* این مقاله به مناسبت روز جهانی نابودی تبعیض نژادی (۲۱ مارچ) منتشر شده است.
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آخرين اخبار در خصوص بهاييت در اين وبلاگ
در اين وبلاگ اخبار منتشرشده در فضاي مجازي سريعتر از ديگر سايتها و اپليکيشن ها منتشر مي گردد.
تاريخچه و بيوگرافي بزرگان
کامل ترين تاريخچه بهاييت را از اين وبلاگ بخوانيد
احکام بهايي
احکام در خصوص بهاييت را از قسمت موضوعات مطالعه کنيد
ديانت بهايي
آشنايي کامل با دين بهاييت از طريق اطلاعات مستند درج شده در اين وبلاگ
محبوسين بهايي
آخرين وضعيت محبوسين بهايي و حملات لفظي و يا عملي نظام جمهوري اسلامي به بهاييت در اين وبلاگ
چهارشنبه، فروردین ۰۴، ۱۳۹۵
جنبش میاننژادی بهائی و روشنفکران سیاهپوست: نمونهی دابلیو. ای. بی. دوبوا
درآمد: این مقاله روابط دابلیو. ای. بی. دوبوا با دین بهائی از سال 1910 تا سال 1953 را بررسی میکند.[1] بخشهای اول و دوم بر رابطهی عبدالبهاء (1921-1844) و دوبوا تمرکز دارد، در حالی که بخش سوم با بررسی مستندات عضویت نینا دوبوا در جامعهی بهائی نیویورک به ارتباط غیرمستقیم دوبوا با این گروه میپردازد. بخش چهارم به وقایعنگاری جلسات بهائیِ شهر نَشویل در سال 1937 اختصاص دارد، جلساتی که گویا مبتنی بر تفکیک نژادی بوده است. بخش پنجم با نگاهی به تماسهای بعدی دوبوا با بهائیان به این بررسی خاتمه میدهد. دوبوا ابتدا مجذوب تعالیم بهائی دربارهی وحدت میاننژادی شد —و در ستون "مردانِ ماه" خود با درج عکس تمام صفحهای از عبدالبهاء با شرح و تفصیل به معرفی او پرداخت— اما بعدها آزردهخاطر شد و در سرمقالهی نشریهی پیتسبورگ کوریِر به انتقاد علنی از جنبش بهائی پرداخت. منابع دستِ اولِ موجود در گزارشهای مطبوعات، اسناد بهائی، و بایگانیِ مکاتبات اعضای جامعهی بهائی و دوبوا نشان میدهد که آزردگیِ دوبوا ناشی از اطلاعات نادرست بوده است.
[1] این مقاله برگردان اثر زیر است:
سهشنبه، اسفند ۱۱، ۱۳۹۴
Religious academics denounce persecution against Iran's Baha'i minority
Religious academics from universities across the world have denounced a campaign of official persecution against Iran's Baha'i minority.
The move comes after authorities in Tehran
stepped up measures to prevent members of the faith receiving a
university education.
In a letter to The Daily Telegraph,
43 prominent professors and lecturers in the fields of theology and
religious studies demanded the reversal of a ban imposed on Iran's Baha'i institute for Higher Education and the release of 11 of its members of staff from prison.
The suppression of the institute represents just the latest in a series
of assaults on Iran's 300,000 Baha'is by the country's Islamic
government, hundreds of whom have been detained and even tortured in
recent years.
The institute was
itself the product of persecution, founded in 1987 after Baha'is were
shut out of all forms of tertiary education under an edict by Iran's
ayatollahs.
Run by Baha'i
volunteers, it offered young members of the faith their solitary option
of gaining a university degree – even if many students had to complete
their courses through secret correspondence to avoid official
harassment.
"Attacks such as these, against the rights of citizens to organise and be educated in freedom, can no longer be tolerated," the academics wrote. "We call upon the Iranian government not only to cease its persecution of the Baha'is, but to provide, and promote, education for all."
The world's youngest monotheistic faith was born in Iran in the 19th century, and its adherents have grown in number across the world. But in the country of their creed's birth, Baha'is have suffered at the hands of officialdom for more than a century – well before the Islamic revolution of 1979.
But the plight of religious minorities has worsened since the ayatollahs came to power. The State Department in the United States this year condemned a campaign of repression against Baha'is, Christians, Jews and minority Muslim groups.
Seven prominent Baha'i leaders are in prison serving 20 year sentences because of their beliefs and scores more are also believed to remain in custody.
Baha'is are also shut out of many jobs, particularly in the public sector, and are routinely denied the licenses necessary to open a business.
Official suspicion of the Baha'is in Iran is also attributed to the fact that the faith's world headquarters is situated in the Israeli city of Haifa, giving Islamists a pretext to accuse them of being Zionist spies.
written By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent
"Attacks such as these, against the rights of citizens to organise and be educated in freedom, can no longer be tolerated," the academics wrote. "We call upon the Iranian government not only to cease its persecution of the Baha'is, but to provide, and promote, education for all."
The world's youngest monotheistic faith was born in Iran in the 19th century, and its adherents have grown in number across the world. But in the country of their creed's birth, Baha'is have suffered at the hands of officialdom for more than a century – well before the Islamic revolution of 1979.
But the plight of religious minorities has worsened since the ayatollahs came to power. The State Department in the United States this year condemned a campaign of repression against Baha'is, Christians, Jews and minority Muslim groups.
Seven prominent Baha'i leaders are in prison serving 20 year sentences because of their beliefs and scores more are also believed to remain in custody.
Baha'is are also shut out of many jobs, particularly in the public sector, and are routinely denied the licenses necessary to open a business.
Official suspicion of the Baha'is in Iran is also attributed to the fact that the faith's world headquarters is situated in the Israeli city of Haifa, giving Islamists a pretext to accuse them of being Zionist spies.
written By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent