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Baháʼí Österreich
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Offizieller Twitter-Account der Bahá'í-Religionsgemeinschaft Österreich




In an unexpected move, over 40 percent of Qatar’s Bahá’í population faces imminent expulsion from the country. The Bahá’í International Community is alarmed that the Qatari government is carrying out a deliberate campaign of religious erasure aimed at one of the religious communities that has been present in the region for over 100 years, and whose presence in Qatar—well before the establishment of the modern Qatari state—is documented as spanning many decades. Read full statement: bic.org/news/sudden-ex…

The Bahá'í community has been part of Egyptian society since 1863. For over a century, Egyptian Bahá'ís have contributed to their country across the arts, law, healthcare, education, media, banking, and engineering. Yet today, they face systematic, state-sponsored persecution. Their marriages cannot be legally registered. Their children are denied birth certificates, immunisations, and school enrolment. A single dash on their ID cards—placed in the religion field because "Bahá'í" is not a permitted option—marks them for discrimination in employment and education. There is only one cemetery for the entire Bahá'í community in the country, and it is full, meaning Bahá’í families are resorting to the indignity of burying loved ones upright in any free patch of ground. Security agents surveil, summon, and interrogate Bahá'ís on a routine basis, and pressure their friends and neighbours to cut ties with them. #EgyptianBahaiRights

Global leaders, cultural figures and human rights advocates worldwide call for release of tortured Baha’i prisoners in Iran: Nobel laureates, officials and parliamentarians, and global personalities around the world unite behind Peyvand Naimi and Borna Naimi as global pressure mounts on the Iranian government to release tortured Baha'i prisoners Our full story: bic.org/news/global-le… #Iran #Bahai #HumanRights


Iran: Ein Land in Dunkelheit. Während im Iran nach wie vor das Internet blockiert ist, rollt eine Hinrichtungswelle politischer Gefangener über das Land. (Gastautorin) mena-watch.com/?p=146775

Iran: death penalty risk; arbitrary detention; freedom of religion





Moin Yeganeh, a Bahá’í in Qatar, has been detained in the country ahead of his likely deportation. Moin has committed no crime. He is 55 years old and was born in Qatar. His family have lived in Qatar for three generations and his father was one of the country’s first dentists. He is being deported for no reason other than his faith. Bahá’ís have been discriminated against systematically in Qatar for several decades, and many have been deported or denied ongoing residency. Moin’s case—and several other recent incidents of cancellation of the residency of those Bahá’ís serving in administrative capacities within the institutions of the Bahá’í community—demonstrate an intensification of this pattern of discrimination. These long-term Bahá’í families from Qatar have no other home: and this appalling state of affairs is a violation of their human rights and their rights as Qatari residents. The Bahá’í International Community condemns Moin’s detention and imminent deportation. We call on the Government of Qatar to cease such actions against the Bahá’ís, to release Moin, and to cancel any deportation order against him. These new cases of denial of residency, following the recent wrongful imprisonment of Qatari Baha’i citizen Mr. Remi Rowhani, raises fresh concerns—and we urge the Qatari authorities to relent in this unjust effort to erase a vital and indelible part of Qatar’s rich and diverse society. #Qatar #Bahai #HumanRights


Thank you @PetraBayr @disoski @dziedzic_ewa @el_nagashi @steffi_krisper @GudrunKugler @HBrandstaetter @MartinEngelberg Hans Stefan Hintner @karlamov Robert Laimer @michelreimon Harald Troch Werner Saxinger & all MPs in Europe 4 this statement #Bahai #Iran: bic.org/statements/joi…










Thank you @Almanassa_AR for the coverage noting that Egyptian Bahá’ís are not seeking special treatment, but rather full citizenship rights, following the Court of Cassation’s overturning of two rulings that had recognised the marriage of two Bahá’ís. #EgyptianBahaiRights










