Baha’i World Centre features on AFP website
The French news agency AFP has published a very nice quite odd article on its website about the Baha’i World Centre in Israel, under the title “Israel haven for new Baha’i world order”.
HAIFA, Israel (AFP) — Dominating a holy mountain in Israel is the nerve centre of the world’s fastest growing major religion, preaching global unity and world peace from one of the most troubled countries on earth.
Founded less than 170 years ago, the Bahai faith believes that Persian-born prophet Bahuallah, who died in Israel, brought a message of unity, equality and world federation to save mankind from the plagues of the modern world.
The article also has some attractive photos of the Baha’i shrines and gardens.
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Barney,
I don’t think this is a good article for the Baha’is. It associates Baha’is with Israel in a weird way.
Israel is not a model for the baha’is; no country in the world is. But all countries in the world have positive things that baha’is appreciate.
The article states:
«”Parmar even sees Israel as a model for the Bahai world commonwealth.
“I love Israeli people for the fact that they are very united. Israel wouldn’t be a possibility if the Jewish people weren’t united. We’re grateful to Israelis. We wouldn’t be here without them,” he said.”»
Either the guy who said this is very naif, or the person who wrote the article is trying to
destroy the image of the Baha’is.
If I were a Muslim reading this article I would find here several reasons to believe in those
propaganda slogans like “Baha’is are zionists”…
Marco, thank you for your comments. I think I should have read the article more closely before posting the link. You have made a very good point.
“Preaching…”?! This and other words used by the reporter to write the story reveal someone who didn’t do much homework.
David, I wish I had read the article more closely before I posted about it and linked to it. The AFP reporter may not have done his homework (and that is really unacceptable), but I don’t think I did mine either.
One day I may write a post or two about the Dr David Kelly affair. I spent a couple of months dealing with print and broadcast journalists, many of whom didn’t do their homework or who reported utterly inaccurately about the Faith and about David Kelly.
It’s a sad reflection on the state of journalism at a time when we need consistently accurate reporting in a range of media to give us a picture of the complex world we now live in.
Barny, the documentary “Baha’is in my Backyard” was broadcast yesterday night on Dutch television. Food for conspiracy-theorists. Presents the Faith as one big controversy, pretending to uncover ’secrets’ (or failing to uncover them but still suggesting them). Are you still planning to write a post on Dr. David Kelly?
Warmest greetings from Amsterdam
I was in Haifa in January last year and turned on the TV in my hotel room. I saw a face I thought I recognized - and it turned out to be me! Very disconcerting. It was the section of the film where I am interviewed.
It is really a very badly made film and would be persuasive only to those inclined to accept conspiracy theories.
I am currently reading Norman Baker’s new book about the death of Dr Kelly and I will probably write a post on this after I have finished reading it.
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