Browsing Archive: October, 2011

Iran 's Outcast Religion (reposted from the Wall Street Journal)

Posted by Bahá'ís of Abbotsford on Sunday, October 30, 2011, In : Articles of Interest 
Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians have rights under the constitution. Not Bahais.

By FIRUZ KAZEMZADEH

In some 40 years as a university professor, I have been privileged to teach students who went on to serve their people as senators, ambassadors, prominent scholars and even U.S. president. None of this would have been possible had I lived in my family's homeland of Iran. As a member of the Bahai faith, I would have been barred from teaching freely—and I might even have been imprisoned, as sev...
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Joining with our Christian Friends

Posted by Bahá'ís of Abbotsford on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, In : Community Activity 
Sunday October 23 was both a happy and a sad occasion when the Bahá'í community of Abbotsford joined in worship at Gladwin Heights United Church.The event was HAPPY because there was singing, prayers and fellowship, but SAD because it was time to say goodbye to Rev. Dorothy Jeffery. The Bahá'í community has been appreciative of Rev. Jeffery over the last few years for her dedicated work in the interfaith community. We wish Dorothy all the best with her new congregation.



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Spiritual Hope: The antidote to material greed?

Posted by Bahá'ís of Abbotsford on Sunday, October 16, 2011, In : Devotional Topics 
OH SON OF MAN! Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more. (Baha'u'llah, The Arabic Hidden Words #52)

About 30 souls were in attendance at the devotional gathering on October 15 to ponder the remedy for the seemingly widening gap between the rich and the poor around the world. After a number of readings and some time for prayers, Harold Rosen provided some additional points that got people thinking about ...
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University students in Abbotsford speak out

Posted by Bahá'ís of Abbotsford on Thursday, October 13, 2011, In : Community Activity 
On Wednesday October 5, 2011 Baha´'í students at the University of the Fraser Valley staffed a display and talked to other students about the rights of people everywhere to have access to education. They highlighted the plight of Bahá'í university students in Iran who have not only been banned from attending public universities there, but have been arrested and imprisoned for creating and attending one that was created for them.

To raise awareness the students showed videos of peopl...
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