Channel 4 News covers the Baha’i trial
18 February, 2009
Check out the closing segment at 18 minutes and 41 seconds in this evenings news piece, it aired on a major TV channel in the UK. It mentions the current persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran, in particular the recent trial concerning the detention of seven of its members.
The reporter interviews prominent human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi, who speaks of her own plight in Tehran and also of the hardships of those she courageously defends. Please visit here for the latest news on the situation concerning the Baha’is.
Update: Channel 4 news article
Our family and all the Baha’is in our locality pray God to alleviate the suffering of these persecuted Baha’is. We are with them at all time. Justice will be rendered to these Heroic souls in the near future.
دعواتنا القلبية لبهائي ايران ونتمنى لهم كل السلامه والخير
The Baha’i Faith is not an ‘off-shoot’ of Islam any more than Christianity is an ‘off-shoot’ of Judaism.
It is an independent religion whose Founder was Persian. The persecution of a Faith which teaches the unity of all humanity; the concept of the oneness of God and all religion; the equality of men and women and the harmony of science and religion is the gravest of injustices. Its presentation the other night in ‘Around the World in 80 Faiths’ more than testifies to its unifying power.