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GENEVA, 24 May (BWNS) – A global day of action demanding an end to human rights abuses in Iran has been called for Saturday, 12 June. The initiative – coordinated by human rights group United4Iran – is being co-sponsored by numerous organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Nobel Women’s Initiative, the Bahá’i International Community, the [...] For the second consecutive year the children and youth from the Halifax Baha’i community’s two Children’s Classes and one Junior Youth Group participated in a litter cleanup on the first Sunday after Earth Day in the Gorsebrook Field. Acts of service are seen as an essential part of the moral and spiritual training in these [...] Holy Day: Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh May 29th marks the date of the ascension of Bahá’u’lláh in 1892. After a brief illness, Bahá’u’lláh died approximately eight hours after sunset and Baha’i communities around the world typically commemorate his ascension at 3:00 a.m., standard time. His mortal remains are interred in a small stone house adjacent to the mansion of [...] |
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