The Universal House of Justice sent a message to all National Spiritual Assemblies on the passing of former International Teaching Centre member Shapoor Monadjem.

The UN General Assembly calls on Iran to end denial of education, incitement to hatred, destruction of cemeteries, and other attacks on Baha’is.

OTTAWA, 13 NOVEMBER 2018, (CBNS)

The Government of Canada has been a leading nation in support of the Baha’is who are facing escalating persecution in Houthi-controlled Yemen.

On November 8, 2018, Canada was joined by the governments of Australia, Germany and the United States in making the following joint statement on the situation of the Baha’is in Yemen:

We are deeply concerned about the worsening treatment of Bahá’ís in Yemen, particularly by the Houthis in Sana’a.

TORONTO, 13 NOVEMBER 2018, (CBNS)

“Learning about Baha’u’llah has brought a calmness to my life I haven’t felt for a long time,” said Keisha Gayle, a mother of four from Toronto.

A new translation makes available Baha’u’llah’s Most Holy Book in the second-most widely spoken native language in the Philippines.

TORONTO, 8 NOVEMBER 2018, (CBNS)

The Parliament of the World’s Religions featured a range of film-makers who shared their work and discussed the use of media as a tool for social change. A number of Baha’is showed films on a variety of themes, including inter-religious understanding, youth empowerment, the advancement of girls and women, and religious history.

TORONTO, 8 NOVEMBER 2018, (CBNS)

More than 7,500 people gathered at the Metro Convention Centre in downtown Toronto for the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions, held from November 1-7. The Parliament is one of the largest interfaith gatherings in the world, which has taken place in the past in Chicago (1893, 1993), Cape Town (1999), Barcelona (2004), Melbourne (2009), and Salt Lake City (2015).

Baha’is co-organize forum to better understand and prevent radicalization.

Drawn to the Baha’i Faith at a young age, Richard St. Barbe Baker was a visionary environmentalist whose global impact is being revisited.

The Baha’i Chair for World Peace facilitated a dynamic exchange of perspectives on peace and security between leading thinkers.

Kazakhstan’s 6th Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions engaged religious leaders in a dialogue on building a more secure future for humanity.

Kazakhstan’s 6th Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions engaged religious leaders in a dialogue on building a more secure future for humanity.

TORONTO, 12 OCTOBER 2018, (CBNS)

From November 1-7, 2018, more than 8,000 people will converge on the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to participate in one of the largest gatherings of people learning about humanity’s religious and spiritual inheritance.

For well over a century, Baha'i news publications have inspired and informed readers interested in the affairs of the Baha'i community.

For well over a century, Baha'i news publications have inspired and informed readers interested in the affairs of the Baha'i community.

5 OCTOBER 2018, TORONTO, (CBNS)

Across Canada this summer, Baha’i communities brought together youth to learn about working with their younger peers to contribute to the betterment of their communities.

From the West Coast to the Atlantic, more than 300 youth in 16 locations across the country spent their summer training to become junior youth animators: youth who work with adolescents aged 12 to 15 through the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program.

The 2018 Baha'i Chair for World Peace Annual Lecture tackled structural racism and the roots of prejudice.

The 2018 Baha'i Chair for World Peace Annual Lecture tackled structural racism and the roots of prejudice.

A book of 81 Baha’i prayers has been published in Maori, the language of New Zealand’s indigenous people.

A book of 81 Baha’i prayers has been published in Maori, the language of New Zealand’s indigenous people.