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...event is basically to celebrate and showcase all the different religious holidays happening in this year, because normally the only ones recognized are Christmas and Hanukkah,” Lala said. Wednesday’s celebration featured the holidays of seven different religions—Christianity, Judaism, the Bahai faith, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism—and the African American festival, Kwanzaa. Students manned booths decked with cultural displays and delicacies, ranging from ethnic specialties to Krispy Kreme donuts. Students came out despite the cold and spoke enthusiastically about the event. “I think this was a great...
...generally relax. Ashraf also heard from students who pointed out the lack of options for people who are unsure about their ties to organized religions and would feel uncomfortable praying at Memorial Church. Her idea for a multi-faith meditation room came from Ashrafs own affiliation to the Bahai faith which supports Bahai centers with prayer rooms where people of all faiths are welcome to pray. Co-Masters Sandra Nadaff 75 and Leigh Hafrey 73 were supportive, as were many of the resident tutors when Ashraf expressed her interest in creating a similar interfaith area at Mather...
...just-released January statement reports that "no major massacres" occurred in that month. How warped our sense of perspective has become, that massacres are determined as "major" or "minor." The killing this weekend of three AWB members in Bop, and the racially motivated executions of three Iranians attending Bahai church services elsewhere in the country, both reflect the terrible trauma this country has suffered and must now deal with...
...Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights requires all public school systems to submit racial data on their students. Mahin, who had attended private schools since moving to Greensboro in 1985, just as politely declined. She and her parents, both born in the U.S., follow the Bahai religious faith. Explained her mother Brenda Mahin: "Our family believes very strongly in the oneness of mankind. There is but one race -- the human race...
Then there was Islamic Iran, a bastion of the Middle Ages in the twentieth century. Among its more notable achievements to date has been the virtual destruction of the Bahai community, by shooting its members and destroying their temples...