Ayatollah’s Gift to the Baha’is Stirs Global Conversation

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Makere

The ground-breaking gift of a senior Iranian cleric to the worldwide Baha’i community has begun to stir a global conversation about religious co-existence and freedom of religion.

More statements of support for the actions and words of Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani have been issued in the United Kingdom and India, and other prominent individuals are offering comments in the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States.

Ayatollah Tehrani

The response comes after Ayatollah Tehrani bravely gave to the Baha’is of the world a calligraphic rendering of Baha’i sacred verses, along with a plea for religious “co-existence”.

via Ayatollah’s Gift to the Baha’is Stirs Global Conversation.

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