Bahai

Haifa's glowing Bahá'í terraces draw more than 9,400 visitors in two nights

Thousands of visitors filled Haifa’s Bahá'í Gardens for a rare nighttime opening, with illuminated terraces, cultural activities and access to the Shrine of the Báb.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The steps leading to the Bahá'í Shrine in Haifa, Israel.
The view from the Terrace Restaurant at the Hotel Botanica in Haifa.

Terrace in Haifa: Between Wadi Nisnas and Tuscany with a twist - review

Chef Zico Hijab designed the extensive menu when the restaurant opened just over a year ago. He likes adding a twist that often surprises the diner.

|ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
FOR IRAN’S Christian community, the postwar crackdown has been particularly severe, with at least 50 members detained by authorities. Here, Iranian Christians take part in the New Year prayer ceremony at a church in Tehran last January.

Iran’s Baha’i, Christian facilities targeted by discriminatory policies, CSW tells ‘Post’

Human rights groups have warned that regime authorities detained dozens of Baha’is in arbitrary arrests, many without charge, and denied them communication with their families or legal counsel.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Guests enter the Baha’i Shrine and Gardens in Bahji, in the northern Israeli port city of Acre, February 26, 2026

Baha’i World Center celebrates the festival of Ayyam-i-Ha

The Ayyam-i-Ha festival is celebrated in the days before the Baha’i Fast and is dedicated to community service, hospitality, and generosity.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Baháʼís seek unity with Iranians to demand women's rights

Forty years after the public execution of 10 Baháʼí women in Iran, the Baháʼí community sees the Iranian people as partners, not persecutors

JUNE 23, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
A BAHA’I family in Fars province stands near where an arson attack was committed.

Iran-backed Houthi gunmen kidnapped 17 Baha’is in Yemen

Video footage from Baha’is showed the attack via Zoom call, as they held a peaceful gathering in Yemen's capital.

MAY 28, 2023ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Members of the Baha'i faith demonstrate during a hearing in the case of a fellow Baha'i charged with seeking to establish a base for the community in Yemen, Sanaa April 3, 2016. "You all are the fruits of one tree, the leaves of one branch and the drops of one sea."

Iranian NGO to Ohio: Stop funding Oberlin over prof’s massacre cover-up

Mahallati denied the allegation that he covered up crimes against humanity in Iran when he was Tehran’s ambassador to the UN between 1987-1989.

MAY 14, 2023ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Iranian Americans protesting against Oberlin College Prof. Mahallati's alleged crimes against humanity.

Grapevine March 24, 2023: It’s in the book

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 26, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
GALIT GUTMAN and her daughter, Emma, model creations by Aharon Genish.

Pro-Iran regime prof. in US covered up mass murder - human rights report

Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, who teaches Islam at the Ohio-based Oberlin College, was the Islamic Republic of Iran’s UN ambassador from 1987-1989.

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Iranian-Americans, college students and community members protest against the gender apartheid policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Christian youth see 'future of despair' says Greek Orthodox Patriarch

President Herzog and the Patriarch each emphasized the importance of coexistence, mutual respect and dignity as qualities integral to making peace.

DECEMBER 30, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilus III, gives a press conference at the Palestinian run Imperial Hotel inside Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on March 29, 2022.

Baha’is urge Qatar’s Emir to restore their rights

The Baha'i International Community organization issued an appeal to the Qatari monarchy urging the Emir to eliminate the discrimination against Baha'is.

OCTOBER 25, 2022ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
The Baha'i shrine is seen in the northern city of Haifa August 18, 2008

Iran arrests 12 Baha'i people accused of spying for Israel

Iranian news agency IRNA reported that the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security of the Islamic Republic arrested 12 followers of the Baha'i faith on suspicion of spying for Israel.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022ByMAARIV ONLINE
An Iranian woman holds a Hezbollah flag during a protest to express solidarity with the Palestinian people amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Tehran, Iran May 18, 2021.

Iran steps up persecution of its Baha’i minority

Tehran is seen as scapegoating the group to distract attention from the deteriorating situation in the country.

AUGUST 5, 2022ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
A BAHA’I family in Fars province stands near where an arson attack was committed.

Acre Bahai Shrine damaged in fire

Damage was sustained to NIS 250 million construction site dedicated to Abdul Baha.

APRIL 28, 2022ByIAIN CARLOS, GIL ZOHAR
UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Main building at shrine of Abdul Baha, Acre.