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- During the Winter 2012 term the Bahá'í Club has weekly meetings
every Tuesdays at the Shapiro Undergraduate Library in room 2126 at 9:00 pm.
All are welcome to attend.
Education Under Fire
The Bahá'í Club of the University of Michigan invites you for a screening
of Education Under Fire, a
documentary and discussion that will take place on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at 7:00 pm
in the Gallery of the Hatcher Graduate Library. The documentary addresses the continued
government-sanctioned persecution of specific groups in Iran and the blatant disregard
of Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees education
as an inalienable right of every human being.
The film will focus on the experience of one among many persecuted Iranian groups,
the Bahá'í Community. In 1987, the semi-underground Bahá'í
Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) was formed to give young Bahá'ís
their only chance for a university-level education. Despite repeated raids and arrests,
volunteer teachers and administrators created an independent, decentralized university
system that has lifted the lives of thousands across Iran. The BIHE was referred
to by the New York Times as "an elaborate act of communal self-preservation." In
May, 2011, an organized assault was launched by the Iranian government in an attempt
to shut down the BIHE. Over 30 homes were raided and over a dozen BIHE professors
and administrators were detained. Several are still in prison for doing nothing
more than trying to teach. The Iranian government also bans students from pursuing
higher education if they have expressed views, joined organizations or engaged in
activities that are construed as critical of the government. In addition, the authorities
have attempted to prevent instruction in several fields in the humanities and social
sciences and have dismissed faculty for ideological reasons.
The film will be followed by a conversation.
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery, Room 100
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