{"id":1323,"date":"2015-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/she-committed-the-crime-of-love-again\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:52:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:52:51","slug":"she-committed-the-crime-of-love-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/she-committed-the-crime-of-love-again\/","title":{"rendered":"She committed \u201cthe crime of love again\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/DSC_9815-1.jpeg\" alt=\"She committed \u201cthe crime of love again\u201d\" \/><figcaption>Ghodsieh Samimi (right) with Nahid Shahrigari holding a photograph of Mahvash Sabet next to the installation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The first of seven Baha\u2019i leaders to be unjustly imprisoned in 2008 was Mahvash Sabet, a poet whose thoughts and feelings have since inspired people the world over.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While in her cell, Mrs Sabet, 62, secretly wrote verses of insight, poignancy and spiritual upliftment that have been published in her book \u201cPrison Poems\u201d*.<\/p>\n<p>In Australia, where Mrs Sabet has relatives, the book had its Australian launch last year.<\/p>\n<p>Two lines from her poem \u201cTurmoil\u201d have inspired the placement of a heart-shaped installation in front of the Sydney Baha\u2019i Temple.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em> \u201cIf I\u2019m in this prison now, it\u2019s only because<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I\u2019ve committed the crime of love again.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The installation is part of a week-long national and global campaign (14-21 May) to call for the release of the seven Baha\u2019i leaders, who are now serving a 20 year sentence.<\/p>\n<p>This month marks the seventh anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of the seven leaders following raids on their homes by squads of the Iranian regime. They were tried on spurious charges in a sham trial, which was widely condemned by the international community, including Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Sabet\u2019s aunt, Ghodsieh Samimi of Sydney, remembers that for months after her beloved niece was arrested, none of her family knew her whereabouts or even if she was alive or not.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually Mrs Sabet was able to phone her husband and tell him where she was imprisoned. She has since endured terrible conditions in prison but her spirit remains strong and radiant.<\/p>\n<p>American journalist Roxana Saberi who shared a cell with her and fellow Baha\u2019i leader Fariba Kamalabadi, said they were the two prisoners who inspired her the most.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey showed me what it means to be selfless, to care more about community and beliefs than about oneself,\u201d Ms Saberi wrote in her best seller \u201cBetween Two Worlds\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first of seven Baha\u2019i leaders to be unjustly imprisoned in 2008 was Mahvash Sabet, a poet whose thoughts and feelings have since inspired people the world over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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