- 1970-1995: Newspaper articles archive (1970-1995). — Collection of newspaper articles from 1970-1995.
- Bahá'í International Community. 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (2008-02-06). — Baha'i International Community’s Statement on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universa...
- Christopher Buck. Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá'í Faith (2018). — Locke was cynical about the prospect of real progress in race relations within Christianity itself, ...
- Dan Rather. American Dream, The: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation (2001). — Commentary on Baha'i persecutions, by a famous TV news anchor.
- Universal House of Justice. Amnesty International (1993-02-14). — Baha'is may work with but should not hold membership in Amnesty International.
- Meriam Wagdy Azmi. Anti-Secular Regulation of Religious Difference in Egypt, The (2021). — Religious minorities lack recognition by the government. Secularism could remedy this, but some argu...
- John Paul Vader. August Forel Defends the Persecuted Persian Bahá'ís: 1925-1927 (1986). — History of Forel's involvement with the Faith. Includes correspondence from Shoghi Effendi.
- Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. Báb on the Rights of Women, The (2023-06). — Statements of the Bab on issues such as mutʿah and tahlil marriages, polygyny, bridal consent, divo...
- Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. United States Bahá'í National Center, comp. Bahá'í Approach to Non-Involvement in Partisan Political Activity (2022-10). — Resource for individual and group study, in light of the current civil and political unrest in the U...
- Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'í Declaration of Human Obligations and Rights, A (1947-02). — The source of human rights is the endowment of qualities, virtues and powers which God has bestowed ...
- Wendi Momen. Bahá'í Faith and the Equality, Rights, and Advancement of Women, The: A Survey of Principles, Praxis, and Discourse (2023). — Equality of women and men; education, advancement, and rights of women and girls; their application ...
- Bahá'í International Community. Baha'i Institute Of Higher Education, The: A Creative And Peaceful Response To Religious Persecution In Iran (1999-04-01). — Overview of the history and architecture of BIHE, the independent, full-fledged, yet completely dece...
- Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'í Question, The: Cultural Cleansing in Iran (2008-09).
- Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh, ed. Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights (2001). — Articles by Kiser Barnes, Greg Duly, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims, Graham Hassall, Darren Hedley, Nazila...
- Juan Cole. Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology (1997). — The idea of liberation and equality is central to Baha'i theology; the poor in the 19th century Midd...
- Akbar E. Torbat. Brain Drain from Iran to the United States, The (2002 Spring). — Excerpt from article mentioning the exodus of Baha'i intelligentsia from Iran in 1979, and the Baha'...
- Chichi Layor. Bringing Rights Home: Human Rights and the Institution of the Family (2001). — The role of family rights in contemporary human rights discourse, Baha’i principles relating to fa...
- Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Calling, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries (2017). — Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On t...
- Capital Punishment and Amnesty International (n.d.). — Letter from the House to Amnesty International on the death penalty.
- Naseem Kourosh. Cold Winter in North Africa, A: The Case of the Bahá'ís in Egypt (2012-08). — Contemporary history of the Egyptian government's refusal to issue identification cards to Baha'is.
- Kamran Ekbal. Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu'l-Baha's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East (2014). — Abdu'l-Baha was opposed to the cultural and political colonialism of foreign powers and their milita...
- Salim A. Nakhjavani. Constitutional Coherence and the Legal Status of the Bahá'í Community of Iran (2016-11). — Constitutional coherence as a process norm; unfulfilled constitutional promises; aspects of the Iran...
- Firaydoun Javaheri. Constructive Resilience (2018). — How the perseverance of the Baha'is in Iran has resulted in the generality of the Iranian people beg...
- Sulayman S. Nyang. Continuities and Discontinuities in Islamic Perspectives on Cultural Diversity (1999-02). — Contains only brief mention of Baha'is, but discusses the Iranian Revolution and related topics.
- Bahá'í International Community. Declaración bahá'í sobre obligaciones y derechos humanos, 1947 (1947-02). — Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Baha'i ante la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones ...
- Marjan Nirou. Disinvestment: Is It a Bahá'í Issue? (1986). — Economic sanctions as a response to apartheid, the background of South Africa, Baha'i approaches to ...
- Universal House of Justice. Egypt, Bahá'í Community of, and Religious Identity (2006-12-21). — Message to the Baha'is of Egypt in the wake of a Supreme Administrative Court decision in Cairo that...
- Jonathan Patrick. Examination of the Cultural Relativity of Human Rights, An (2001 Autumn). — On the discourse between proponents of the universality of human rights, and those of their cultural...
- Sheila Banani. Eyes of the Children, The (1986). — One poem inspired by female infanticide in China.
- Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. Faith Denied, A: The Persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran (2006-12). — The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center's account of persecutions of Baha'is of Iran (2006).
- Sen McGlinn. Family Law in Iran (2001). — Detailed overview of 20th-century Iranian laws regarding marriage, divorce, marriage rights and duti...
- Robert Weinberg. First Obligation, The: Lady Blomfield and the Save the Children Fund (1998). — Bio prepared for the UK Baha'i Centenary (1998-99).
- Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Foreigner: From an Iranian Village to New York City and the Lights That Led the Way (2019). — Biography of a young boy in Nayriz, Iran in the mid 20th-century, his reflection on the sad society;...
- Naghme Naseri Morlock. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States (2023). — The denial of a national identity of Baha'is in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differ...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Homosexuality and Civil Rights (2011-01-03). — Brief comments on the apparent contradiction between eliminating all prejudice, including against ho...
- Universal House of Justice. Homosexuality and Civil Rights (2010-10-27). — Although sexual relations are to be restricted to marriage between a man and woman and Baha’is are...
- Bahá'í International Community. Hora Decisiva para todas las Naciones (1995-10). — Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Baha'i con motivo del 50 aniversario de Naciones Unidas ...
- Michael Curtotti. Human Rights: Reflections from a Bahá'í Viewpoint (2001). — Born in modern times, the Baha’i Faith addresses human rights in the language of modernity but als...
- Kiser Barnes. Human Rights and Multiculturalism (2001). — The concept of human rights must be enriched by spiritual principles. They rest on universal princip...
- Amnesty International. Human Rights and Religious Faith (1986). — A statement from Amnesty International/USA, published by request.
- Greg Duly. Human Rights and the Rights of the Child: Implications for Children's Participation in the Bahá'í Community (2001). — Are human rights universal? Do rights have spiritual or religious influences? What is the relevance ...
- Human Rights in the Bahá'í Writings (2001-01-14). — Brief compilation on human rights from the writings of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha, and Shoghi Effendi.
- Reuters. Human Rights Watch on Persecution of Baha'is in Iran (1997-09-24). — Two articles covering a report by Human Rights Watch on the treatment of the Baha'is and other minor...
- Universal House of Justice. Humanitarian Responses to Global Conflicts (2015-01-13). — A letter to and response from the House about why Baha'is do not condemn the 2014 attacks on Gaza, a...
- Geoffrey Cameron. In the Face of Oppression (2011-07-29). — The Baha'is in Iran have long been persecuted, but stand strong in their pursuit of a just society.
- Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. Indigenous Messengers of God (2021). — PowerPoint for Zoom presentation “Divine Teachers of the Americas” by Kevin Locke, hosted by Gre...
- Maureen Sier. Indigenous rights and women's rights in the Samoan Bahá'í community (1999).
- Universal House of Justice. Individual Rights and Freedoms (1988-12-29). — An important and often-quoted letter about rights and freedom of expression in the Baha'i community,...
- Dan Wheatley. International Criminal Court: A Bahá'í Perspective (2001 Winter/Spring). — Brief history of the ICC, and Baha'i support of it.
- Bahá'í International Community. Interreligious and Intercultural Cooperation (2007-10). — Statement to the United Nations on best practices and strategies for interreligious and intercultura...
- Thomas Schirrmacher. Iran: Suppression of religious freedom and persecution of religious minorities: case studies (2009). — The legal status of non-Shiite Muslims, Baha'is, and various Christian confessions in Iran.
- Sepehr Zabih. Iran since the Revolution (1982). — Discussion of the Iranian constitution, with one passing mention of Baha'is not being recognized.
- Saman Sabeti. Iran's Systemic Denial of Access to Higher Education (2017). — Discrimination as embedded in the Iranian Constitution and in higher education since 1979; dismissal...
- Allen K. Jones. Iranian Refugees: The Many Faces of Persecution (1984-12). — A paper detailing the persecution and displacement of Iranian refugees (including Baha'is) due to re...
- Christopher Buck. Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Baha'is (2003-06). — "The Baha'i question" is really a test case for whether Islam can legitimately claim to respect huma...
- Rowshan Mustapha. Islám: The Road Ahead: Reflections of a Bahá'í on Islamic Topics (2014). — Questions about the finality of religion, the Day of Judgment, the role of Jesus and the Mihdi, and ...
- Gregory Paul P. Meyjes. Language and Universalization: A 'Linguistic Ecology' Reading of Bahá'í Writings (1999). — How the promotion of linguistic minority rights may coincide with promotion of an International Auxi...
- Joshua Lincoln. Law and International Order: Proceedings of the First European Bahá'í Conference on Law and International Order: Review (1997-10). — Review of conference proceedings, highlighting Baha'i law, governance, human rights, and future pers...
- Universal House of Justice. Letter on responding to attitude changes on homosexuality (2014-05-09). — Challenges centrality of sexuality to life; confronts dichotomy of condemnatory and accepting attitu...
- Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Haifa. Letter to the Friends, Throughout the East and the West, through the Spiritual Assemblies (1938-02). — 3-page report by Z. N. Zeine on questions directed at a Dr. 'Abdu'llah Jawid in Khorasan "as a resul...
- Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
- Universal House of Justice. Millennium Forum (2000-09-24).
- Barney Leith. More Constructive Encounter, A: A Bahá’í View of Religion and Human Rights (2007). — Relationship between religion and human rights, and the work of the Baha’i community in wholeheart...
- Paula Bidwell. Native American Vision and the Teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha (2011). — Presentation addressing issues of concern to Native Americans, cast in the light of statements of Ab...
- Bahá'í International Community. Nature of the Persecution against the Bahá'ís in Iran (2010-02). — The situation of the Baha'is in Iran in 2010; historical and legal context; denial of individual and...
- Christopher Buck. 'Never Again': Kevin Gover's Apology for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (2006). — This article does not mention the Baha'i Faith, but was published in a social justice and human righ...
- Douglas Martin. Next Stage, The (2013). — Baha'i scholars find themselves at a stage in the Faith’s development where they must construct a ...
- Bui Tyril. Nonpartisan Engagement in Public Affairs: A Critical Analysis of the Bahá'í Approach to Dialogue, Democracy, and Diplomatic Relations (2009-10). — How to address the dilemma of protesting human rights abuses in Iran while remaining non-partisan. L...
- Bahá'í International Community. Papel de la Juventud en los Derechos Humanos, El (1985-02).
- Bahá'í International Community. Persecution of the Baha'is in Iran: 1979-1986: A 7-year campaign to eliminate a religious minority (1986). — Overview of activities and propaganda against Baha'is in Iran, and the responses of the United Natio...
- Dan Wheatley. Philosophical and Religious Contributions to the Emergence of Human Rights: The Bahá'í Perspective (2012-12). — While some forms of religious extremism are contemptuous of human rights, and human rights are somet...
- Johanna Pink. Post-Quranic Religion Between Apostasy and Public Order, A: Egyptian Muftis and Courts on the Legal Status of the Baha'i Faith (2003). — On how Egypt has adapted and responded to the Baha'i Faith; legal issues for Muslim jurists and the ...
- Bahá'í International Community. Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías, 1988 (1988-08).
- Bahá'í International Community. Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías, 1989 (1989-12).
- Brian D. Lepard. Protecting the Human Family: Humanitarian Intervention, International Law, and Bahá'í Principles (2003). — The moral and legal problems raised by the use of military force to aid human rights victims. Releva...
- Michael Karlberg. Pursuit of Social Justice, The (2022-08-03). — An interdisciplinary examination of prevailing conceptions of human nature, power, social organizati...
- Ian Kluge. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion (2001-09-02). — How to study the Baha'i Writings through the use of logic.
- June Manning Thomas. Reconsidering the Civil Rights Era in the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2022-09). — On principles of racial prejudice and 1960s South Carolina, including the fallacy of racial prejudic...
- United States Department of State. Ralph D. Wagner, comp. References to the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (1991-2001). — Excerpts from the State Department's annual compilation of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices...
- Michael L. Penn. Reflections on Human Rights, Moral Development, and the Global Campaign to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence (2001). — A review some of the most significant developments in human rights law designed to contribute to the...
- David Russell Garcia. Kees Poolman, trans. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim) (2022). — Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en soc...
- Steven Scholl. Releasing the Captive from His Chains (1986). — Baha'i activism for human rights, and involvement with Amnesty International. Includes response by D...
- Graham Hassall. Religious Freedom in the Asia Pacific: The Experience of the Bahá'í Community (1998-11). — Some aspects of the Baha'i Community's approach to one human rights initiative, the "Declaration on ...
- Christopher Buck. Religious Minority Rights (2008). — Discussion of three minority religions within Islamic states that have experienced persecution and h...
- Naghme Naseri Morlock. Religious Persecution and Oppression: A Study of Iranian Baha'ís' Strategies of Survival (2021). — Research based on extensive interviews exploring three ways that members of the Baha'i community res...
- Dalia Maleck. Report on Citizenship Law: Egypt (2021-07). — Section on the Baha'i minority and statelessness, and al-Azhar's fatwa denouncing Egyptian Baha'is a...
- Pym Trueman. Return of the Dreamtime (1995). — Brief history of Christianity and missionary work in Samoa and Australia, and how native Samoan cust...
- Geoffrey Cameron, Tahirih Danesh. Revolution without Rights?, A: Women, Kurds and Baha'is searching for equality in Iran (2008-11). — Discussion from the Foreign Policy Centre in London on the religious, legal, and social obstacles to...
- Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh. Right to Education, The: The Case of the Bahá'ís in Iran (2001). — On the ongoing harassment of Baha’i students and educators resulting from the state-sponsored reli...
- Graham Hassall. Rights to Human and Social Development: A Survey of the Activities of the Bahá'í International Community (2001). — BIC contributions to thinking about human rights and social development have centered on 6 themes: a...
- Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation (2023-01-08). — Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted pr...
- Bradford W. Miller. Seneca Falls First Woman's Rights Convention of 1848: The Sacred Rites of the Nation (1998). — Explores parallels between the Seneca Fails First Woman’s Rights Convention in the USA and the Bad...
- Shirin Ebadi: A collection of newspaper articles (2003-10). — Articles about the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize who has championed the rights of the Baha'i ...
- Jack McLean. Shoghi Effendi and Social Justice (2007-03). — The term "social justice” has been used by many engaged groups as a rhetorical tool to obtain more...
- Bahá'í International Community. Situation of the Bahá'ís in Egypt (2007-09-24). — Oral Statement of the Baha’i International Community to the Human Rights Council (6th Session of t...
- Universal House of Justice. Social Action, Public Discourse, and Non-involvement in Political Affairs (2017-04-27). — Alternative courses of action to civil disobedience, circumscribed roles for protest, and the freed...
- Suheil Badi Bushrui. Spiritual Foundation of Human Rights, The: A Bahá'í Perspective (1997-11-15).
- Nazila Ghanea-Hercock (published as Nazila Ghanea). Striving for Human Rights in an Age of Religious Extremism (2016). — Baha'i perspectives on global human rights law, community duties, religion as a pillar of justice, a...
- Universal House of Justice, Bahá'í International Community. Television Address of Iranian President Khatami (1998-07). — Questions and answers about a historically unique television interview of Iranian President Khatami,...
- Geoffrey Cameron. Threatening Agenda, A: Iran's Shameful Denial of Education to its Bahá'í Community (2008-06-06). — Iranian government hardliners promote a coordinated and threatening agenda aimed at suffocating the ...
- Universal House of Justice. To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith (2009-11-24). — Regarding the family and its role in the advancement of civilization.
- Mahmud Jamal. Top Court Appointee a Model of Diversity (2021/06/18). — Brief bio of Mahmud Jamal, the judge "poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court o...
- Christopher Buck. Trial of The Yaran ("Friends in Iran"): Six Essays (2009-2010). — Six essays by Buck from a legal perspective about the extended imprisonment of seven Baha'i leaders ...
- Juan Cole. Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Bahá'í Scriptures, The (1999-04). — The conception of human rights arose as part of the project of modernity, and has been problematic f...
- Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Cultural Relativism and the Persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran, The (2001). — Are the Human Rights of the Universal Declaration universal: a comparison of Western and Islamic not...
- Universal House of Justice. Views on Homosexuality (2013-04-22). — On the need to overcome material nature including homosexuality; Baha’is not to judge or impose va...
- Universal House of Justice. Violence Against Women and Children (1993-11-23). — Baha’i principles on violence, sexual abuse, family dynamics, gender equality, consultation, child...
- David Russell Garcia. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim) (2003-10). — A lengthy overview of the Qur'an and its themes for a Baha'i audience; holy war and fighting; reason...
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