Nov 08
GENEVA, 7 November 2011, (BWNS) — As more information has emerged regarding the trial of seven Baha’i educators, the worldwide outcry at the persecution of Iranian Baha’i students and teachers continues to spread. In recent days, politicians in Brazil, academics in Germany and Ireland, and an international group of distinguished filmmakers, have condemned the systematic …
Oct 27
Heroes are the practical people who recognize current tasks (识时务者为俊杰 ) Chinese Proverb The vast majority of Nobel prize winners have religious beliefs, religious identity and some are even religious professionals. Most Nobel Prize winners from the West have Christian backgrounds. As of 1996, out of 639 Nobel laureates, there were 618 believers and only …
Oct 18
NEW YORK, 18 October 2011 — Seven Baha’i educators in Iran have each received four- or five-year prison sentences, according to reports received by the Baha’i International Community. Verdicts against the seven were reportedly handed down by a judge at Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. The educators have been detained for almost …
Sep 16
16 September 2011 GENEVA — As a number of Baha’is in Iran await trial for providing higher education to youth barred from university, the Baha’i International Community has been distressed to learn of the arrest of a lawyer who was preparing to defend them. Abdolfattah Soltani – a senior member of the legal team representing …
Aug 12
Coming to you live from the Conference. “When you’re trying to figure out what you believe, just ask yourself why other people believe it.” — Dale McGowan PhD in Parenting Beyond Belief This was the kickoff for Lisa Ortuno’s talk on Evolutionary Christianity and Biologos and the way in which the Christian faith community is …
Jun 01
BORDEAUX, France, 31 May 2011 (BWNS) – Representatives of the Baha’i Faith have joined a call for the G8 bloc of nations to take bold action on the interconnected crises faced by humanity. Two Baha’i delegates gathered with Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Shinto and Sikh colleagues, as well as members of interfaith organisations, at the Religious …
May 17
UNITED NATIONS, 17 May 2011 (BWNS) – Focusing solely on the material aspects of the environmental crisis, while ignoring its moral and ethical dimensions, will not ensure humanity’s long term survival. That was among the perspectives under discussion at this year’s UN Commission on Sustainable Development, held from 2-13 May. “We have passed beyond the …
Apr 12
Hi, all. We’re getting ready to roll out a common ground forum where we’re hoping to have wide-ranging discussions about faith and reason, science and religion, learning and related topics. It will be a moderated forum and a violence-free zone in which to discuss issues that are of critical importance to all of us. Right …
Apr 08
Martin Rees just won the Templeton Prize for Science and Religion for 2011. In response, the UK’s Guardian newspaper posted a somewhat cranky article here. Here are some of their comments: In the journal Nature last month, Jerry Coyne, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago, said the Templeton Foundation was “sneakier than the …
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