Why Bahá'ís Are Political But Not Partisan

Talk given by Mr. Dwight Bashir on March 23, 2024.

For over 25 years, Dwight Bashir worked on international human rights and conflict prevention for the U.S. government, the United Nations, and various non-governmental organizations. He served until 2022 with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a federal body that advises the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, and U.S. Congress. In this capacity, he led numerous fact-findings missions globally, authored dozens of reports, launched and hosted the Commission’s podcast, USCIRF Spotlight, and helped shape U.S. policy to protect freedom of religion and belief worldwide. His commentary and analysis have been featured in national and international media, academic journals, and online blogs, and he has been a frequent lecturer and presenter at universities and institutions globally on topics including U.S. foreign policy, countering extremism, and religious and ethnic violence. Early in his career, he served for four years as the first-ever human rights officer with the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States. He is currently serving a two-year term on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee on Holocaust Denial and State-Sponsored Antisemitism and works as an independent consultant and investor in the Washington, DC area.

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0:00:00 - Opening Reading
0:01:20 - Introduction
0:02:45 - Talk
0:45:26 - Q/A
1:24:16 - Closing

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