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The Baha’i Internet Agency has made available a number of new position papers on the theme of the Baha’i Faith and engagement with the Internet. Social networking, blogosphere and folksonomies all get a look in. We have linked the papers here on our domain.
Blogging and the Baha’i Faith
Participation and the Internet
Podcasting: Technical Primer
Building Internet Communities
Basics […]
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Releases Report: “A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Bahá’Ãs of Iran†(New Haven, Connecticut, January 15, 2007) – The Bahá’à faith has been effectively criminalized by the Islamic Republic of Iran and persecution of Bahá’Ãs is rising, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) documents in a new report […]
Bilo is an Egyptian physician who has been writing an outstanding, highly effective blog, Baha’i Faith in Egypt, since 2006 on general matters affecting the Egyptian Baha’i community which has been thrust into the limelight since the introduction of automated ID cards which did not allow for a Baha’i or Not Applicable category to be […]
Since settling in a new incumbent in the Baha’i Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, the Chair has revamped its website and embarked upon an energetic campaign of teaching, research and practice. Kudos to John Grayzel.
5th Annual Bahá’à Law Conference, Toronto 2007,  Setting New Precedents: Beyond Blind Imitation. We are pleased to announce the Fifth Annual North American Bahá’à Law Conference, which will be held this coming March 23 to 25, 2007. The conference will take place in Toronto, Canada, and is being organized in collaboration with External Affairs Department […]
31st Annual Conference of the Association for Bahá’à Studies–North America,Mississauga, Ontario - August 16-19, 2007, Scholarship and Community-Building. Theme Statement: Community is the organic entity in which human spiritual and material potential can emerge. It is where people interact and where they try to enact the knowledge received from both spiritual insight and from the […]
The Association for Bahá’à Studies is receiving nominations for the “Patricia Locke Scholarship†and the “Awards for Excellence†to be awarded to individuals at the upcoming 31st Annual Conference, August 16-19, 2007 in Toronto, Ontario. At the Annual Conference held in Calgary, 3-6 September 2004, the Executive Committee announced the establishment of recognition awards […]
Over the last few years, the Science and Religion Special Interest Group of the North American Association for Baha’i Studies have been steadily developing their web presence. Now they have released an updated website, acquired a domain, are starting to mange their content with content management tools and generating a useful Newsletter. There is lots […]
This entry represents day zero for the Association for Baha’i Studies blog. It is essentially going to function as the fountainhead representing all changes to the site and its subdiaries including the wiki,  forums and electronic journal. It will also host news and announcements and Association business as they arrive. As of January 2007 this site […]