Monday, April 09, 2012


Two Bahai children expelled from school in Najafabad

by Sen
Bahai News Service (Persian), March 26
In February, two children were expelled from school in Najafabad. This followed a pubic information meeting held by the chief of police, in which it was said that the Bahai Faith spreads moral corruption. The parents of these children objected, and were supported by a number of Muslim parents who were also present. After the meeting, the parents complained about the behaviour of the chief of police, to the school's administration and to the Office for Supervising Education. The next day the children were abruptly expelled. When they went to the Office for Supervising Education, they were told that Bahais had no right to talk about their religion, where other parents were present, so that others would not discover that they were Bahais and become Bahais themselves, which would be a humiliation for them. The parents then went to the General Office for Supervising Education in Isfahan, with no results. The expulsion of the children was confirmed, and their parents were told to enroll them in another school.
Source (in Persian)
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