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Newcastle Walk for Peace – After the Fact
Today was the Newcastle upon Tyne Walk for Peace, I have already talked about what it was so I will simply talk about how it went. Myself and Ineke took the bus from mine, I live round the corner from … Continue reading
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Newcastle Walk for Peace
For those of you that don’t know, this Saturday (27th June 2009), is the Newcastle Walk for Peace. This event has been organised by the Newcastle Council of Faiths and the Newcastle City for Peace initiative, and is a walk … Continue reading
A Shameful Day
Today we woke up to some extremely shameful news, news that should cause every single Briton to hang their heads in shame. In Belfast around 20 families, over 100 individuals have had to flee their homes following a spate of … Continue reading
Twitter and the Iranian Election
You can’t escape the news of the presidential election in Iran and what has arisen from it. But I am not going to discuss that here. What I want to talk about is the impact that social media service, particularly … Continue reading
Pilgrimage to the Guardians Resting Place
On the 7th June 2009 myself and Lindsay made a visit to the resting place of the first and last Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith, Shoghi Effendi. He was visiting the UK when on November 4th 1957 following a brief … Continue reading
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
At 4am on the 29th May 1892, Bahá’u’lláh, he prophet-founder of the Bahá’í faith, passed away peacefully at Bahji, outside Acre in modern day Israel. “Be not dismayed, O peoples of the world, when the day-star of My beauty is … Continue reading
God or Allah????
On bank holiday Monday I was checking out the news on the BBC website, when I saw this rather interesting video. Its about a Catholic Church in Malaysia, where they pray to Allah. Now you might say “eh???, how can Christians worship … Continue reading
Declaration of the Báb
Last Night the Bahá’ís of Newcastle celebrated the Declaration of the Báb. The Báb, who was the forerunner of Bahá’u’lláh, and prepared the world for him coming, declared his station to Mullá Husayn, in the city of Shíráz in modern … Continue reading
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The Passing of a Generation
These past few weeks have seen the deaths of the last British Tommy’s to have fought in the Trenches on the Western Front of World War I. Yesterday Harry Patch the last survivor was buried with full military honours as … Continue reading →