Kali Drucza, 11, and Nyankiir Deng, 7, spoke about the importance of the education of girls before an audience of 100 people from government, non-governmental organisations and the public.

Baha’i students in Iran have again been prevented from enrolling in universities for the start of the new academic year, a spokesperson for the Australian Baha’i Community, Tessa Scrine, said today.

Today’s youth will take the world beyond nationhood to greater models of unity and global cooperation, a former principal of a Baha’i-inspired international school told an International Day of Peace reception on 21 September.

A winning recipe for tranquillity and spiritual upliftment has put a multi-faith devotional event on the weekend menu for Melbournians from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds.

A library was established on 20 September 2008 to honour the memory of prominent chiropractor and stalwart Baha’i, Mary Ann Chance.

The Australian Baha’i Community has expressed its fears that three Baha’is now imprisoned in Yemen could be deported to Iran, where they could be imprisoned and tortured.

Fears for the lives of seven Baha’i leaders in Iran have mounted after reports of allegations made against them, a spokesperson for the Australian Baha’i Community, Tessa Scrine, said today.

Arson attacks have been made on homes and vehicles belonging to Baha’is in Iran, the Australian Baha’i Community has learned.

Members of the Baha’i Faith read from the Baha’i sacred Writings at an Interfaith Youth Pilgrimage held in Melbourne on 13 July 2008 as part of the Roman Catholic World Youth Day celebrations.

When Ghodsieh Vahdat arrived in Australia from Iran in 1984, she was already a heroine of the Baha’i Faith and bore visible marks that testified to her steadfastness in her faith.