Freedom and Rights: Baha'i Rights Day
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- Category: Social Action
- Created: Wednesday, 15 July 2009 21:48
- Published: Wednesday, 15 July 2009 21:19
- Written by Wendi Momen, Wendi's Wanders
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The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahá’u'lláh, implies the establishment of a world commonwealth in which all nations, races, creeds and classes are closely and permanently united, and in which the autonomy of its state members and the personal freedom and initiative of the individuals that compose them are definitely and completely safeguarded. Bahai writings
Today, 11 July, is Baha’i Rights day, when bloggers and tweeters offer a thought on the rights of Baha’is. Organised by the Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights http://www.bahairights.org/, it is an opportunity to communicate some of the human rights abuses that the Baha’i suffer in many parts of the world.
{josquote}Freedom of speechFreedom of expression
Freedom to have and express one’s own opinion
Freedom to criticise
Freedom of the press{/josquote}
I expect quite a few people will do this, so I thought I might take a different approach. `Abdu’l-Baha says that `the moderate freedom which guarantees the welfare of the world of mankind and maintains and preserves the universal relationships, is found in its fullest power and extension in the teachings of Baha’u'llah’. So what does the Baha’i Faith say about human rights and what freedoms does it guarantee?
