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With aching hearts, Baha’is of the world focus on the events unfolding in Iran, the birthplace of their religion
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From Baha’i World News Service.
We entreat God to deliver the light of equity and the sun of justice from the thick clouds of waywardness, and cause them to shine forth upon men. No light can compare with the light of justice. The establishment of order in the world and the tranquility of the nations depend upon it. – Baha’u’llah
Useful Links
- Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Prize winner and lawyer, discusses the recent arrests of human rights activists in Iran:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/06/ebadi.html - A statement from Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, calling the violence and beatings in Iran haraam (religiously forbidden):
http://tehranbureau.com/grand-ayatollah-declares-3-days-national-mourning/ - A recent interview with Farhad Sabetan, a spokesman for the Baha’i International Community:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105576958
General Links
“The pages of swiftly-appearing newspapers are indeed the mirror of the world. They reflect the deeds and the pursuits of divers peoples and kindreds.”
Bahá’u’lláh
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