Bahai News

Eight members of the Bah' Faith National Governing Council for Samoa and American Samoa, known as the National Spiritual Assembly, are leaving this week for the Holy Land to attend the Eleventh International Baha'i Convention to be held in Haifa, Israel from 25 April 03 May, 2013.

'Every part of the universe is connected with every other by ties that are very powerful and admit no imbalance'.

Muscat: Oman has a long history of religious tolerance, and to learn if this tradition is continuing, Times of Oman met with people from a number of faiths who agreed that Oman, indeed, remains an example of peaceful coexistence in the Middle East.

In Africa, faith leaders are claiming a greater role in advocacy for people who are poor, based in the belief that "if one[part] body of the whole suffers, the whole body is unwell."

Anti-riot police in Haifa arrested numerous anti-war protesters who demonstrated against Operation Protective Edge on Friday.

On July 9, 1850, the Baha'i figure called the Bab was killed. Believed to be a messenger of God proclaiming the impending arrival of Baha'u'llah, he was executed for apostasy by firing squad in the Persian Empire.