June 18, 2023 will mark 40 years since 10 Baha’i women were hanged in Shiraz. Their only ‘crime’ was their refusal to renounce their beliefs in a faith that promotes the principles of gender equality, unity, justice, and truthfulness. This collection highlights Baha’i Blog content relating to the ongoing persecution of Baha’is in Iran.
The Baha’i World Centre has recently released a new compilation about the Universal House of Justice which can be read online at the Baha’i Reference Library here.
Prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, this compilation features extracts from the Writings of Baha’u’llah and Abdu’l-Baha, as well as from the letters of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice. It also includes the Constitution of the Universal House of Justice.
You can find this compilation, and many others, on the Baha’i Reference Library which is the official online library of Baha’i writings. There you’ll also find newly released translations in English of the Baha’i writings. Click on “Recent Additions” to see what’s been added to the library.
If you haven’t already, you may wish to subscribe to the Baha’i World News Service, which often reports when new translations are released, as well as documents the activities of the worldwide Baha’i community.
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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