Comments on: Update on Arrested Baha’is in Hamadan http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2195 Documenting the Persecution of the Baha'i Community in Iran Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:45:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Glenn Franco Simmons http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2195/comment-page-1#comment-1679 Glenn Franco Simmons Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:53:51 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2195#comment-1679 Samira, It is you who is blessed. I sit in the lap of luxury, in a nation where religious diversity is celebrated, and when I read these reports on Iran Press Watch, it just saddens me deeply, but hearing your words has humbled me, chastened me, sobered me beyond belief. I actually have wept in reading your responses as I realize what an important role Iran Pres Watch is playing, what you and other Bahais are doing. The least I can do is to pray, but I will also pray for all Iranians, of all faiths, including those who may act in ways that I feel are inappropriate. They are people, too. Samira,

It is you who is blessed.

I sit in the lap of luxury, in a nation where religious diversity is celebrated, and when I read these reports on Iran Press Watch, it just saddens me deeply, but hearing your words has humbled me, chastened me, sobered me beyond belief.

I actually have wept in reading your responses as I realize what an important role Iran Pres Watch is playing, what you and other Bahais are doing.

The least I can do is to pray, but I will also pray for all Iranians, of all faiths, including those who may act in ways that I feel are inappropriate. They are people, too.

]]> By: Samira http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2195/comment-page-1#comment-1674 Samira Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:46:30 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2195#comment-1674 it is also amazing for me and evey one of us that the news has spread so fast.... it is a good point for us. we need your prayers all the time. only the love of Bahaullah chnage the hard situation to sweet and lovely and then we could go on. it is also amazing for me and evey one of us that the news has spread so fast…. it is a good point for us. we need your prayers all the time. only the love of Bahaullah chnage the hard situation to sweet and lovely and then we could go on.

]]> By: Glenn Franco Simmons http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2195/comment-page-1#comment-1668 Glenn Franco Simmons Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:15:49 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2195#comment-1668 It seems strange to be writing comments that can be seen in Iran from my home in the Redwood Empire in the USA, where I have complete freedom, while in Iran, the repository of so many wonderful things dating back to Cyrus and before, is enveloped in a crisis where people's homes are raided in Hammadan due to their religious faith. I feel blessed but spoiled, as I see the actual names and have an actual response from one of the persons who was detained. It is humbling beyond belief. It seems strange to be writing comments that can be seen in Iran from my home in the Redwood Empire in the USA, where I have complete freedom, while in Iran, the repository of so many wonderful things dating back to Cyrus and before, is enveloped in a crisis where people’s homes are raided in Hammadan due to their religious faith. I feel blessed but spoiled, as I see the actual names and have an actual response from one of the persons who was detained. It is humbling beyond belief.

]]> By: sb http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2195/comment-page-1#comment-1666 sb Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:10:11 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2195#comment-1666 Bless you, Samira! Bless you, Samira!

]]> By: Glenn Franco Simmons http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2195/comment-page-1#comment-1663 Glenn Franco Simmons Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:49:55 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2195#comment-1663 Samira, You will be in my prayers. Samira,

You will be in my prayers.

]]> By: samira http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2195/comment-page-1#comment-1661 samira Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:32:01 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2195#comment-1661 thanks for the news, but my name is Samira Ayoubi!!will u edit it?... thanks for the news, but my name is Samira Ayoubi!!will u edit it?…

]]> By: Elaina http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2195/comment-page-1#comment-1635 Elaina Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:25:56 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2195#comment-1635 I just discovered this website a couple of days ago. Thanks for the updates and letting the people know of the cruel treatment of Baha'is in Iran. I just discovered this website a couple of days ago. Thanks for the updates and letting the people know of the cruel treatment of Baha’is in Iran.

]]> By: Glenn Franco Simmons http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/2195/comment-page-1#comment-1629 Glenn Franco Simmons Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:49:52 +0000 http://www.iranpresswatch.org/?p=2195#comment-1629 Thank you for this update. They will be in my prayers. I am so fortunate to live in a country where I may practice my religion without persecution, although there is some discrimination I have experienced, but nothing like the life-and-death issues Iranian Bahais face. Thank you for this update. They will be in my prayers. I am so fortunate to live in a country where I may practice my religion without persecution, although there is some discrimination I have experienced, but nothing like the life-and-death issues Iranian Bahais face.

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