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Practitioners of Peace
As of today, numerous conflicts continue to rage throughout the world with no end in sight. Meanwhile, in the last decade, many social...

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Oct 18, 20245 min read
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The Call for Unity, Global Cooperation, and Cross-Partisan Engagement in a Divided World
In an era marked by profound challenges — environmental degradation, global security threats, economic inequality, and political...

OPA UK
Nov 4, 20245 min read
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The Olympics: Competition vs Cooperation
The conception of the Olympic games is dated back as far as 776 BC and was thought to originally serve as a religious celebration....

OPA UK
Sep 13, 20244 min read
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Bloom Review Response
The UK Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs would like to extend its appreciation and congratulations to Colin Bloom and the team that has...

OPA UK
Apr 24, 202418 min read
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Why I Fast
The Greek physician and father of modern day medicine Hippocrates recommended abstinence from food or drink as a remedy for certain...

OPA UK
Mar 19, 20243 min read
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Fear, Faith and Providence
My journey from fear to faith began with an extreme event. During my early twenties, I spent a night crewing in a gale force ten in the...

OPA UK
Feb 12, 20244 min read
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Impunity and Models of Global Order: A Bahá’i Perspective
Remarks made by Daniel Wheatley, Senior Diplomatic Officer at the UK Bahá'i Office of Public Affairs, at the Commemoration of the 75th...

OPA UK
Feb 7, 20246 min read
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Beyond the Individual: Building a Healthier World
Baha’u’llah wrote: “Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and...

OPA UK
Dec 15, 20234 min read
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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...

OPA UK
Nov 24, 20234 min read
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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...

OPA UK
Oct 27, 20235 min read
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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...

OPA UK
Mar 22, 20237 min read
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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...

OPA UK
Mar 9, 20237 min read
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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...

OPA UK
Feb 3, 20235 min read
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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...

OPA UK
Dec 23, 20222 min read
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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...

OPA UK
Dec 20, 20225 min read
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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...

OPA UK
Dec 14, 20222 min read
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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. ...

OPA UK
Nov 29, 20223 min read
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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...

OPA UK
Sep 16, 20224 min read
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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:...

OPA UK
Sep 15, 20222 min read
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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...

OPA UK
Aug 4, 20221 min read
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