Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Education

Canadian Baha'i campus associations defend the right to education

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A small group discussion at the University of Alberta symposium in October.

Canadian Campus Associations for Baha'i Studies (CABS) chapters have responded vigorously to the refusal of Iranian authorities to allow Baha’is to attend universities and colleges. The 2007-2008 school year has seen a number of initiatives designed to raise awareness of the way in which Baha'i students in Iran continue to be denied their right to higher education.

Education is key to women’s development

No nation can achieve success unless education is accorded in all its citizens. Therefore, it is the bounden duty of parents to convince their children to be staunch in their faith. Every praiseworthy deed is born out of the light of religion.

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Learn about the Baha'i Faith through online courses

“Science and Religion” and “The Promised Day Is Come” are upcoming, three-month-long online courses to be offered by the Wilmette Institute, an educational agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States.
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Local Baha'i's Focus On Education

When nine or more Baha'i's vote to form a new faith group, instead of calling it a church, it is an LSA — Local Spiritual Assembly. There is no clergy. There are governing bodies at the local, national and international levels, which all consist of nine elected members — no nominations or electioneering. The LSA's oversee the activities of the faith communities.

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