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1. December 31, 1997, News Briefs
       News Briefs from the Bahá'í Communities around the globe...
   
   
2. December 28, 1997, Times of Swaziland
       Race unity is still the most challenging issue...
   
   
3. December 21, 1997, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
       Instead of a gift, wrap up a virtue for the holidays...
   
   
4. December 17, 1997 -- The East African
       KBC Coverage Question an Issue of 'Cannot' Rather than 'Will Not'...
   
   
5. December 17, 1997 -- Northern News Services (Canada)
       Loved teacher lives on...
   
   
6. December 02, 1997 -- Times of Zambia
       Kaiche: Engineer turned musician...
   
   
7. December, 1997 -- World Council of Churches
       New Religious Movements: An OrthodoxPerspective...
   
   
8. November, 1997 -- National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of South Africa
       STATEMENT TO THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION...
   
   
9. November 11, 1997 -- The Cincinnati Enquirer
       Pastor wants communion for all...
   
   
10. October 24, 1997 -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
        Radio National Transcripts: The Religion Report...
    
    
11. October 03, 1997 -- Northern News Services (Canada)
        Harvest in the spiritual garden...
    
    
12. September, 1997, Dr. Moojan Momen
        Towards the Millennium...
    
    
13. September 29, 1997, HA'ARTEZ Magazine (Israel)
        To find a just repose. The Knesset has passed a law permitting secular funerals...
    
    
14. September 24, 1997, Reuters/IPS
        Treatment of the Baha'is and other minorities in Iran...
    
    
15. September 24, 1997, Reuters
        Human Rights Watch report...
    
    
16. September 16, 1997, Daily Illini
        The Baha'i Faith...
    
    
17. September 09, 1997, Testimony of Congressman Frank R. Wolf
        House Committee on International Relations Committee Hearing on Religious Persecution...
    
    
18. September 07 1997, U.S. Congress Set To Attack Religious Persecution
        Washington, 9 September 1997 (RFE/RL) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to move this week on proposed legislation that would censure nations the Congress believes are engaged in religious persecution...
    
    
19. August, 1997 - Capital Times
        Baha'is live by Faith's rules in workplace...
    
    
20. August, 1997 - Reuters
        Burial row dogs Israeli immigrants, bombing victim...
    
    
21. August 05, 1997 - The Seattle Times
        No place to bury teen bomb victim...
    
    
22. August 03, 1997 - United Press International
        Israeli bomb victim finally buried...
    
    
23. August 03, 1997 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
        Consultant's new business buzz words: respect and love...
    
    
24. July 27, 1997 - The New York Times
        In Many Lands, the Right to Worship Freely Hasn't a Prayer...
    
    
25. July 27, 1997 - Chicago Sun-Times
        Temple symbolizes Baha'i Faith...
    
    
26. July 25, 1997
        PRESIDENTE DO URUGUAI PARTICIPA DE EVENTO BAHÁ’Í...
    
    
27. July 13, 1997 - Washington Post
        Not Black, Not White...
    
    
28. July 10, 1997 - Mercury News
        San Jose Baha'i Community Commemorates Prophet's Death...
    
    
29. July 07, 1997 - San Francisco Examiner
        Vic Damone: Surprisingly jazzy...
    
    
30. June 30, 1997 - Milwaukee Jornal
        Working for harmony, a person at a time...
    
    
31. June 26, 1997 - San Francisco Chronicle
        Religious Violence Decried at Gathering...
    
    
32. June 20, 1997 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
        Bahais offer a model of racial unity...
    
    
33. June 15, 1997 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
        Character comes through in porcelain...
    
    
34. June 06, 1997 - Bermuda Sun
        Celebrating diversity...
    
    
35. June 04, 1997 - US Senate
        FREEDOM FROM RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION ACT (House of Representatives - June 04, 1997)...
    
    
36. June, 1997 - The Iranian
        I am not an infidel...
    
    
37. May 28, 1997 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
        "The Conundrum of Reconciliation"...
    
    
38. May 28, 1997 - The Iranian
        Baha'i religion embodies peace, love and diversity...
    
    
39. May 23, 1997 - Daily Northwestern
        Baha'i religion embodies peace, love and diversity...
    
    
40. May 22, 1997
        News Odyssey Cable TV Religion Show to Feature Segment on Declaration of the Bab...
    
    
41. May 05, 1997 -- The California Aggie
        Baha'i Club hosts 'A Dialogue for the Healing of Racism'...
    
    
42. April 20, 1997 -- The Daily Telegraph (London)
        Archbishop to bless 'pagan project'...
    
    
43. April 18, 1997 -- The Rice Thresher
        A unique faith: Rice Baha'i...
    
    
44. April 15, 1997 - Payam-e Emrouz (Iran)
        An Interview with Mohammad Hossein Ziaee, the Secretary of the Islamic Human Rights Commission...
    
    
45. April 10, 1997 - United Nations
        Press Release HR/CN/796...
    
    
46. April 04, 1997 - The Tribune
        BAHAIS PRAY FOR THEIR HOMELAND...
    
    
47. April 01, 1997 -- CANADIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY
        Shi'ite Islam: Polity, Ideology, and Creed, by Yann Richard...
    
    
48. April 01, 1997 -- The California Aggie
        Hate crime: Event can spark change...
    
    
49. March 21, 1997 - San Jose Mercury News
        The 19 days leading up to their New Year...
    
    
50. March 21, 1997 - Ft. Worth Star Telegram
        Baha'i Center in Dallas Erases Graffiti Slurs...
    
    
51. March 08, 1997 - San Jose Mercury News
        The 19 days leading up to their New Year
    give Baha'is a sense of worldwide communion...
    
    
52. March 08, 1997 - National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States
        Attacks on the Baha'i Faith...
    
    
53. March 08, 1997 - Ft. Worth Star Telegram
        Baha'i Center in Dallas Erases Graffiti Slurs...
    
    
54. February 15, 1997 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
        Baha'i to honor pair from Milwaukee...
    
    
55. February 05, 1997 - WhiteHorse Post (Australia)
        David's spreading the word...
    
    
56. February 03, 1997 (German)
        Der Oberste Iranische Gerichtshof in Teheran hat die Beschwerden von zwei Angehoerigen der Baha'i-Religion verworfen und die gegen sie verhaengten Todesurteile bestaetigt...
    
    
57. January 31, 1997 -- Seattle Times
        Restrictions on religion...
    
    
58. January 31, 1997 -- Commonweal
        ISLAM & CHRISTIANITY FACE TO FACE. An old conflict & prospects for a new ending...
    
    
59. January 31, 1997
        Iranian Court Decisions Could Threaten Christian Converts from Islam...
    
    
60. January 31, 1997
        Background Information regarding the case of the two Bahá'ís sentanced to Death in Iran
    
    
61. January 30, 1997 -- Amnesty International
        Baha'is Threatened with Execution in Iran...
    
    
62. January 24, 1997 -- State News
        Weekend show to stress racial unity on campus...
    
    
63. January 05, 1997 -- Amnesty International
        THE 85TH INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE...
    
    
64. ca. 1997 -- Religion News Service