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News: General Interest

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News: General Interest

Last Continental Bahá’í Temple nears completion

September 1, 2016

The upcoming completion of a Bahá’í Temple in South America will mark an important milestone in the History of the Bahá’í Faith. On completion of this edifice, continental Bahá’í Houses of worship will have been […]

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U.S. Senator defends Bahá’ís of Iran

January 14, 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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