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19/12/2021 0 Comments

20 Dec- International Human Solidarity Day: Establish once for all the machinery that can make World unity a reality

PicturePHOTO:©Sadek Ahmed
​In his letter of 11 March, 1936, published under the title, “The Unfoldment of World Civilization”, Shoghi Effendi outlined a thrilling vision of the future of humankind, “a world civilization such as no mortal eye hath ever beheld or human mind conceived.”

“Unification of the whole of mankind is the hall-mark of the stage which human society is now approaching,” “he wrote. “Unity of family, of tribe, of city-state, and nation have been successively attempted and fully established. World unity is the goal towards which a harassed humanity is striving.”

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10/12/2021 0 Comments

10 Dec-Human Rights Day: The Baha’i Faith and Human Rights

Picture"All Human, All Equal" is this year's slogan for Human Rights Day.
​On December 10, the world commemorates Human Rights Day to honor the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. This is an appropriate time, then, to reflect on the concept of human rights from a Baha’i perspective.
Baha’u’llah said: 

“Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony.” And He declared: “The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.”

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2/12/2021 0 Comments

3rd Dec, International Day of Persons with Disabilities

PictureThe classroom in the Kamurasi Demonstration School in Masindi Municipality, Uganda, with the Ugandan Sign language alphabet draw on the wall. PHOTO:UNICEF/Uganda/Barbeyrac
Bahá'í writings speak explicitly about disability.
"The whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him. Let no one, therefore, consider the largeness or smallness of the receptacle. The portion of some might lie in the palm of a man's hand, the portion of others might fill a cup, and of others even a gallon-measure." Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
The implication of this passage, could be that whatever we are given (physically, intellectually, spiritually) the important thing is that we seek to fill the receptacle - however large or small that may be.
Perhaps first we should examine what we mean by disability. Disability may be visible or invisible; physical, mental or spiritual.


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1/12/2021 0 Comments

2nd Dec- International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

PictureChildren work at a granite mine in Burkina Faso in 2020. UNICEF is working to withdraw and educate children aged 3 to 12 and place young people aged 14 to 17 in training. PHOTO:UNICEF/Frank Dejongh
There are few concepts more anathema to the Baha’i Faith than slavery. It offends a long list of Baha’i sensibilities as well as the Faith’s express tenets – from the equality of the races, to the importance of the family unit, to the equality of the sexes, and the general advancement of human rights.
​Remembering historical slavery is vital. And it is important to understand that no population has had a monopoly on either side of this shameful institution; virtually every population at various points in history has been both enslaved and has either held or traded slaves. 


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