Bahai News

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.

The Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment program sponsored by the Baha'is of Jackson, along with the collaboration of the management of Chapel Ridge apartment complex, hosted an outdoor extravaganza Saturday evening for all residents and participants of the Spiritual Empowerment program, celebrating unity in diversity with live music, games, face ... (more)

For a religious community as small and geographically dispersed as the Baha'i Faith, the chance to meet their fellow believers is precious.

The life and vision of Baha'u'llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha'i Faith, will be explored Friday at 7 p.m. at Neptune Theatre.

Peaceful environment. The temple boasts of a spacious compound with trees that create a unique fragrance of pure purity, adding onto the sense of peace one feels while in this place.

Attendees at the National Interfaith Forum Br Christopher John , Bev Watson , Nazarina Jamil , Todd Nachowitz , Ruth Groffman , David Azimullah , Venerable Zhiming , James Low , Sufen Tsai and Steve Lintao Yu .

Earlier this month, I took exception to a Washington Post map purporting to show the second largest religious tradition in each state of the Union.

Chinese University's popular vice-chancellor Joseph Sung enters his second term eager to extend the institution's holistic brand of learning to its soon-to-open Shenzhen campus, writes Sijia Jiang It is a rare university president who is amenable to students greeting him by his first name.

The caves of Beit Guvrin-Maresha were named a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the cultural arm of the United Nations.

The excavation of a cemetery in Iran has angered Woonona's Khosrow Kouhbor, whose family and friends have been buried at the site.