As a Baha’i, I put energy into my community’s activities. Also, I am very involved with the community at large, and my activities there result in sacrificing my Baha’i involvement, which creates an ...

Seven top leaders of the Baha’i faith are on trial in Iran after awaiting their fate in Tehran's notorious Evin prison for almost two years. Six of the seven Baha'is were detained in May 2008 on ...

The global Baha'i faith originated in Iran in the mid-nineteenth century based on the principle of the unity of humanity. Since then, the Baha'i community has dispersed worldwide, becoming one of the ...

Chicagoans is a first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. This week’s Chicagoan is Baha’i follower Lucia Pane. Whenever I mention the Baha’i faith, people look at me like, ...

A description of Bahá'í worship, in which they try to know and love God. Bahá'ís see themselves as a people with a mission to bring harmony and unity in the world, and this is reflected in their ...

All about prayer in Bahá'í life. Prayer is a vital part of Bahá'í spiritual life. Bahá'ís believe that prayer is more than making requests to God; it's more like a conversation with God in contrast to ...

The Baha’i faith — a small but global religion with an interfaith credo — fits comfortably into the religious spectrum of most countries. In several Middle East nations, however, Baha’i followers face ...

One of the biggest gripes I have about my academic field of social science is that it explains a lot about human behavior but is very short on prescriptions for how to live day to day. Even when it ...

A quote I identify with comes from Mahatma Gandhi: “I’m a Hindu, a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew, a Buddhist and a Confucian.” I’m sure Gandhi could’ve kept going, mentioning the Baháis, the Quakers, the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Seven leaders of the Bahai community in Iran were sentenced to 20 years ...