Baha’i World News Service – Congo Republic issues stamp for World Religion Day The Post & Telecom service in my old home, Congo-Brazzaville, site of my Peace Corps service, has issued a 120 F(CFA) stamp in honor of World Religion Day. This holiday was first celebrated in the United States in 1950 when it was [...]
The Baha’i House of Worship for Africa is outside of Kampala, Uganda. The site is in an area called Kikaaya Hill.* I came across two photos of this beautiful landmark on Flickr.com taken by Flickr user .Leili. They are the most remarkable photos I’ve seen of it. Mostly, I think, because the photos I’ve see [...]
In 2001 the United Nations General Assembly declared September 21 of each year as the International Day of Peace. Today’s Times of Zambia is running an article on this topic, posted online via AllAfrica.com. The correspondent asks, “What is peace and why is it so important to us?” He goes on to explore why a [...]