Remembering a day of tragedy, a day of courage This week marks the 26th anniversary of the day 10 Bahá’í women were hanged in Shiraz, Iran, for teaching religious classes to Bahá’í youth — the equivalent of being Sunday School teachers in the West. One of the men attending the gallows on that day in 1983… Read More From Baha’i-US: ‘Remembering a day of tragedy’
NEW YORK, 12 May (BWNS) – The seven Baha’i leaders currently imprisoned in Iran are facing the anniversary of their arrest this Thursday, along with new and extremely grave accusations, after spending a year in jail without formal charges or access to their lawyer, Shirin Ebadi. “Despite their obvious innocence and the call by many… Read More From BWNS: Iranian Baha’i leaders may face new accusation on anniversary of imprisonment
There are some terrible things happening out there, and they are well chronicled – sometimes overly so. There has been an increase in ‘Good News’ reporting (the Montreal Gazette has a whole page dedicated to good news only in each issue) and so I have decided to join the bandwagon. Youth art project brings citation… Read More Good News Campaign: Dissipating the Doldrums
Commentary: Stop religious persecution in Iran Posted by Rainn Wilson on CNN, February 17th 2009 Why is Rainn Wilson, “Dwight” on “The Office,” writing a news commentary for CNN? Good question. It’s a bit strange for me, to say the least; a comic character actor best known for playing weirdos with bad haircuts getting all… Read More Rainn Wilson posts a commentary on CNN about the persecution of Baha’is in Iran
While I had heard of Oprah’s Soul Series webcasts before, I never had taken the time to watch any of them. It mostly has to do with the fact that, when it comes to thought-provoking material, I’m more of a reader (it’s so much easier to pause and ponder while reading I find). But when… Read More ‘For an organized religion, we’re quite disorganized’: Rainn Wilson’s take on the Baha’í Faith, Spirituality and Dwight Scherute on Oprah’s Soul Series
Here is a quote that found its way to my inbox. I found it all the more interesting in the context of the mounting anger of the dwindling number of employees. Strikes are due to two causes. One is the extreme sharpness and rapacity of the capitalists and manufacturers; the other, the excesses, the avidity… Read More To strike or not to strike: justice and equity in a messed up world
Yes, it’s true, after a week off I am back to blogging! And it feels great. I do hope you missed me as I much :). Now the fact that I took a week off from blogging doesn’t mean it wasn’t on my mind most of the time. Quite the contrary – I have taken… Read More She’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!