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The Golden Age of Islam: Another theft of Persian Heritage and History

The period between the 8th and the 13th century is considered to be the ‘Golden Age of Islam’. Scholars present it as a period of major cultural. Meanwhile the backbone of this ‘golden age’, a vast majority of Iranian scientists, writers and artists were persecuted, imprisoned and trialled for heresy. Almost a millenium later: did anything change?

The Greatest Sin of all: Being a Bahai in Iran

Hafez and Sa’adi of Shiraz, who wrote about beauty, wine and their love for mankind, are now turning in their graves at the thought of what is happening to Iran. Wouldn’t you?

Video Series: The Story of Iranian Angel Mona Mahmudnizhad (Parsi)

Mona Mahmudnizhad (September 10, 1965 – June 18, 1983) was an Iranian Bahá’í who, in 1983, together with nine other Bahá’í women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her membership in the Bahá’í Faith. Somethig that should interest the International Criminal Court.

Attack on Iran’s Baha’i is a Human Rights Outrage

Razing the Baha’i homes in Ivel is the latest step in an ongoing campaign. Baha’i farmers left Ivel several years ago because of local harassment and persecution.

International Outrage over Stoning Sentence: Save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani!

The case of an Iranian woman who faces death by stoning is drawing international outrage after her lawyer’s blog posts sparked a global campaign to save her life.

Ahmadinejad’s imam Yazdi: Bid tijdens de verkrachting

Een uiterst invloedrijke sjiietische religieleider, met wie Ahmadinejad regelmatig overleg heeft, zei afgelopen maand tegen zijn aanhangers, dat het onderwerpen door verkrachting, marteling en drugs van alle tegenstanders van het islamitische regime acceptabel zou zijn.

Baha’i in Iran: Are they victims of new sanctions regime?

Their crime is that they are Bahais and they say they do not want to change their religion,” says lawyer and Nobel peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. She fled Iran after her own life was threatened.

Secular Democracy in Iran: Only when the Devil departs shall the Angel arrive

In september 2009 Ahmad Sadri, Professor of Sociology and James P. Gorter, Chair of Islamic World Studies, wrote an article on secular democracy in Iran. Now, almost a year a later, the question rises whether the road to liberty should be one of patience or impatience.

Baha’is in Iran routinely suffer because of their religion

It’s been more than two years since Iranian authorities arrested seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community. The two women and five men have spent the ensuing months in Evin prison, reportedly under harsh conditions.

Keeping the faith: Jews in Iran

The Jews of Iran trace their history back 2,600 years. While Iran has had a history of religious tolerance for most of that period, conditions for Jews in the country became markedly more difficult after the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

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