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One step from love . . .

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It’s often said that love makes the world go round. Often it is at key points in one’s life that we think a little more deeply about what love means to us.

West Berkshire Bahá’í Shawn Khorassani said that ‘love’ is a subject which never fails to grab people’s attention when it is discussed at one of the Thames Valley Bahá’í Community’s regular Bahá’í meeetings on Tuesday evenings in Newbury. He said: “Love is something which everyone has some understanding of, but not everybody has experienced it in a spiritual way. It’s something that always generates a strong interest when we choose subjects for our Tuesday evening meetings.”

Bahá’ís are taught, in The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh: “Thou art but one step away from the glorious heights above and from the celestrial tree of love.”

If you want to find out more about the Bahá’í faith, why not take part in a Tuesday evening meeting in Newbury. Shawn said: “We are always pleased to have new people come along to our meetings. We like to have lively and interesting discussions.”

Getting the inside track from Reza . . .

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Iranian Taboo was the most difficult film every made by Iranian-Dutch filmmaker Reza Allamehzadeh, he told the official Iranian Taboo website.

He said: “I have made several challenging documentaries during my long career as a filmmaker; films like ‘Speak out Turkmen!’ on the bloody war between well organised army of the newly established Islamic regime of Iran (1979) and poorly organised Turkmen tribe in the northern Iran or ‘Holy Crime’ on State terrorism of the Islamic government in Europe, which resulted in assassination of more than 80 well-known dissidents, in just one decade.

 “But none of them was as difficult to make as the ‘Iranian Taboo’. In spite of the fact that I’m banned to enter my homeland, I managed to film deep inside Iran, with the help of devoted friends who risked their lives to film the footage that I needed for this film. Organising and obtaining access to the vast range of the interviewees in this film, from Shirin Ebadi to Abolhassan Banisadr was another challenging point that I managed to overcome. ‘Iranian Taboo’ is the most personal documentary that I have ever made!”

Thames Valley Baha’i Community will let you know as soon as we know that a DVD of Iranian Taboo is available!