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When I was leaving Israel last week, after a seven-day trip with a small group of family and friends, newspaper headlines in the airport lounge spoke of possible military conflict with Syria.

Amid news of Iran's nuclear threat, there are reports of their human rights violations, including the widespread use of torture, detention of lawyers and journalists, and discrimination in law and in practice against ethnic and religious minorities, especially against the 300,000 members of the Baha'i faith.

Western Nevada College will have unique Multi-faith Baccalaureate Service on May 20 in Carson City in the US, a first in its 41 plus years of existence.

"Parking" Episode 4014 -- Pictured: Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute -- NBC Photo: Chris Haston Wilson spoke to CNN on May 9 about the "Five Years Too Many" campaign, which calls for the release of seven Baha'i volunteer leaders who have been held in an Iranian prison for the past five years.

Fariba Aghdasi, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i of the United States, speaks to attendees of devotional held Monday at the Sheraton Agoura Hills Hotel.

"The Iranian Government should demonstrate its commitment to freedom of religion by immediately and unconditionally releasing these prisoners of conscience," the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, said in a news release that also urged the international community, including faith leaders worldwide, to join ... (more)

Universal Education 574. The ninth admonition is in regard to education. All the children must be educated so that there will not remain one single individual without an education.

Dwight K. Schrute was many things: paper salesman, beet farmer, lovable dork. Though he came from Amish stock, Schrute showed more interest in martial arts than Bibles and buggies.

Dwight K. Schrute was many things: paper salesman, beet farmer, lovable dork. Though he came from Amish stock, Schrute showed more interest in martial arts than Bibles and buggies.

Kennedy Richard Nofoagatoto'a with his father Afoa Fepulea'i Titi Nofoagatotoa in Israel during the Baha'i Convention.

Hollywood actor Rainn Wilson, best known for bringing life to the aggravating geekery of Dwight Schrute in the NBC sitcom "The Office," is using his celebvocat status to advocate for the release of seven religious leaders currently imprisoned in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Bona fides: Emmy-nominated comic actor, best known as "The Office's" pompous paper salesman Dwight Schrute.

It is a problem that appears without a solution. The number of murders in Oakland , which University of California criminal justice professor Franklin Zimring says are lower now than they were in the 90s and early 2000s , is still unacceptably high.

Acknowledging that most religious people "go to their own little nests" on Sundays, Chris Hamilton sees all the more value in a new program designed to help people of different faith groups come together.

This April I'm dividing my time between Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and Turkey.

Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and people of virtually every faith can find places to worship in the Rochester region.

Roya Hejabian sat down with The Free Press in front of Payson Smith Hall in Portland to discuss her experiences in Iran, Maine and at USM.

Delegates from 157 countries arrive in Israel to select the representatives of 9 member panel, known as The Universal House of Justice.

Staff Reports The Tyler Baha'i community recently elected its nine-member governing council, known as the Local Spiritual Assembly, for 2013-2014. The election in Tyler occurred at the same time as Baha'i elections around the globe.

BE NICE TO HIM: Recently the Waikato has been ravaged alternately by drought and thunderstorms, and forging a relationship with the God of Thunder could help sort this out.