#Bahá’í

[schar-aac]

"Bahá'í" added to religion page.

image: a yellow, hollow star with nine points.

[darklydreamingdexxter]

EDIT: Sorry I accidently made the last only be able to drink option a second older! just imagine it says all!!

I've gotten mixed answers on this so

I've been wondering since I've gotten so many mixed answers, please reblog for sample size btw!! it's hard to find Bahá’ís!

[this-is-me19]

O God, my God! I have set out from my home, holding fast unto the cord of Thy love, and I have committed myself wholly to Thy care and Thy protection. I entreat Thee by Thy power through which Thou didst protect Thy loved ones from the wayward and the perverse, and from every contumacious oppressor, and every wicked doer who hath strayed far from Thee, to keep me safe by Thy bounty and Thy grace. Enable me, then, to return to my home by Thy power and Thy might. Thou art, truly, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. — Bahá’u’lláh

Travel protection prayer

[spokanefavs]

Pete Haug further explains the religious persecution in Iran of Baha'is.

[swiftsnowmane]

A former leader of the Iranian Baha’i community says the Islamic Republic gives them no chance of “leading a normal life” on account of their faith.

“For forty-five years, we Baha’is have been constantly disqualified from leading a normal life in our ancestral homeland,” Mahvash Sabet, a former member of the Baha’i community’s leadership group wrote in a letter from Tehran’s Evin Prison.

She reflected on the impact of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, stating, "Our ancestral homeland was abruptly taken from us, and we became 'the others'." Sabet recounted the misfortunes suffered by the Baha’i community, including the execution of nearly 250 of its members and the confiscation of assets belonging to many others.

The Shia clergy consider the Baha’i faith as a heretical sect. With approximately 300,000 adherents in Iran, Baha’is face systematic persecution, discrimination, and harassment. They are barred from public sector employment and, in certain instances, have been terminated from private sector jobs due to pressure from authorities.

In her letter, a copy of which was received by Iran International, Sabet has used the term “disqualified” (radd-e salahiyat) to describe Iranian Baha’is deprivation of civil and human rights including freedom of religion, the right to higher education, and most jobs.

In the context of ideological screening primarily carried out by security and intelligence bodies, Radd-e salahiyat means “found disqualified” for a position or status. Screening is conducted in a wide range of situations including higher education, civil service, participation in national sports teams, and elections.

Belief in the absolute guardianship and rule of a jurisprudent cleric (velayat-e motlaqqeh-ye faqih) and the Constitution of the Islamic Republic as a governing system are two of the fundamental requirements for being “qualified” in these situations.

Sabet, now seventy-one, was dismissed from her job as a school principal after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. She has been consistently denied the opportunity to publish her poetry in Iran, where books undergo scrutiny and rejection not solely based on their content, but often due to the authors' ideology, religion, or private lives.

In her letter, Sabet, who has spent nearly twelve years in prison for her faith, reveals that authorities appropriated a sand processing factory her husband had been constructing just a week before its launch. “He was disqualified, too!” she wrote in her letter.

In 2009, seven leaders of the Baha’i community, collectively known as Yaran (friends or helpers), including Sabet, were arrested. They were sentenced by a revolutionary court to 20 years in prison on fabricated charges, including "insulting" Islamic sanctities, propaganda against the regime, and alleged spying for Israel, for which the prosecutor had sought death sentences.

Some of the charges, including espionage, were dropped by an appeal court in 2010, resulting in a reduction of their sentences to 10 years. However, authorities reinstated the original 20-year sentences in 2011.

All members of the Yaran group were released from prison between September 2017 and December 2018. However, Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi, another female member of the group, were arrested again on August 1, 2022.

Both women endured months of solitary confinement while awaiting their trial. In December, they were handed another decade-long prison term for "forming a group to act against national security," a sentence they are currently serving.

[humusboii2thereturnoftheking]

Forty-five years of the illegal regime of the Islamic Republic in a single video

This is the face of Iran, the one puppeteering numerous Islamic terror organizations, among which are Hamas and Hezbollah.

The same crowd cheering as Iran and its proxies launched over 300 drones, ICBM missiles and Cruise missiles on Israel is the one calling for a ceasefire and condemning Israel for its actions. The hypocrisy is not lost on the rest of us.

Iranians deserve so much better than pasty westerners supporting the persecution they've endured & survived for decades.

Video by officialrezapahlavi.

[tamlins-stories-and-poems]

When I first read Fahrenheit 451, I remember thinking “people actually memorized entire novel length books?”

But here’s the thing.

Sometimes, it happens. Sometimes, it’s necessary.

You know what happens when a government regime doesn’t like the message of a book? They ban it, they burn it, they stop it from reaching their people. Especially religious books.

I’m a Bahá’í, I was lucky enough to be born in the United States, and to be White. However, the motherland of my faith is… less than accepting, shall we say, of my fellows still within her borders. There was a push to get as many of our people out as possible before it became impossible for a while, and even today, people are still describing it as “escaping” their homeland when they leave. A friend of mine, who was in high school when the current regime took over, back when he still lived there, memorized one of our holy books in the original language, because there was serious question as to whether the books would be allowed to continue existing. He memorized that book with a few friends, while his other friends memorized some of the others—we have a lot—and he still has it memorized, now this his sons are older than he was then. He could recite the whole thing.

I believe this has happened before. I hope it will not be needed again, but I fear it will be.

Sometimes, the quiet resistance of memorization is what someone can manage. Sometimes we can do more, or other things, but memorizing completely banned books, saving them in our minds so we can share them again once others have forgotten, that is invaluable.

And it is impressive.

Fahrenheit 451 was a warning, based on things Bradbury could see as potentially happening, and based on things that had happened.

I don’t think we can afford to roll our eyes and ignore it.

[chelseahotel2004]

tbh i am so incredibly grateful and privileged to get to know so many brilliant people. i know like "your network is you net worth" or whatever but it truly is amazing how once you break into a certain community you can meet all kinds of incredible people you never fathomed youd be able to meet. idk every day i am so appreciative of the opportunities i have

[tamlins-stories-and-poems]

The gov’t of Yemen may be participating in its own genocide (against a minority religion known as the Baha’i faith, link here) but that doesn’t mean that their people should be cut off from food. Support of another group of people should not result in removal of human aide, ever. Human rights means things every single human, no matter your opinion on their worth or morality, has a right to. Food, water, and safety are human rights.

[nazarethconth]

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[tamlins-stories-and-poems]

Added “you’re really not eating for 19 whole days?” Aka the annual “that’s not what the 19 day Fast from sunrise to sunset means!”

Aka: im tired let me sleep and conserve my energy pls

Matt Shirley

[spokanefavs]

Daniel Pschaida writes today for our 'Ask a Bahá’í series,' and how Bahá’í believes there is only one religion.

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[hebrewbyinbal]

Perched on the slopes of Mount Carmel, the Bahá’í Gardens in Haifa unfold like a stunning green staircase, with 19 terraces descending toward the Mediterranean Sea.

This UNESCO World Heritage site is a blend of natural beauty and spiritual tranquility, where vibrant flowers, manicured hedges, and flowing fountains create a sense of perfect harmony.

At the heart of the gardens stands the golden-domed Shrine of the Báb, shining as a symbol of hope and unity. As you walk through this breathtaking landscape, each terrace feels like a step closer to peace, offering visitors a serene space to reflect and connect with nature and spirit.

By day or night, the Bahá’í Gardens are a true gem of Haifa, representing a message of unity for all.