issue contains two or three in-depth feature stories on the United Nations, noteworthy social and economic development projects, environmental efforts or educational programs, along with an editorial that addresses world problems from a Bahá'í point of view. In 1997 One Country launched its Web site which contains all the English issues of the newsletter published over the past three years. A French online version can also be viewed at this link....In its printed format, ONE COUNTRY is published quarterly. Each 16-page issue contains two or three in-depth feature stories on the United Nations, noteworthy social and economic development projects, environmental efforts or educational programs, along with an editorial that addresses world problems from a Bahá'í point...
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