In an election without nominations or campaigning, delegates from Baha’i communities throughout Australia today chose the Faith’s national governing body, the National Spiritual Assembly.
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The latest issue of the Australian Baha’i Report tells how federal MPs from both sides of the main political divide joined forces recently to call for an end to the persecution of Baha’is in Iran.
Speakers from various religious backgrounds focused on the role of religion in advancing gender equality when they addressed a reception following a service at the Baha’i Temple in Sydney on 29 March to mark International Women’s Day.
A motion calling for an end to the persecution of Baha’is in Iran won bipartisan support in the Australian House of Representatives yesterday.
The Australian Baha’i Community launched a video today which zeroes in on Iran’s persecution of Baha’is and its failure to abide by its promises to the United Nations.
The Sunday service at the Baha’i House of Worship in Sydney on 21 December will be dedicated to prayers for the innocent lives lost this week in Sydney and elsewhere in the world, and for the unity of the entire Australian community.
The Australian Baha’i Community has welcomed last week’s resolution by the United Nations General Assembly in which it expressed its “deep concern at serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations” in Iran.
The role individuals can play in standing up for justice and promoting harmony came into focus at two events organised by Baha’is in Sydney and Canberra to mark Human Rights Day 2014.
A jailed Baha’i poet whose book Prison Poems was the subject of two literary events in Australia has received the support of the worldwide writers association, PEN International.
The daughter of a Gallipoli hero whose story featured in the recent popular TV series The War That Changed Us will address a reception at noon after a public service at the Baha’i Temple in Sydney on 21 September to mark the International Day of Peace.