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Tag: "Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE)"

tag name Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) type: Organizations, Bahá'í; Persecution; Universities
web link bahai-library.com/tags/Bahai_Institute_for_Higher_Education_(BIHE)
related tags - Persecution, Iran; Universities; Higher education; Iran (documents)
referring tags Dissimulation
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"The Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) was founded in 1987 in response to the Iranian government's continuing campaign to deny Iranian Bahá'ís access to higher education..."

Read further on the official website: bihe.org

references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baháʼí_Institute_for_Higher_Education; bahaipedia.org/Bahá’í_Institute_for_Higher_Education; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education"; bihe.org

"Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE)" has been tagged in:

20 results from the Main Catalog

12 results from the Chronology

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  1. 2025-09. Principled Engagement: The Bahá'í Community of Iran's Approach to Social Change. Iqan Shahidi. — Analyzes the Iranian Baha’i community’s principled, non-adversarial engagement in social change,... Articles.
  2. 2023-11-28. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice. — Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guard... UHJ-letters.
  3. 2022/2024. Unimaginable Resilience of a Pen: Book. Shahriar Jahanian. — Historical story of Maryam, a young woman in Iran who dared to think differently, was denied an educ... Excerpts.
  4. 2022/2024. Unimaginable Resilience of a Pen: Screenplay. Shahriar Jahanian. — Historical screenplay about Maryam, a young woman in Iran who dared to think differently, was denied... Scripts.
  5. 2022-09-28. Education under Fire. Shahriar Jahanian. — Overview of past and recent obstacles to education in Iran. Essays.
  6. 2022-08. What Is Bahá'í Education?. Filip Boicu. — different current expectations about what should fall under the topic of "Baha’i education"; three... Presentations.
  7. 2021. Redefining Resiliency, Resistance, and Oppression: A Case Study of the Bahá'i Underground University in Iran. Kimiya Tahirih Missaghi. — On the nature of resiliency in a systematically oppressed population; the existence and growth of th... Theses.
  8. 2021. Religious Persecution and Oppression: A Study of Iranian Baha'ís' Strategies of Survival. Naghme Naseri Morlock. — Research based on extensive interviews exploring three ways that members of the Baha'i community res... Articles.
  9. 2020. Constructive Imaginary, The. Michael Karlberg. — In a 2007 letter on the closing of the BIHE, the Universal House of Justice introduced the concept o... Articles.
  10. 2019. Hidden Words and Sounds: Tracing Iranian Legacies and Traumas in the Music of the Bahá'ís of North America. Daniel Akira Stadnicki. — On the legacy of Persian culture, aesthetics, and history of religious persecution as reflected in B... Theses.
  11. 2018. Constructive Resilience. Firaydoun Javaheri. — How the perseverance of the Baha'is in Iran has resulted in the generality of the Iranian people beg... Articles.
  12. 2017. Iran's Systemic Denial of Access to Higher Education. Saman Sabeti. — Discrimination as embedded in the Iranian Constitution and in higher education since 1979; dismissal... Articles.
  13. 2011-07-29. In the Face of Oppression. Geoffrey Cameron. — The Baha'is in Iran have long been persecuted, but stand strong in their pursuit of a just society. Newspapers.
  14. 2011-06-11. What is the Iranian government so afraid of?. Ted Slavin. — The value of education, and the forced closing of the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education in Iran. Newspapers.
  15. 2008-12-23. Resisting Educational Exclusion: The Bahá'í Institute of Higher Education in Iran. Friedrich W. Affolter. Audio.
  16. 2008-12. Exploratory Study Examining the Factors Associated with the Survival of Underground Education in an Oppressive Environment. Nayyer Ghadirian. — History of and challenges faced by the Baha'i Institute of Higher Education. Link to thesis (offsite... Theses.
  17. 2003-06. Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Baha'is. Christopher Buck. — "The Baha'i question" is really a test case for whether Islam can legitimately claim to respect huma... Articles.
  18. 2002 Spring. Brain Drain from Iran to the United States, The. Akbar E. Torbat. — Excerpt from article mentioning the exodus of Baha'i intelligentsia from Iran in 1979, and the Baha'... Excerpts.
  19. 1999-04-01. Baha'i Institute Of Higher Education, The: A Creative And Peaceful Response To Religious Persecution In Iran. Bahá'í International Community. — Overview of the history and architecture of BIHE, the independent, full-fledged, yet completely dece... BIC.
  20. 1999 Spring. United Nations and the Bahá'ís, The: An Interview with Kofi Annan. Kofi Annan, Sahba Sobhani, ed. . — Annan's vision for the institution of the U.N., and mentions of the Baha'is in Iran. Newspapers.

from the Chronology (12 results; expand)

  1. 1987-00-01 — Faced with unrelenting religious persecution involving a wide range of human rights violations, the ...
  2. 1998-02-01 — The Baha'i Open University resumed activities after the seizure of much of their assets four months ...
  3. 1998-09-29 — Starting this date until October 2nd, in Iran, the government raided some 500 private homes and the ...
  4. 1999-04-19 — The Islamic Revolutionary Court in Isfahan sentenced Sina Hakiman (10 yrs), Farzad Khajeh Sharifabad...
  5. 2011-05-00 — Some 39 homes of Baha'is associated with the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) were raide...
  6. 2011-09-24 — The arrest of Abdolfattah Soltani, a senior member of the legal team (4 lawyers) representing a numb...
  7. 2012-05-11 — The Universal House of Justice sent a message to the Baha'is of Iran near the four-year anniversary ...
  8. 2013-07-15 — Iranian filmmaker and blogger as well as a former Islamist hardliner who has become an outspoken cri...
  9. 2014-00-00 — The release of the film To Light a Candle produced by Maziar Bahari which expo
  10. 2015-02-27 — The premiere of the film To Light a Candle by Iranian-Canadian filmmaker and journalist, Maziar Maha...
  11. 2017-10-31 — Fariba Kamalabadi, a member of the former leadership group of the Baha'is called the "Yaran", conclu...
  12. 2021-11-14 — Update on the BIHE: The Institute has adapted using today's technology. As of this date 955 staff me...
 
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