Bahai

Is Justin Baldoni Jewish? Ashkenazi heritage and Baha’i faith

While Baldoni identifies primarily as Baháʼí, his mother, Sharon, is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, tracing her roots back to Central and Eastern Europe.

 Justin Baldoni attends the 'It Ends With Us' premiere in New York City, U.S., August 6, 2024.
 Baháʼí Institute for Higher Education students secretly pursue education in a living room on April 21, 2009. Iran bans formal higher education for members of the Bahá'í faith.

HRW report exposes Iran's ‘Boot on my neck’ policy against Bahai's

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG attends the Megillah reading at the Theatron Hotel synagogue in Jerusalem.

Grapevine March 27, 2024: When the nose knows

 Iran's police forces stand on a street in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Iran claims to arrest Zionist-linked Baháʼí 'spy network'


Iran claims to arrest ‘terrorist Zionist’ network linked to Mossad

Iran says the group made 55 explosive detonators and dozens of bombs and had 100 kg of materials for more bombs.

 An Iranian Officer of Revolutionary Guards, with Israel flag drawn on his boots, is seen during graduation ceremony, held for the military cadets in a military academy, in Tehran, Iran June 30, 2018

Baháʼís seek unity with Iranians to demand women's rights

Forty years after the public execution of 10 Baháʼí women in Iran, the Baháʼí community sees the Iranian people as partners, not persecutors

A BAHA’I family in Fars province stands near where an arson attack was committed.

Iran-backed Houthi gunmen kidnapped 17 Baha’is in Yemen

Video footage from Baha’is showed the attack via Zoom call, as they held a peaceful gathering in Yemen's capital.

Members of the Baha'i faith demonstrate during a hearing in the case of a fellow Baha'i charged with seeking to establish a base for the community in Yemen, Sanaa April 3, 2016. "You all are the fruits of one tree, the leaves of one branch and the drops of one sea."

Iranian NGO to Ohio: Stop funding Oberlin over prof’s massacre cover-up

Mahallati denied the allegation that he covered up crimes against humanity in Iran when he was Tehran’s ambassador to the UN between 1987-1989.

 Iranian Americans protesting against Oberlin College Prof. Mahallati's alleged crimes against humanity.

Grapevine March 24, 2023: It’s in the book

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 GALIT GUTMAN and her daughter, Emma, model creations by Aharon Genish.

Pro-Iran regime prof. in US covered up mass murder - human rights report

Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, who teaches Islam at the Ohio-based Oberlin College, was the Islamic Republic of Iran’s UN ambassador from 1987-1989.

Iranian-Americans, college students and community members protest against the gender apartheid policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Christian youth see 'future of despair' says Greek Orthodox Patriarch

President Herzog and the Patriarch each emphasized the importance of coexistence, mutual respect and dignity as qualities integral to making peace.

 The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilus III, gives a press conference at the Palestinian run Imperial Hotel inside Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on March 29, 2022.

Baha’is urge Qatar’s Emir to restore their rights

The Baha'i International Community organization issued an appeal to the Qatari monarchy urging the Emir to eliminate the discrimination against Baha'is.

 The Baha'i shrine is seen in the northern city of Haifa August 18, 2008

Iran arrests 12 Baha'i people accused of spying for Israel

Iranian news agency IRNA reported that the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security of the Islamic Republic arrested 12 followers of the Baha'i faith on suspicion of spying for Israel.

 An Iranian woman holds a Hezbollah flag during a protest to express solidarity with the Palestinian people amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Tehran, Iran May 18, 2021.

Iran steps up persecution of its Baha’i minority

Tehran is seen as scapegoating the group to distract attention from the deteriorating situation in the country.

A BAHA’I family in Fars province stands near where an arson attack was committed.

Acre Bahai Shrine damaged in fire

Damage was sustained to NIS 250 million construction site dedicated to Abdul Baha.

 UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Main building at shrine of Abdul Baha, Acre.