The relationship between religious majorities and minorities in the Middle East is often construed as one of domination versus powerlessness. While this may indeed be the case, to claim that this is only or always…
Book Review
"In Their Place": Marking and Unmarking Shi'ism in Pahlavi Iran.
Dr. Aaron Vahid Sealy, in his Ph.D. thesis, includes the case of the Baha’is in Iran. With close to 400 references to the Baha’i Faith and the Baha’is in Iran, Dr. Sealy covers many cultural,…
British novelist Jon Stock explores Iranian government’s persecution of Baha’is
[bahai.us, 9-Aug-2011] British spy novelist Jon Stock featured the Iranian government’s persecution of Baha’is as a central element of Dead Spy Running. The book was published in 2009 by Thomas Dunne Books and is slated to be made into…
Book Review — Iran Human Rights Review: Religion
Iran Human Rights Review: Religion edited by Tahirih Danesh and Adam Hug Preface by Cherie Blair The Iran Human Rights Review is a new Foreign Policy Centre project that seeks to be an important resource…
"Where is the Justice? stories from behind closed doors," by Rosa Vasseghi
Inspired by the teachings of the Baha’i Faith, in face of bitter and most horrible injustice, the Baha’is of Iran focus their creative energies in bringing about awareness and positive transformation to the World. Rosa…