The US Congress will be voting soon on resolution H. Res. 1303 calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt.

The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA] and cosponsored by several other congressmen, was submitted to the US House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 24, 2008.

More than 200 people from the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Africa will sing scriptural music in a festival May 15-18 at the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette.

The singers also will present a concert at 12:30 p.m. May 18 inside the 1,200-seat House of Worship, at Linden Avenue and Sheridan Road. The choir will then sing outside, weather permitting, on the House of Worship stairs at about 1:30 p.m. The concerts, performed without instrumental accompaniment, are free and open to the public.