Bahá'í Faith
Bahá’ís Welcome Naw-Rúz at Sunset Today
The Bahá’í new year begins at sunset today, opening a holy day of renewal that follows nineteen days of fasting, prayer and spiritual reflection. Bahá’í communities…
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U.N. Resolution Highlights Religious Freedom Violations in Iran
A United Nations General Assembly committee has adopted a resolution expressing “serious concern” over the “ongoing severe limitations and increasing restrictions on the right to freedom…
Bahá'í Faith
Houses of Worship: Worship Blooms in The Lotus Temple
Delhi, capital of India, second most populous city in the world and growing nearly three percent annually, is home to dozens of churches, temples and mosques.…
Bahá'í Faith
The Gifts of The Baháʼí Faith
In 1844, a 25-year-old Persian merchant named Sayyed ʿAlí Muḥammad Shírází had a realization. He took on the title of Báb, meaning gateway or door, and…
Bahá'í Faith
Religious News From Around the Web November 22, 2021
Catholic Bishops Avoid Direct Rebuff of Biden over Abortion; Forty-One Countries Ban Religion-Related Groups; Christian Florist Settles Suit with Same-Sex Couple; Congress Issues Resolution Condemning Iran…
Bahá'í Faith
Religious News From Around the Web August 30, 2021
PBS Video: David Brooks on Kabul, Afghanistan; Iranian Government Seizes Baha’i Property; Supreme Court and Religious Liberty; Potsdam Gets First Synagogue Since WWII; Christianity Principles Under…
Bahá'í
A Bahá’í perspective on reckoning with racism By Randolph Dobbs
Public outrage following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis led to global demonstrations in the name of justice. Now as we all struggle to find…
Bahá'í Faith
Religious News from Around the Web, Feb 3rd 2020
Iran vs. Religion, Mass Wedding, Same-Sex Adoption, Religious School Funding, Christians Released, Should Churches Report Child Abuse? William Barr Warns of Militant Secularism, Catholic Schools in…
Atheism
WRN News From the Web: Mosque Shelters Students, Atheists Not Church, US Sanctions China over Uighurs, Rohingyas Denied Education, Dublin’s Covert Church, Iran Suppressing Bahá’ís, SMU Minus Methodist?, African Churches Use Scientology
Wisconsin Students Shelter in Mosque During School Attack About 100 high school students sheltered in a mosque across the street from their Oshkosh West High School…
Agnosticism
Holiday Gift Ideas Across Various Religions, By Alexandra Rogers
There is much to dislike about the secular holiday season. In many cases, gifting now has the burden of obligation, of a required ritual, a duty…
Bahá'í Faith
Religious News Worth Reading, week ending Oct 12th 2019
Democratic Candidates Vow to Reverse Religious Protections Presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren announced similar plans to enhance LGBTQ protections including reversing the Trump Administrations…
Bahá'í
The Missionary Who Became a Superhero By Randolph Dobbs
There must be some kind of missionary muscle some people develop during the course of their religious service. Nayyereh Aminian would become a virtual superhero during…