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Why I am a Baha'i

Mona Tahiri — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:57:44 +0000

Baha'u'llah addressed Pope Pius IX in these words:

Martyr of the Bahá’í Faith: Muhammad Movahhed

Mona Tahiri — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:22:40 +0000

Mr. Muhammad Movahhed was the son of Mr. Muhammad `Alí Shaykh Movahhed and Ms. Zakiyyih Beládi. He was born in Shiraz in 1937 (1316 of the solar calendar). His father was a renowned cleric in Shiraz and taught at the Áqá Bábá Khán religious school in the city. He had several students. One of his wishes was that all his five male children received religious education.

The Baha'i Obligatory Pilgrimage

Mona Tahiri — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:15:57 +0000

Pilgrimage is a privilege and an obligation in the Bahá'í Faith for those who can afford it. It is enjoined by Bahá'u'lláh in his most important work, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book), his Book of Laws. There are three places to which pilgrimage is binding. The first of these is the former residence of the Báb (1819-1850), the prophet-founder of the Bábí religion, in Shiraz, Iran. The Báb was the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, and the Bábí and Bahá'í religions are intimately related.

Your Baha'i Invitation

Mona Tahiri — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:55:20 +0000

Hi, Curtis Wynne here, performing my civic duty the only way I know how ... writing and passing on what I believe, offering it as the greatest gift I can hope to give anyone.

A senior member of the Baha’i Faith is in Samoa this week.

Mona Tahiri — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:28:09 +0000

Dr Kirk Johnson, a member of the Baha’i Faith’s Continental Board of Counsellors for Australasia, is in the country to learn about the capacity building and community development efforts of the Baha’is in Samoa.

He will visit Baha’i communities in Samoa and American Samoa, where he will see the members striving to be of service in their neighbourhoods and villages.

OMG, it’s Omid

Mona Tahiri — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:39:24 +0000

A comedy about interfaith dilemmas gets SUBHADRA DEVAN in knots with its lead actor, Omid Djalili

BRITISH-BORN stand-up comedian Omid Djalili plays a man caught in conflicting religious identities in the movie The Infidel.

Born to Iranian parents, the 46-year-old has his own stand-up comedy (watch it on YouTube) and has appeared in small roles in films such as Gladiator, Sex And The City 2, The Love Guru, Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End and Notting Hill.

Persecution of Baha'is in India

Mona Tahiri — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:37:59 +0000

طومار دادخواست خطاب به دولت ایران برای آزادی فوری کارکنان و اساتید مؤسسۀ آموزش عالی بهائی

Mona Tahiri — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:25:02 +0000

ما، شهروندان هندوستان نگران از اوضاع [ایران]، مایلیم شدیدترین مخالفت خود را با آزار بی رحمانه و غیر منطقی بهائیان به طور کلی، و به ویژه اساتید و مدیران مؤسسۀ آموزش عالی بهائی (BIHE) در ایران، به نگارش درآوریم.

Invitation to the Baha’i Faith: A Comprehensive Introduction course

Mona Tahiri — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:51:55 +0000

June 15, 2011 – September 15, 2011

Faculty: Zaid Lundberg and Niki Daniels

• Provides a thorough, comprehensive study of the Baha’i religion
• Reviews the lives of the Bab, Baha’u'llah, `Abdu’l-Baha, and Shoghi Effendi
• Explores the development of Baha’i organization and community life
• Provides an overview of essential texts
• Examines basic teachings
• Includes an overview of the current priorities

Happy Zoroastrian Baha'i women of Bombay (India) 1933

Mona Tahiri — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:44:17 +0000

Today more and more Zoroastrians, Moslems, Jews and Christians in Iran are accepting Baha'u'llah as the Manifestation of God.

Sharing Baha'i Stories with Children

Mona Tahiri — Tue, 17 May 2011 08:33:06 +0000

There are suggestions for telling stories in Baha'i Children's Classes here

and here and in a number of other stories on that wonderful website. Here is another. Ah, wonderful, there are lots of resources for telling stories in Baha'i Children's Classes.

The Baha'i way of marriage

Mona Tahiri — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:34:59 +0000

Baha'i friends are welcome to add their information and suggestions to this blog.
(This is the half part, I will write more in the next part in 2 days)

General Guidelines for Bahá’i Marriage

• Consent to the marriage from all living biological parents of the couple is required, regardless of whether the parents are Baha’is or not, It is important to note that the consent of parents required by Bahá’i law is to the marriage of the parties and not to the Bahá’i ceremony.

New York is the city of covenant

Mona Tahiri — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:14:53 +0000

Review: How Bahá'ís helped bring modern education to Iran

Mona Tahiri — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:12:39 +0000

By Soli Shahvar
I.B. Tauris, London

The role of the Bahá'í Faith in the modernization of Iran remains a history largely waiting to be written, according to the author of a new scholarly work about Bahá'í schools that once existed and flourished throughout the country.

"What I have learned from doing this is that there are a lot more studies to be done on the role of the Bahá'ís," said Soli Shahvar, author of The Forgotten Schools: The Bahá'ís and Modern Education in Iran, 1899-1934. "This book is just one example."

Great News ! Release of Simin Gorji, from Prison

Mona Tahiri — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:01:24 +0000

The Baha’i, Simin Gorji of Qaemshahr, who had been detained for the fourth time on 15 Ordibehesht 1389 [5 May 2010], was freed upon completion of her sentence [news of her arrest was reported here: http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/237].

As noted by a RAHANA reporter, Simin Gorji had been previously sentenced to one year in prison. She had served only 6 months of that term, between Ordibehesht and Aban 1387 [Apr/May to Oct/Nov 2008]. Therefore, on 15 Ordibehesht 1389, she was detained and sent to prison in order to complete her term.

Ruhi Book 2: Arising to Serve

Mona Tahiri — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:21:01 +0000

Arising to Serve is the second in a course sequence
designed to raise up human resources capable of fostering the growth of
the Baha'i Community with efficiency and love. The units of the Ruhi
Institute aim, in their entirety, at achieving three overall
objectives: providing insights into spiritual matters, imparting
knowledge about the Faith, and helping to develop specific acts of
service. The units of Book 1 basically seek to help the students gain
insights into certain spiritual matters. Book 2 is largely concerned

“Mommy, why you?”

Mona Tahiri — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:41:58 +0000

Susan Tebyanian, a Baha’i, commenced serving her 18 month prison sentence on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 [see http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/6167]. She is in Evin Prison along with two other Baha’i women, Sahba Rezvani [see http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2651] and Manijeh Monzavian [see http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/5768]. She has two children, ages 3 and 9. This letter was written by her nine-year old son to his mother in prison.

I want to tell the world that if being a Baha’i is a crime, then I am guilty of the same crime. So why not imprison me too?

We Love America.

Mona Tahiri — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:03:17 +0000

‘Abdu’l-Bahá in His addresses in America and elsewhere frequently expressed the hope, the prayer and the assurance that the banner of international peace would be first raised in America. At Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 5, 1912, He said:—

Why Do Baha'is Make Home Visits?

Mona Tahiri — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:03:13 +0000

Why does the Universal House of Justice wish the believers to visit one another's homes to share prayers and discuss them, to share readings on various themes and share their insights, and to share stories about the lives of the Bab and Baha'u'llah? Surely there are many reasons for the divine wisdom, and I would like to share a few thoughts.

The torture of Baha'is by the Islamic Regime

Mona Tahiri — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:10:15 +0000

Alluhuabha

Kindly some dearest friends have already asked me for several times to write them how I spend time in prison. At first, I would like to mention that my imprisonment assigned for 4 years that 3 years of it have been expired so for in isolation cell (individually prison).

in this 3 years, I have been in the house of detention of security office center of Fars province (shiraz), where there is any public prison and all who stay there are of security or politics accuser and live in isolation cell.