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Rashid's Legacy
This is the cover of a book entitled "Rashid's Legacy" (The Genesis of the Maktoum Family and the History of Dubai). The Maktoum family is the ruling family of Dubai to whom the Emirate's incredible progress is credited.
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Who are the Bahais? (Al-Jazeera)
AlJazeera.com published today an article by Sheikha Sajida about the Baha’i Faith. It expresses the traditional Muslim conservative perspective. Here are my comments to the author about her text.
1 . Egyptian Baha'is are demanding the same civil rights as any other Egyptian citizens have. And that means to have official ID cards. Whether those cards ( Read more... ) -
A sad day for human rights... A shameful day for Egypt!
Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court today ruled against the right of Baha'is to be properly identified on government documents. The decision upholds current government policy, a policy which forces the Baha'is either to lie about their religious beliefs or give up their state identification cards.
As a direct consequence of this verdict, the Baha' ( Read more... ) -
A basic message to Iranian Shiites: DON’T DO TO OTHERS WHAT YOU WOULDN’T LIKE OTHERS TO DO TO YOU
"The officials of the Islamic regime of Iran, and the members of the anti-Baha'i groups in Iran, have long accused the Baha'is to distort the religion of Islam. Also, they have claimed that Bahai's have acted as the tools of the foreign powers in Iran. Of course, as far as the first accusation is concerned, Shiites are themselves under attack by ( Read more... ) -
EGYPT: University protests and Baha'i rights infringement (Reuters)
CAIRO, (IRIN) - In Egypt, members of the 9th March Movement for the Independence of Universities staged a demonstration on Wednesday at the campus of Ain Shams University in Cairo. Academics and staff from a number of universities protested against the violence and intimidation used by security forces during student union elections at Ain Shams ( Read more... ) -
Words os Asma Jahangir
Asma Jahangir is the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion ( Read more... ) -
European Parliament resolution on Iran
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My blogs
I am a Portuguse baha'i.
My blogs (in Portuguese) are:
http://povodebaha.blogspot.com/ (Povo de Bahá - People of Bahá)
http://antigamente1900.blogspot.com/ (Antigamente - Old postcards and photos from the Portuguese world in early 20th century)
