Baha’is who have sought redress from the courts over “incomplete files” or unjustified dismissal from university have been met with official decisions with blanket statements like “the grievance is not recognized” and “the claim is rejected.” Both documen

NEW YORK — As the new academic year got under way, young Baha'is in Iran again found the door to higher education closed.

Although in its public stance the Iranian government maintains that Baha'is are free to attend university, reports over the past few weeks indicate that the policy of preventing Baha'is from obtaining higher education remains in effect.

Yesterday four Bahá’í youth who have been barred from entering university by the names of Armin Rahmani, Samim Pezeshki, Mavid Khanjani and Hesam Misaghi, paid a visit to the office of Hujjat’u'l-Islam Rahbar, the representative of Isfahan to the Islamic Senate. Their visit was to follow up on issues such as being dismissed form the university and being banned from entering any institute of higher education or university on the basis of their adherence to the Bahá’í Faith.

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.

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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“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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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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