I wasn’t sure whether or not I really wanted to put this up, but, you know, since doing so allows me to put a picture of Tom Cruise up on the blog I figured it was worth it. So to everyone that just googled “Tom Cruise + “Baha’i” + “Blog”, thanks for stopping by.
So […]
As part of a new series looking at life in Iran, the BBC interviewed eight members of the Iranian diaspora (Iranians living outside of Iran). One of them, 24 year-old Soroosh Khavari, comes from a Baha’i family:
My family fled Iran during the revolution because they follow the Bahai religion, whose followers suffer much persecution in […]
A couple of months ago, Will Morrison dropped the first Next Level Radio podcast onto the interweb and promptly blew my mind (and sent me running off to itunes music store to download the latest from Common Market).
Well, Will is back with an eagerly anticipated episode 2, with more from Zahiya, tracks from Laura Harley […]
While you’re getting ready to celebrate Ridvan in your community, take a moment to remember the Baha’is in Iran. Since the release of a UN report expressing fears for the Iranian Baha’is last month, Baha’is and others from around the world have been calling for action. There’s a letter in The Independent in the UK, […]
Happy Ridvan everyone. I’ll keep it short because I know everyone is busy celebrating (or if you’re in Richardson, Texas, you’re rehearsing for the pageant). I’ll just point you to these few Ridvan links and remind you that when you’re heading out to your Ridvan celebrations watch out for that Ridvan holiday traffic. It’s a […]
A while back I put up a post about a myspace group dedicated to those who wanted to be able to list ‘Baha’i’ as their religion (myspace offers 14 religion options, but Baha’i isn’t one of them). Well, it seems that someone has figured out a little hack. Special thanks to myspace hacker pedur for […]
The story has been up at the US Baha’i News site for a little over a month now, but a friend whose mother had a hand in creating this beautiful quilt brought it to my attention just last week.
The quilt, called “Power of Unity”, incorporates symbols from the world’s religions as well as quotes from […]
Here are just a couple more updates about the coverage the situation of the Iranian Bahá’ís is getting. First, the ongoing persecution of the Bahá’ís in Iran was tackled at the University of Minnesota’s annual Model UN, where the theme was religious persecution and the right to religion:
[Iranian-born Roya Akhavan-Majid, chairwoman of the mass communications […]
Aside from the strange opening about the difficulty of spelling ‘Baha’i’ (don’t worry, we know exactly what you’re talking about) there’s a great story up in the Huntsville Times about an interfaith devotional meeting held by the Hiebert family of Huntsville, Alabama in the US:
And some people have trouble understanding that when the Hieberts invite […]
This long article, “Where is the Special Relativity Train Taking its Scientific and Religious Believers?” examines some challenges to Einstein’s theory of special relativity, taking into particular account the perspective of various religions and how Einstein’s ideas square with the brand of cosmology offered in the scriptures of their faith.
The section on religion is introduced […]
Just in case you were beginning to think that it was ALL bad news for Bahá’ís in the middle east these days, the Egyptian Administrative Court has just ruled that Bahá’ís in that country may now actually identify themselves as Bahá’ís on official government documents:
The decision, announced on 4 April, “sent a strong message that […]
Another addition to the growing press on the UN report on the Iranian government’s actions against the Bahá’ís in Iran, this time from India’s national newspaper, The Hindu:
“She [Ms. Jahangir] calls on the Government of Iran to refrain from categorising individuals according to their religion and to ensure that members of all religious minorities […]
The Anti-Defamation League has issued a press release regarding the current situation of the Bahá’ís in Iran, saying that it “sets a dangerous precedent” and “is reminiscent of the laws imposed on European Jews in the 1930s”. From the release:
“These actions by the Iranian government are reminiscent of the steps taken against Jews in Europe […]
Spurred by the popularity of a new Bollywood thriller, 88 Antop Hill, Indian news site Mid Day has just published an article about an unusual cemetery in the Antop Hill area of Mumbai (Bombay).
The mortal remains of many a Chinese, Bahai, Muslim, Hindu, Armenian and British inhabitants of Mumbai have found their final resting […]
Well, the month of fasting for Bahá’ís has been over for a couple of weeks now, but Lent still has a couple of weeks left, so it’s timely for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune to publish this article titled “A Question of Fasting” that surveys faiths and their fasts, included are three statements on fasting — one […]
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A sweet, sweet voice that's been wooing souls in Vancouver for a while now. Check for upcoming shows her myspace page or just head over to download some tracks. You won't be sorry.
While he's been profiled here already, Ferraby Lionheart certainly deserves all the praise that this meager blog can heap upon him as he's released an absolute gem of an album with his 'self-titled EP'.
Seattle hip-hop duo Common Market have been covered in this blog already but they definitely deserve a place in the sidebar. From a review in Seattle's The Stranger:
You could say the duo connected through a higher power. "We're both Baha'i; that's how I heard of Sabzi in the first place," explains Scion. "So being involved with the Baha'i community and doing music, people kept asking me, 'Do you know Saba?'" "Yeah, people would just be like, there's another Baha'i in town that 'does hiphop,'" Sabzi laughs. Once connected, Sabzi spun records at the release party for RA's debut EP Apostrophe—and the pair found that musically, they were on the same page.
You can find their music well, pretty much everywhere. Instant gratification types (such as myself) can get theirs from the itunes music store.
Whether singing a classic by the Supremes or exploring the limits of hip-hop, Zahyia Rolle, known as ZZ Rolle by her peers, is a performer who defies labels and defines the world "artist." Rapper, songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, producer - Zahyia only recognizes boundaries and limits long enough to cross them.
She was also a contributer to Boston Praise Collective's award winning album "From Exile to Exhaltation - Our Offering to Baha'u'llah" (also available on itunes). So drop by her website, download some tracks, and enjoy.
An invigorating blend of various Polynesian dances, rhythms and sounds fused with pop, MANA is a Baha'i music and cultural performance group based in Sydney, Australia. The members of MANA are predominately youth, most of them still attending high school, and though they are all residents of Sydney, their roots are traced back to Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands.
To date, MANA has released 2 albums: Reflections on the Life of the Spirit and Arising To Serve. All lyrics have been taken from the Baha'i Writings found in the sequence of courses known as Ruhi Books, developed by the Ruhi Institute. There is currently a total of seven books in the sequence.
A few Baha'is in LA, USA are involved in this little musical effort.
In a music scene severly overburdened with manufactured screamo and whiney pop-punk, LA's Telecast is a glowing gem of ulterior hope. Remember the days when songs had meaning beyond some basic cloying variation of "I hate you, Dad," or "Nobody understands me and my skateboard?" So does Telecast.- From Filter Magazine
The Baha'is Magazine
A new version of a glossy 80-page magazine profiling the Baha'i Faith and its worldwide community has just been published. It features sections on Baha'u'llah, the spiritual and moral teachings of the Baha'i Faith, the Faith's history and administration, and its programs of social and economic development. It also has profiles of individual Baha'is and examples of community activities.
It can be ordered through the Baha'i Distribution Service in the United States.
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