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1 year ago ::
May 22, 2011 - 7:56AM
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Today, officials from the Ministry of Intelligence have been entering the homes of many of the academic staff of the Bahai Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), a Bahai-run distance learning university that provides internationally accredited university education to Iranian Bahais, who are excluded from tertiary education in Iran. The officials have been seizing books, computers and personal effects, and have arrested at least fifteen of the university’s staff. Arrests appear to be ongoing. Some of those arrested have been transferred to Evin prison. The buildings used as laboratories and for academic purposes in Tehran have also been closed. The PCED names 30 faculty members whose homes have been searched, without indicating which of them were arrested, or which cities they live in. Source (in English): wp.me/pNMoJ-LP
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13 months ago ::
May 28, 2011 - 12:19AM
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why do Baha'i bother to stay in Iran? pack up... and leave.
how does that feel to be a lawnmower man? must be a real rush.
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13 months ago ::
May 28, 2011 - 10:56AM
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why do Baha'i bother to stay in Iran?
pack up...
and leave.
I don't think it's quite that simple ...
Besides it's their homeland and they have a right to be there ... They metaphorically stand and fight tyranny where it is found. If not in Iran, it’ll probably spring up elsewhere for the followers of Baha’u’llah ... And just Maybe they are serving as the balance ... "As we have shown, the personality of some is illumined, that of others is dark; the personality of some is seen in the manifestation of divine justice, while that of others is the embodiment of tyranny. The personality of some is divine guidance made visible, while that of others is choked in the veils of self and desire. That which was hidden in the capability of these souls has been made manifest; ..." (Abdu'l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 132)
The sciences of this world are droplets of reality; if then they lead not to reality, what fruit can come of illusion? By the one true God! If learning be not a means of access to Him, the Most Manifest, it is nothing but evident loss. (Baha'i Faith)
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13 months ago ::
May 30, 2011 - 2:46PM
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why do Baha'i bother to stay in Iran?
pack up...
and leave.
Iranian Baha'is can't leave the country because they can't obtain passports. Many of those who could afford it or who had relatives living elsewhere left the country during or immediately after its revolution in 1979. I think they saw the writing on the wall when the Shah was deposed, and it became evident that the return of exiled Ayatollah Khomeini would create a theocracy. In the present climate of Iran, Baha'is can't obtain ANY documentation unless they recant their belief in Baha'u'llah.
Ye have been forbidden in the Book of God to engage in contention and conflict...
~Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas
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13 months ago ::
May 30, 2011 - 5:42PM
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why do Baha'i bother to stay in Iran?
pack up...
and leave.
I don't think it's quite that simple ...
Besides it's their homeland and they have a right to be there ...
They metaphorically stand and fight tyranny where it is found. If not in Iran, it’ll probably spring up elsewhere for the followers of Baha’u’llah ...
And just Maybe they are serving as the balance ...
"As we have shown, the personality of some is illumined, that of others is dark; the personality of some is seen in the manifestation of divine justice, while that of others is the embodiment of tyranny. The personality of some is divine guidance made visible, while that of others is choked in the veils of self and desire. That which was hidden in the capability of these souls has been made manifest; ..." (Abdu'l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 132)
What's more, the Mullahs of Iran do not have the level of control that the media portrays them as having. Over the last decade, the residents of Iran have increasingly gotten their hands on Western technology, including camera phones, (illegal) satelite dishes, and internet-capable computers. Acts that the government used to do with impunity are now widely circulated and reported on, and the inhabitants - particularly the youth - are bristling. The fact that the government has so blatantly falsified results in the last few elections is merely adding fuel to the fire. As a result, there's a very good chance Iran might have its own Arab Spring in our lifetimes.
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13 months ago ::
May 30, 2011 - 8:10PM
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Besides it's their homeland and they have a right to be there ...
glory not in that you love your country... glory in that you love mankind. if Baha'u'llah felt He had the same right, He would have stayed. psychological connection to a piece of dirt, is not something one should suffer for. I believe americans will at some point in our lifetime be facing the same issue: stay and suffer, or go and continue teaching. however, I hadn't realized how difficult it is to escape iran, one of the hundreds of thousands of thanks which goes to wikileaks for sharing reality with all humanity there is an inside view of escaping from iran. the fact that the world is NOT watching Iran's every internal move the way it was in Egypt, means the powers that be are taking comfort in their actions against both Baha'is and Muslims. and have brought all form of protest to termination.
how does that feel to be a lawnmower man? must be a real rush.
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13 months ago ::
Jun 11, 2011 - 6:14AM
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I follow the events in Iran particularly closely and heard about this just a few days ago. While I'm not officially part of the Baha'i faith(although this is the one faith I seem to keep coming back to during my search for truth...) I feel their plight. It's interesting how one of the most peaceful and tolerant religions can be one of the most persecuted. So, so sad. :(
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13 months ago ::
Jun 11, 2011 - 7:56AM
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Only one of many Religious persecutions around the World.
“God has no religion.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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12 months ago ::
Jun 12, 2011 - 10:35AM
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Only one of many Religious persecutions around the World.
That's a glib remark considering that the systematic treatment of the Baha'is in Iran is reminiscent of how the U.S. dealt with the Native American "problem" in the 19th Century and Hitler dealt with the Jewish "problem" in the 20th Century. Please name another religious persecution to compare with it in modern time.
Ye have been forbidden in the Book of God to engage in contention and conflict...
~Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas
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12 months ago ::
Jun 12, 2011 - 11:14AM
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Only one of many Religious persecutions around the World.
That's a glib remark considering that the systematic treatment of the Baha'is in Iran is reminiscent of how the U.S. dealt with the Native American "problem" in the 19th Century and Hitler dealt with the Jewish "problem" in the 20th Century. Please name another religious persecution to compare with it in modern time.
I respectfully disagree it goes on all around the world. www.crossroad.to/News/Persecution/index....
“God has no religion.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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