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Iran Human Rights

Treatment of Bahá’ís in the Cradle of the Faith
Iran Human Rights

US Senator Defends Bahá’ís of Iran

February 13, 2011

On September 29th, 2010 Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy called attention to the Imprisonment of the Seven Baha’i leaders in Iran and to the long-term persecution there of the Iranian Baha’i Community. The full text of […]

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  • February 25, 2026
    • Ayyam-i-HaAyyam-i-HaIntercalary days are set aside as "days of giving". They are positioned in the Baháʼí Calendar right before the 19-day month of Fasting, "the season of restraint". There are five in some years and four in other years.
  • February 26, 2026
    • Ayyam-i-HaAyyam-i-HaIntercalary days are set aside as "days of giving". They are positioned in the Baháʼí Calendar right before the 19-day month of Fasting, "the season of restraint". There are five in some years and four in other years.
  • February 27, 2026
    • Ayyam-i-HaAyyam-i-HaIntercalary days are set aside as "days of giving". They are positioned in the Baháʼí Calendar right before the 19-day month of Fasting, "the season of restraint". There are five in some years and four in other years.
  • February 28, 2026
    • Ayyam-i-HaAyyam-i-HaIntercalary days are set aside as "days of giving". They are positioned in the Baháʼí Calendar right before the 19-day month of Fasting, "the season of restraint". There are five in some years and four in other years.
  • March 1, 2026
    • Ayyam-i-HaAyyam-i-HaIntercalary days are set aside as "days of giving". They are positioned in the Baháʼí Calendar right before the 19-day month of Fasting, "the season of restraint". There are five in some years and four in other years.
    • Devotional gathering at 10:00 amDevotional gatheringTime: 10:00 am
      Prayers, reading of the Holy Word, and worship together at the Baha'i center. 10:00 am. Casual dress, come-as-you-are. Help us increase the devotional character of our community!
  • March 2, 2026
    • ‘Alá’ (Loftiness)‘Alá’ (Loftiness)Baháʼí Month of ‘Alá’ (Loftiness) begins.
    • Fasting DayFasting DayDuring the 19-day Fast, Baháʼís abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset.

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Sundays at 10:00am
Jefferson County Bahá’í Center
308 Buchanan St, Ranson, WV 25438

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From the Baha'i Writings...

The foundations of the divine religions are one. If we investigate these foundations, we discover much ground for agreement, but if we consider the imitations of forms and ancestral beliefs, we find points of disagreement and division; for these imitations differ, while the sources and foundations are one and the same. That is to say, the fundamentals are conducive to unity, but imitations are the cause of disunion and dismemberment.

— Abdu’l-Baha

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