Guest guest Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Dear Friends, My sister Karin is a Baha'i and has asked my help on this. It is time the world grew up and moved into an age of Religious tolerance. We can no longer afford Man's inhumanity to Man. I don't know what you personally can do to help on this, but even if you just forward this on to your friends and family, it would be appreciated. At this particular moment we live in a time of wild and dramatic change. Let's make it a change for the better. Shall we??? Yours in Knowledge, Health and Freedom, Doc DocShillington Karin wrote: Maize Feb. 12th/09 Ian and I would ask of you to say a wee prayer on behalf of nearly 300,000 Baha'is in Iran.- some of whom are being put on trial in Teheran next week. Baha'is are NOT involved in any way, in partisan politics... in any country, ever. The fact that our World Centre is in Haifa Israel... is seen as the big threat... and yet it is a World Centre of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Baha'i. In His Love, Karin and Ian Ferguson "How long will discord agitate the face of society.? The winds of despair are, alas, blowing from every direction,and the strife that divdeth and afflicteth the human race is daily increasing." Baha'u'llah... "The recrudescence of religious intolerance, of racial animosity and of patriotic arrogance; the increasing evidence of selfishness, of suspicion, of fear and of fraud; the spread of terrorism, of lawlessness, of drunkenness and of crime; the unquenchable thirst for, and the feverish pursuit after, earthly vanities, riches and pleasures; the weakening of family solidarity; the laxity in parental control; the lapse into luxurious indulgence; the irresponsible attitude towards marriage and the consequent rising tide of divorce; the degeneracy of art and music, the infection of literature, and the corruption of the press; the extension of the influence and of activities of those " prophets of decadence" who advocate companionate marriage, who preach the philosophy of nudism, who call modesty an intellectual fiction, who refuse to regard the procreation of children as the sacred and primary purpose of marriage, who denounce religion as an opiate of the people, who would, if given free rein, lead back the human race to barbarism,chaos, and ultimate extinction - these appear as the outstanding characteristics of a decadent society, a society that must either be reborn or perish." Baha'i Writings www.bahai.org Iran Announces Trial of Baha’i Leadership The Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) announced today that charges had been laid against the seven imprisoned members of the national-level committee that coordinates the activities for the Iranian Baha’i community. The report quoted deputy Tehran prosecutor Hassan Haddad as having said “the case will be sent to the revolutionary court next week” and that these Baha’is are accused of “espionage for Israel, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic republic.” Agence France Presse (AFP) has posted the following piece, Iran to try Bahais for spying for Israel. The Baha’is deny categorically these charges. No evidence against them has been brought to light. The seven members of a national Baha’i coordinating committee were arrested in March and May of 2008 and have been held in Tehran’s Evin Prison. At no time during their incarceration have they been given access to their legal counsel, Mrs. Shirin Ebadi. Mrs. Ebadi has been harassed, intimidated, and threatened since taking on their case and has not been given access to their case files. The prosecution of the leaders is just one step in a 30-year-long systematic campaign orchestrated by the government to eliminate the Baha’i community as a viable entity in Iran, the birthplace of the Bahá’í Faith. Documentary evidence exists on this campaign, http://iran.bahai.us/documents. At this time, some thirty other Baha’is are imprisoned in Iran solely on account of their religion. Close to 80 more Baha’is, have been required to post deeds of property and business licenses as collateral for bail. They have likewise been falsely charged and are awaiting trial. For more information, please visit: http://iran.bahai.us/2009/02/11/iran-announces-trial-of-baha%e2%80%99i-leadership/ Attachment: vcard [not shown] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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