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Timeline of the Persecution of #IvelBahais:

▪️Mid-1800s: The #Bahai Faith is established, nearly 50% of the population of #Ivel embrace the faith.

▪️1941: #Bahais are arrested, severely beaten and subjected to extortion. Houses and belongings plundered.

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▪️1946: A school established by #Bahais is open to all the children of Ivel.

▪️1961: The Baha'is complete a bath house for use by all in #Ivel as a service to their community.

▪️1983: More than 130 Baha'is are imprisoned and held captive w/o any food or water.

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▪️2010: About 50 #Bahai homes are subject to arson attacks and demolition.

▪️Aug 2020: Judge #HasanBabaie issues a final and binding decision that #IvelBahais are not legal owners of their ancestral lands.

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Thousands around the world are taking part in a #TwitterStorm (12-1 pm EST) to protest the assault on the members of the #Baha'i religious minority in the village of #Ivel in northern Iran. Their houses and lands are being confiscated.

Say no to this! #ItsTheirland
The Iranian #Baha'is of #Ivel have the support of many in the international community, not least their Muslim brothers and sisters.

Canadian Council of Imams (@CCImams ) has came to their support: opa.bahai.ca/files/uploads/…

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American Islamic Congress knows what discrimination looks like. Which is why it has come to support the Iranian #Baha'is of #Ivel and say no to the confiscation of their lands and property. They know that #ItsTheirLand

bahai.us/wp-content/upl…
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