Resources for the Ascension of Baha'u'llah
- Baha’u’llah, the Prophet-Founder of the Baha’i Faith, passed away on 29 May, 1892. This holy day is commemorated by Baha’is all over the world and is known as ‘The Ascension of Baha’u’llah’.
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Krimsone and Scott Nagy teamed up to create this colourful piece for the #NotACrime campaign. Krimsone is a Sydney based artist that practices in fine art as well as street art. With qualifications in printmaking and lots of experience with aerosol his work mixes high and lowbrow art together.
Scott Nagy’s style shines through with his attention to detail and more surreal scenes and is combined with Krimsone’s love of animals and vivid colour schemes. Their mural depicts that of the Persian national bird, the nightingale, it takes flight aided with study tools to push its momentum upwards and away. The grey strings of the government trap its wings and try to prevent its take off, impeding the right of education the national bird, and the people are unable to fly and soar.
Location: Newtown, behind Lentil as Anything
Education Is Not a Crime is a campaign for the Baha’is in Iran and they’re mixing old-school street art and shiny new smartphones to fight for human rights in Iran.
The Baha’is are Iran’s largest religious minority. But Iran’s government has persecuted them since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Businesses are torched, people are fired from their jobs, thousands are harassed and jailed, and hundreds have been killed. The government also bans the Baha’is from teaching and studying in Iranian universities.
Here’s a Baha’i Blog article explaining some background to the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran: Some Background to the Persecution of the Baha’is in Iran
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