UK Bahá’í News Update
28 February 2021
4 Ayyám-i-Há 177 B.E.
Contents:
– New UK Bahá’í magazine published
– Office of Public Affairs: “An extraordinary wave of support” – Growing outcry for Bahá’ís in Iranian village of Ivel
– BIC releases first feature-length film, exploring gender equality
– Ground broken for first local Bahá’í temple in India
– Farmers, agricultural scientists, policy makers address Iran’s Chief Justice and Minister of Agriculture
New UK Bahá’í magazine published
Issue 32 of UK Bahá’í magazine (March 2021) is now available. This edition explores the place of community in the modern world and the society that the Bahá’í Faith anticipates and strives toward. The forthcoming One Year Plan, the Universal House of Justice has written, “will be a year for profound reflection on the life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the strength of the Covenant of which He was the Centre.” With this in mind, the UK Bahá’í brings the Master to the fore in this and future issues, exploring how He can be emulated in the lives of the Bahá’í community today.
The magazine should have by now been received by all who request a printed copy. Please email the National Office at nsa@bahai.org.uk if you require additional copies. For those who wish to read it online, UK Bahá’í is posted to a free, web-based reader, here. It is also available as a PDF and is downloadable, along with all back issues, from the UK Bahá’í Resources website.
Friends who currently receive a printed copy of the magazine but wish only to access UK Bahá’í electronically may request that they be taken off the distribution list by emailing nsa@bahai.org.uk.
Office of Public Affairs: “An extraordinary wave of support” – Growing outcry for Bahá’ís in Iranian village of Ivel
Leading Muslims, government officials, and parliamentarians around the world have joined a growing outcry at the unjust confiscation of properties owned by Bahá’ís in the farming village of Ivel in Iran. Read more about the UK responses on the OPA website as well as international coverage, here >
Bahá’í International Community
Bahá’í International Community releases first feature-length film, exploring gender equality
The Bahá’í International Community (BIC) has launched its first feature-length film, exploring gender equality. The film examines advances in the area of equality of women and men at the level of the grassroots and their connection with the conversations that have been unfolding at the UN, drawing on examples inspired by Bahá’í community-building efforts in different countries around the world.”
The film marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action that resulted from the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995 and reflects on advances made toward the goals for gender equality articulated in the declaration.
Watch film on YouTube, here >
Read more, here >
