1. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. Links to 46 interviews highlighting how Bahá’í individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritual principles to education, governance, equality, and social transformation, fostering unity and the betterment of society. Video and audio available. Audio.
2. 2023. From Outsider to Outsider: A Study of Iranian Bahá'ís' Identity in Iran and the United States. Naghme Naseri Morlock. The denial of a national identity of Bahá'ís in Iran; their experiences in the U.S.; cultural differences between immigrant and American Bahá'ís; the importance of religious identity; how religious, national, and cultural identities are negotiated. Articles.
3. 2022-04-01. Responding to the War in Ukraine. Universal House of Justice. Actions Bahá'ís are taking in response to the invasion of Ukraine; the role of prayers and acts of service in bringing about a future without destructive weapons. UHJ-letters.
4. 2022 April-June. Jainism and the Bahá'í Faith: Non-Violence and Plurality Across Time and Space. Yifan Zhang. Comparison of similarities in Bahá'í and Jain teachings, especially in non-violence and plurality across time and space. Link to article (offsite). Articles.
5. 2021-02. Abdu'l-Baha and "The Other". Jan T. Jasion. On xenophobia; Abdu'l-Bahá's response to it; his reactions to certain newspapers; the impact of xenophobia on digitized collections; some comments by Bahá'u'lláh on journalism. Text of a webinar presented to the Wilmette Institute (December, 2020). Articles-unpublished.
6. 2020-07. Rethinking Migration from a Global Perspective. Kerilyn Schewel. On migration and social transformation and humanity's response to displacement. Articles.
7. 2020. Spiritual Cosmopolitanism, Transnational Migration, and the Bahá'í Faith. Layli Maria Miron. Spiritual cosmopolitanism — how people can be persuaded to extend feelings of kinship beyond their own ethnic or national groups — and its principles of universal love and harmony is a key to borderless solidarity. Articles.
8. 2019-05-22. Making of a Survivor, The: A Foreigner's Story. Hussein Ahdieh. The author on his new book, growing up as a Baha’i in Iran, and how his faith and family nourished and taught him to be who he is today. Newspapers.
9. 2019. Foreigner: From an Iranian Village to New York City and the Lights That Led the Way. Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. Biography of a young boy in Nayriz, Iran in the mid 20th-century, his reflection on the sad society; his experience as a immigrant in the United States, struggle to make the American dream, and helped the innovative Harlem Prep, a Bahá'í inspired School. Books.
10. 2018. Escape from Earth: The Journal of a Planetary Pioneer. Duane L. Herrmann. Chapter 1 of a 300-page novel. Fiction.
11. 2015-10-01. Migrants and Refugees in Europe. Universal House of Justice. Principles to guide the response of the Bahá’í community to the dramatic social changes concerning the 2015 influx into Europe of people fleeing conflict in the Middle East, especially Syria. UHJ-letters.
12. 2013-07. Quiet Exodus, A. Geoffrey Cameron. Recent history of immigration law and practice in Canada, and the Bahá'í community's involvement in governmental change. Includes addendum from Bahá'í News Canada. Articles.
13. 2011. Duty of Kindness and Sympathy Towards Strangers, The. Julio Savi. Integrating immigrants into the culture of their new country is becoming a focus in some Western states. In 2007 the Italian government issued a “Charter on the Values and Significance of Citizenship and Integration,” which reflects such Bahá'í ideals. Articles.
14. 2007-09. Domestic Temporalities: Sensual Patterning in Persian Migratory Landscapes. Simone Dennis, Megan Warin. Embodied paths of patterning, memory and emotion amongst Persian immigrant women in Adelaide, especially the Bahá'í expatriate community. Link to document (offsite). Articles.
15. 2005. One Common Faith. Universal House of Justice. Examines humanity’s spiritual crisis, critiques materialism and religious division, and affirms religion as a progressive, unifying force essential for moral development and global civilization. UHJ-documents.
16. 2002. Ireland's Multi-Ethnic Immigration Challenge: An Irish Bahá'í View. Eamonn Moane. After centuries of population loss, Ireland’s economic success in the 1990s led to a surge of immigration, but its reaction to a multi-ethnic influx has been disappointing. It needs Bahá'í approaches like consultation, tolerance, fairness, and morality. Articles.
17. 2000. Challenge of Change for the Chinese in Southeast Asia, The. Yin Hong Shuen. Chinese Bahá'ís in some Asian countries are a microcosm of Chinese people in this region. An email survey asked what attracts Southeast Asians to the Faith, difficulties they face, and how adopting a world religion helps guide their future challenges. Articles.
18. 2000. Women and Religious Change: A case study in the colonial migrant experience. Miriam Dixson. The story of Margaret Dixson, and one woman's growth from Anglicanism, via numerology and astrology, to commitment to the world ideals of the Bahá'í Faith. Biographies.
19. 1998. Management of Small Rural Businesses: Some Views of the European Bahá'í Business Forum. Michel P. Zahrai. The challenge and benefits of restoring pride in rural non-farm businesses. Essays.
20. 1997. Transmission of Cultural Values in Persian Bahá'í Families, The. Stephen Licata. On how immigrant Persian Bahá’í families have carried their cultural values to the U.S., how the move affected the development of their children, and the cultural adaptation process. Includes survey on cultural values among Persian Bahá'ís in Los Angeles. Articles-unpublished.
21. 1996-02. Persian-speaking Believers in Anglophone Communities. Universal House of Justice. Some Persian expatriates feel deprived of participation in Bahá'í gatherings because of an inability to understand English. UHJ-letters.
22. 1995. Community as Family, The: Opportunities of Growth. Ros Gabriel. Essays.
23. 1994-04. Unity in Diversity: Acceptance and Integration in an Era of Intolerance and Fragmentation. Roxanne Lalonde. Short excerpt from thesis, edited as a stand-alone article. Theses.
24. 1993(?)/2015. Communal Harmony: India's Greatest Challenge. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India. A formal statement from the NSA of the Bahá'ís of India on the need to overcome religious, linguistic and caste-based tensions. NSA-letters.
25. 1991. Bahá'í Community of Iran, The: Patterns of Exile and Problems of Communication. Moojan Momen. An examination of the causes and patterns of migrations of Iranian Bahá'ís. Articles.
26. 1989. Persian Bahá'ís in Australia. Graham Hassall. Overview of the history and modern activities (ca. 1989) of the Persian Bahá'í community in Australia. Articles.
27. 1985-07-03. Dissimulation by Iranian Emigrants. Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Letters from the House and the US NSA concerning Bahá'ís who were able to escape Iran in 1997 by denying their Faith. UHJ-letters.
28. 1984-12. Iranian Refugees: The Many Faces of Persecution. Allen K. Jones. A paper detailing the persecution and displacement of Iranian refugees (including Bahá'ís) due to religious, ethnic, and political reasons following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, emphasizing their global spread and challenges in asylum and resettlement. Articles.
29. 1982-2023. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history. Encyclopaedia Iranica. Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles. Encyclopedia.

1. 1996-06-03 —
   The Bahá'í International Community and 150 Bahá'ís from many countries participated in the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and the parallel Non-Governmental Organization Forum in Istanbul. [BINS365:5]
   • The Bahá'í International Community presented a statement entitled Sustainable Communities in an Integrating World to the Plenary . [BIC History Habitat II]
2. 1997-00-00 —
   The Tahirih Justice Center was founded to address the acute need for legal services of immigrant and refugee women who have fled to the U.S. to seek protection from human rights abuses.
   • The Center's founder, Ms. Layli Miller, created the Center after she was besieged by requests for legal assistance following her involvement in a high-profile case that set national precedent and revolutionized asylum law in the United States. The case was that of Fauziya Kassindja, a 17 year-old woman who fled Togo in fear of a forced polygamous marriage and a tribal practice known as female genital mutilation. After arriving in the U.S. and spending more than seventeen months in detention, Ms. Kassindja was granted asylum on June 13th, 1996 by the United States Board of Immigration Appeals in a decision that opened the door to gender-based persecution as a grounds for asylum. [Tahirih Justice Center]
   • For more on the Tahirih Justice Center see article in the Religion News Service.
3. 2013-00-00 — The Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity initiated a line of action conceived as "areas of inquiry". Through this initiative the Institute aimed to develop capacity to describe and examine, in the light of the Revelation, social phenomena that were pressing and crucial to the life of humanity. Working with collaborators such topics as the global movement of populations, peace and justice in societies in transition, and the role of religion in migration. [The Five Year Plan 2011-2016: Summary of Achievements and Learning pg113]

1. 2019-03-06 — The Bahá'í Community of Canada's Office of Public Affairs, together with the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs sponsored a seminar on religion and migration, which explored the various ways in which religious groups, immigration, and public opinion are interconnected. The seminar examined how religion shapes migration and vice versa: How have faith groups influenced immigration patterns and policy? How is immigration changing religion in a secular Canadian society? And what do Indigenous experiences of displacement tell us about popular narratives of welcome? The seminar was part of the University of Toronto Global Migration Lab's series of seminars on Global Migration Challenges, organized in partnership with Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada. [Canadian Bahá'í News Service]

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