Free the 7 Bahá’í leaders in Iran

by Barney on 17 May 2008

Free the 7 Baha'is in Iran

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Just in case you think I’ve left the planet…

by Barney on 7 June 2009

View over Klaksvik

…I’m visiting the Baha’i community in this part of the world.

Where?

Kollafjørdur

Got it yet?

62°00′N 06°47′W

Does that help?

View towards Toftir from Kollafjørdur

More when I get home!

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Baha’i Holy Day celebration in Hatfield – what a buzz!

24 May 2009

Some of Hatfield’s 35 Indian Baha’is and their friends
What an evening! More than 120 people – Baha’is and their friends from all over Hertfordshire – noisily celebrated the anniversary of the Declaration of the Bab with prayers, music, food and dancing in Hatfield’s Roe Hill Hall last night.
Declaration of the Bab
The Declaration of the Bab [...]

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Visit to gardens at Coton Manor

23 May 2009

I meant to post some of these pics of the wonderful gardens at Coton Manor in Northamptonshire a while ago, but something went awry on my server and then I was too busy to post anything.
Anyway, a couple of weekends ago Mrs Barnabas and I stayed with our friends Howard and Liz from our days [...]

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“Spreading corruption on earth” – new accusation against Iran’s Baha’i leaders

12 May 2009

Who is “spreading corruption on earth”?
Come Thursday, six of the members of the ad hoc group that coordinated the life of the Baha’i community of Iran – the Yaran – will have been in jail for exactly a year. They are Mrs Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr Afif Naemi, Mr Saeid Rezaie, Mr Behrouz [...]

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Commission on Sustainable Development – a crash course from Ineke

7 May 2009

My friend Ineke Gijsbers, a Baha’i who lives in the north east of England, is in New York for the 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development.
She’s there on behalf the national governing council of the UK Baha’i community and will be part of the international delegation representing the Baha’i International Community.
These UN [...]

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Baha’i public meeting in Westminster

2 May 2009

Barnabas declaiming at Baha’i meeting in Westminster. Photo © 2009 Mark Bamford
Around 120 people sat through my talk at the Westminster Baha’i community’s public meeting for the Baha’i festival of Ridvan last night. The subject? Baha’u’llah, His Revelation and Mission.

Outline for my talk on Baha’u’llah – click on it to enlarge it
The programme also included [...]

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Baha’i blog – Leaves in the wind

30 April 2009

I was very happy to receive an email from Emily Lee Phillips the other day asking if I would permit her to put a link to Barnabas Quotidianus on her blog.
Would I permit? Well that was a no-brainer!
I rushed over to Emily’s blog, Leaves in the Wind, and found myself entranced by a fascinating and [...]

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Take home a Bill – Harriet Harman’s reception

29 April 2009

I was at a reception on the evening of Monday 28 April hosted by the Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP to celebrate the introduction of the new Equality Bill into the House of Commons.
Amongst her other government offices, Harriet Harman is Minister for Women and Equality. Together with Maria Eagle MP and Vera Baird [...]

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Baha’i National Spiritual Assembly elected

29 April 2009

National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the UK, elected at the UK National Baha’i Convention, 2009
I attend many meetings and conferences in the course of my working life, but none of them come near the National Baha’i Convention for flow and maturity of consultation.
This is where 95 delegates elected by Baha’is locally across the [...]

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Yesterday’s walk, tomorrow’s action, and the next day…

21 April 2009

So this was yesterday’s walk in our local Hertfordshire woodland with our 3 year old grandson. The sun lit up the leaves and trees, the whole wood, and our grandson found lots of fascinating things to inspect – as 3 year olds will.

Tomorrow
Tomorrow is a packed day. Equality and Diversity Forum meeting all morning. Meeting [...]

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