The new Web site of the Australian Baha’i Community invites members of the public to join with Baha’is in service to their neighbourhoods.
Launched today, the site at www.bahai.org.au has a different design, range of illustrations and emphasis to its predecessor produced in 2007, says spokesperson Natalie Mobini.
Dr Mobini said the site emphasises how Baha’is are working alongside people in the wider community and learning from them.
“We want to help society develop in a positive manner, and so we offer what we think will be useful to Australians,” Dr Mobini-Kesheh said.
“For example, in the section of the site called ‘Participate’, we describe how all Australians can join us in activities designed to build a vibrant community life in neighbourhoods across Australia,” she said.
“The site now links with Facebook, Twitter and flickr in recognition of the new and diverse ways people are communicating on-line,” Dr Mobini said.
“News stories are given new prominence and we encourage people to subscribe to the news service,” she said.
A new feature of the site is a guest blog, which will be updated regularly, she said.
Dr Mobini said the site employs new photos and videos in ways that convey the diversity and vitality of the Australian Baha’i community.
“An historical video has images dating from the arrival of the Faith in Australia in 1920 to current times, and other videos and profiles tell personal stories of individual Baha’is,” she said.
There are pages devoted to each State of Australia and a “community look-up facility” to find contact details of Baha’is in local areas. There are also links to Web sites of national Baha’i communities worldwide.
The site has a more secure technical foundation than its forerunner.