UK Baha'i Office of Public Affairs

Reflections, News/Events & Statements

Acts of Service, Wildflowers...and Honey

When we look at the state of the world today, we can’t help but feel deeply saddened, disturbed and disheartened by the devastating...

Moving Through Humanity's 'Stormy Adolescence' with Effective Governance and Leadership

Remarks made by international lawyer Maja Groff at the Annual Parliamentary Reception of the APPG on the Bahá'i Faith, in Westminster on...

Migration, Identity and Social Cohesion

The world is experiencing the highest rate of population displacement on record. UNHCR’s figures before the Ukraine war indicated that in...

Our Response to 'Keeping the Faith 2.0' by the APPG on Faith and Society

At the UK Bahá’i Office of Public Affairs we’ve read your report “Keeping the Faith 2.0” with great interest. We wish to express our...

Learning From Nature about Fair Finance

Being a new-born thing in this world is tough. The world is tough. It’s very hard to stay alive. It’s a miracle so many beautiful and...

It's Christmas and We Are the Magi

Outside it's misty and cold. The sun is trying to break through and the sky glowing pink. I watch the light show, tea cup in hand. Today...

The Future We Want and How to Get There - Revisiting the UN Charter

A summary of remarks made by Augusto Lopez-Claros at the Annual Reception of the APPG on the Bahá'i Faith, at UK Parliament on October...

Students Striving Towards Global Peace and Prosperity

This August, I spent 10 days at a seminar for Bahá’i university students that takes place every summer for the UK and Ireland. The...

Richard St Barbe Baker: Man of The Trees

When we speak of conservationists many would mention John Muir, Jane Goodall, Jacques Cousteau, Rachel Carson, or David Attenborough. ...

What We Learned From a Pandemic: A Stronger Thought of Peace

The Baha’i dictum – “When a thought of war comes, oppose it with a stronger thought of peace” has been read by some as simplistic. But...

UK Bahá’í Community Pays Tribute on the Passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II

Bahá’í Community of the United Kingdom Office of Public Affairs 27 Rutland Gate, London SW7 1PD Tel: 020 7019 7780 | email:...

Iranian Government Intensifies Bahá'i Persecution

On Tuesday, 2nd August, up to 200 Iranian agents sealed off the village of Roshankouh in Iran's Mazandaran province, destroyed Bahá'i...

Celebrating the Conference of Badasht and Tahirih’s Announcement of the Promised One

Author and Professor of Mass Communications at St. Cloud State University, Dr. Roya Ahkavan, offers this article based on her unique...

Martyrdom of The Báb - First of the Twin Manifestations of a New Day

Gender inequality, racial injustice, unequal wealth distribution: many of these global issues we face today were alive in the 19th...

Webinar explores the rise in hate speech crimes on the basis of faith or belief

Our office hosted a webinar on 'Hate Speech & Communities of Faith & Belief', on Wednesday 15th December 2021. Chaired by Alison Thewliss...