The Bahais are a religious minority in Iran. They are systematically imprisoned, tortured and killed by the Iranian government. The Islamic regime bans the Bahais to study or teach in Iranian universities. But the Bahais do teach, and they do study. Since 1987 the Bahais started BIHE, an underground university with hundreds of students in Iran, and dozens of teachers in Iran and around the world. Through powerful interviews, exclusive secret footage shot by citizen journalists, rare archival material and dramatic letters written by a Bahai prisoners currently in jail in Iran, To Light a Candle shows how a small minority has defied the brutal systematic religious persecution through non-violent resistance and educating their youth. A film by Maziar Bahari. #Iran #Bahai #Faith #Religion #Persecution #Humanrights
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:54:15 +0000
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