Tuesday, March 27, 2007

On Recognition of the Baha'i Faith in Vietnam: The Word Spreads

"Baha'i friends all the ways from all over Vietnam come to Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate Nawruz and attending the granting of the certificate of operation registration of Baha'i in Vietnam." All pictures uploaded on March 21, 2007 by T.Quynh on flickr
+

I came to life during the Vietnam War era. I am reborn for the 1000th time by this latest news. -gw

Interesting times indeed....
Mon, Mar 26 2007 7:36 PM by Vafa Bayat on
Vafa's Blog - This week marked the first time since the Communist era began in Vietnam that the Baha'i community has been recognized by the government.

"Nation’s Baha’i community gets religious recognition"
Sat, Mar 24 2007 11:45 AM on
WorldWide Religious News

Nation's Baha'i community gets religious recognition
Sat, Mar 24 2007 10:47 AM on
buddhism News feed

Vietnam Recognizes Baha'i and 3 Other Groups
23 Mar 2007 by glog -
Vietnam News Service yesterday reported that the Baha'i Community of Vietnam is celebrating its receipt last month of a certificate of operation from the Government's Committee for Religious Affairs. ...
Vietnam - http://www.blinkbits.com/blinks/vietnam

Vietnam legalizes the Baha’i faith
Fri, Mar 23 2007 4:32 PM by digitalzen on
Digital Dharma - Vietnam has legalized the Baha’i faith, which authorities say has about 7,000 followers in the country, Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday.

Vietnam Recognizes Baha'i and 3 Other Groups
Fri, Mar 23 2007 6:10 AM by Howard Friedman on
Religion Clause

Baha'is celebrate new year
In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, about 280 people attended a reception where the government Committee for Religious Affairs presented a certificate giving recognition to Baha'i activities....At a reception at the House of Commons in London, Lord Avebury delivers messages for the Baha'i new year from Prime Minister Tony Blair and from David Cameron ...
Blog: http://antiracisme.skynetblogs.be/post/4313903/bahais-celebrate-new-year
Posting Date:03/23/2007

Good Morning Vietnam!
22 Mar 2007 by Phillipe Copeland -
God willing we will hear similar news someday regarding the Baha'i Faith in Iran and Egypt. In tribute to the valiant Baha'i community of Vietnam, I offers these Words of Baha'u'llah from the Fire Tablet...
Bahá’í Thought: Religion, Race, Psychology... - http://bahaithought.blogspot.com/index.html

Nation’s Baha’i community gets religious recognition
VietNamNet Bridge - The objectives and orientation of the Baha’i religion, which was founded in late 1844 in Iran, were in line with Vietnam’s laws, the committee said. Baha’i followers have been present in Vietnam since 1954.
From Faithful Christian Blog - Published 5 days, 6 hours ago

Vietnam legalizes the Baha’i faith
22 Mar 2007 by THA7378 -
Nguyen Huu Oanh, vice chairman of the government's Religious Affairs Committee, "presented a certificate to ratify religious activities of the Vietnam Baha’i religious community," the agency said.
Vietnam Ocean - http://vietnamocean.blogspot.com/index.html

Cong Dong Ton Giao Baha'i Vietnam
Thu, Mar 22 2007 10:21 AM by Marco on
Povo de Bahá - Nation's Baha'i community gets religious recognition.

While Egypt Plunges Deeper, Vietnam Floats to the Surface
21 Mar 2007 by Bilo HANOI (AFP) - Nguyen Huu Oanh, vice chairman of the government's Religious Affairs Committee, "presented a certificate to ratify religious activities of the Vietnam Bahai religious community," said the Vietnam News Agency. ...

Baha'i Faith in Egypt - http://bahai-egypt.blogspot.com/index.html

Reference: Vietnam Reports on Human Rights Practices -2006
7 Mar 2007 by Candy - Registrations for the Baha'i Faith and additional Protestant house church organizations awaited registration at year's end.

Candy - http://icandybo.blogspot.com/index.html

1 comment:

Marco Oliveira said...

So... who is next country to recognize the Baha'i Faith?

Check this:

Per capita, the most well-off faith in China might be the Baha’i, whose following is very small but in Beijing includes some well-known muckety-mucks of high society.

It is not the first time I read things like from people living in China.