Iranian Bahá’í Leaders Enter Third Year in Prison
(BWNS) On 14 May, the Iranian Bahai leaders enter their third year of imprisonment without having been convicted of any crime. They are, top from left, Behrouz Tavakkoli, Fariba Kamalabadi, Vahid...
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23rd May is the anniversary of the event that marks the starting year of the Baha’i Calendar, the Declaration of The Báb, the moment that the fore-runner of Bahá’ú’llah first revealed His station to...
View ArticleGoogle Earth Locations 3D
Back in 2006 I posted this article giving the locations of various Baha’i sites for anybody wanting to zoom in on them in Google Maps or Google Earth. Back then a couple of the buildings were obscured...
View ArticleIn the Early Hours of 29th May
In the early hours of 29th May, 1892, Baha’u’llah, the prophet founder of the Bahá’í Faith, passed away. At 3am each year (4am with clocks adjusted for British summer time) Bahá’ís around the globe...
View ArticleFacebook’s New Messaging Service
Mark Zuckerberg introduces the new messaging concept [Facebook's messaging service no longer offers the same capabilities that it did when the following was written...] Earlier today, at a press...
View ArticleMobile Phone Recycling
Last year I traded in three old mobile phones that had been sitting in a drawer “as spares”. Television advertisements kept telling me that I could help save the planet by recycling my old phones, and...
View ArticleT-Mobile Mobile Broadband: Disabling Image Compression
This post will interest only a very few people, but for those it helps it will be most welcome. By default T-Mobile heavily compress images downloaded over their mobile broadband service, but this can...
View ArticleBahá’í Jewellers Online
There are three main Bahá’í-related items that might be sought from a jeweller, they are “Ringstone Symbol” rings (or pendants), prayer beads and possibly burial rings. I have recently been thinking of...
View ArticleMac Freeware Essentials
Having used Windows computers much more than Macs there are certain applications I have come to rely upon which are available for free. The higher availability of great free applications has always...
View ArticleThe Spiritual Foundations of Bahá’í Marriage
Marriage, from a Bahá’í perspective, is both spiritual and physical in nature. The following article looks at the foundations of a strong spiritual union, and begins this exploration by examining what...
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