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‘Abdu’l-Baha’ takes to the airwaves 100 years on . . .

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Abdu’l-Baha’s message from 100 years ago rang loud and clear in a BBC  broadcast recently celebrating the 100th anniversary of his visit to Great Britain.

Fidelma Meehan, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly for Bahá’ís in the UK, told Edward Stourton on Radio 4 about the significance of marking the visit’s centenary.

You can hear it on BBC iPlayer at:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b017lbd1/Sunday_27_11_2011/

The section about the Faith is five minutes into the programme.

She said on the programme that Abdu’l-Baha is seen as the perfect example of the Bahá’í teachings in word and action.

Fidelma, a Swindon Bahá’í, said that the Bahá’í religion embraces the idea that all religions are stages of one progressive faith: so celebrating the idea of unity – one faith, one religion.

 
 

‘It’s wrong to bar young Baha’is from higher education!’

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Academics unite
Some of the academics who've joined the condemnation. Pic used from Baha'i International Community website.

Forty three prominent academics of Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim backgrounds from 16 countries have joined the condemnation of Iran’s policy to bar young Baha’is and others from higher education.

In an unprecedented global initiative they signed an open letter, published on 10 October in The Daily Telegraph .

The letter condemns, in particular, recent attacks by the Iranian authorities on an informal educational initiative of the Baha’i community – known as the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE).

It is at BIHE that Baha’i professors, debarred by the Iranian government from practicing their professions, voluntarily offer their services to teach young community members who are banned from higher education.

See the full story here.