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		<title>Baha&#8217;i Abducted And Tortured In Shiraz</title>
		<link>http://myriadlives.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/bahai-abducted-and-tortured-in-shiraz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Beech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a case of shocking brutality a member of Shiraz&#8217;s Baha&#8217;i community has been abducted and tortured.
According to HRANA [Human Rights Activists News Agency], based on reports from the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Mr. Rouh’u’llah Rezaie, a 45-year-old Baha’i in Shiraz, was stopped, kidnapped, and moved to an unknown place as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myriadlives.wordpress.com&blog=3809483&post=855&subd=myriadlives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eve As Symbol Of The Human Soul</title>
		<link>http://myriadlives.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/eve-as-symbol-of-the-human-soul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Beech</dc:creator>
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I have always admired &#8216;Abdu&#8217;l Baha for his appreciation of the symbolic nature of religious language. A good example is his exegesis of the biblical story of Adam and Eve- 

Question.—What is the truth of the story of Adam, and His eating of the fruit of the tree? 

&#8230;We must reflect a little: if the literal meaning of this story [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myriadlives.wordpress.com&blog=3809483&post=841&subd=myriadlives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Show Trial Of Baha&#8217;is Rescheduled Yet Again</title>
		<link>http://myriadlives.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/show-trial-of-bahais-rescheduled-yet-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Beech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what has become a cruel farce the show trial of seven innocent Baha&#8217;is has been rescheduled yet again to Sunday 18th October.
&#8220;It is unclear whether the trial will take place on Sunday, or whether it will be postponed again,&#8221; said Diane Ala&#8217;i, the Baha&#8217;i International Community representative to the United Nations in Geneva. &#8220;If [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myriadlives.wordpress.com&blog=3809483&post=834&subd=myriadlives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Family Of Imprisoned Baha&#8217;i Harrassed</title>
		<link>http://myriadlives.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/family-of-imprisoned-bahai-harrassed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Beech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am saddened to learn that the family of imprisoned Baha&#8217;i Sahba Rezvani is being harassed by vandals.
The automobile of a Baha’i resident of Semnan was vandalized multiple times by unknown assailants. According to the Baha’i Committee of Human Rights Activists in Iran, in a continuation of persecutions and harassment of our Baha’i countrymen, particularly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myriadlives.wordpress.com&blog=3809483&post=829&subd=myriadlives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baha&#8217;i Cemetery Destroyed Near Isfahan</title>
		<link>http://myriadlives.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/bahai-cemetery-destroyed-near-isfahan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Beech</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From September 6 through September 10, using large trucks and bulldozers, a number of unknown individuals destroyed and excavated the Baha’i Cemetery of Najafabad and Vilashahr [near Isfahan]. The cemetery, which belongs to the Baha’is of Najafabad and Vilashahr, and which is known as Gulestan Javid [“eternal garden”], is situated about 9 miles from Najafabad. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myriadlives.wordpress.com&blog=3809483&post=826&subd=myriadlives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;World Citizens-Not Consumers&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://myriadlives.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/world-citizens-not-consumers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Beech</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[One World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bahá'í Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[People’s spiritual beliefs influence their attitude toward climate change, with religious groups increasingly helping to frame humanity’s response to environmental issues. That was one of the messages from a session at the 33rd annual conference of the Association for Baha’i Studies, held in mid-August in Washington. The gathering drew nearly 1,000 participants from some 20 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myriadlives.wordpress.com&blog=3809483&post=822&subd=myriadlives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Marriage Prayer</title>
		<link>http://myriadlives.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/a-marriage-prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Beech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 The Baha&#8217;i writings are full of beautiful prayers for many different events-such as marriage-
O Thou kind Lord! These are Thy servants who have gathered in this meeting, have turned unto Thy kingdom and are in need of Thy bestowal and blessing. O Thou God! Manifest and make evident the signs of Thy oneness which have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myriadlives.wordpress.com&blog=3809483&post=814&subd=myriadlives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baha&#8217;i Sentenced On Spurious Charge In Iran</title>
		<link>http://myriadlives.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/bahai-sentenced-on-spurious-charge-in-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Beech</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An innocent Baha&#8217;i has been sentenced on a spurious charge in Iran.
Mr. Zabiu’llah Raufi, a Baha’i resident of Sanandaj, has been given the sentence of a year imprisonment and exile to the town Minab [near Bandar Abbas in south of Iran]. On August 19, 2009, he was summoned before the Revolutionary Court and arrested at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myriadlives.wordpress.com&blog=3809483&post=812&subd=myriadlives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whereabouts Of Detained Baha&#8217;i Unknown</title>
		<link>http://myriadlives.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/whereabouts-of-detained-bahai-still-unknown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Beech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no further news about a Baha&#8217;i detained in Qa&#8217;emshahr, Iran in early July.

While at work, Sohrab Laqa’i, a Baha’i resident of Qa’emshahr, in the province of Mazandaran, was arrested in the afternoon of July 8 by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence who produced no warrant for his detention.  However, in all these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myriadlives.wordpress.com&blog=3809483&post=805&subd=myriadlives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yet Another Baha&#8217;i Detained In Iran</title>
		<link>http://myriadlives.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/yet-another-bahai-detained-in-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Beech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another innocent Baha&#8217;i has been detained by &#8217;security forces&#8217;  near the town of Sari in the north of Iran.
In the afternoon of July 28, nine Intelligence agents raided the residence of Mrs. Vesal Yousefi, a 38-year old Baha’i faithful and resident of Mahforozak village in the vicinity of Sari, without presenting a warrant.  The agents began searching [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myriadlives.wordpress.com&blog=3809483&post=798&subd=myriadlives&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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