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b'The recent sentencing of seven innocent members of the Baha\\u2019i Faith in Iran is testament to the continued mistreatment of this religion under the Iranian government. Persecution of Bahai\\u2019s began in the nineteenth century and has continued to the present day. Many members of this minority religion in Iran have been imprisoned and executed. Iranian Bahai\\u2019s now face increasingly restrictive laws concerning employment, education, marriage and the right to assemble. \\n\\nWhy do Bahai\\u2019s face such opposition in Iran? What tenets of this religion are particularly problematic for the government? Why has religious intolerance continued to escalate even in the face of increased pressure from the U.N. and from many other countries? \\n\\nA discussion of the Baha\\u2019i Faith and the chanting of some Baha\\u2019i prayers will follow a short history of the oppression of the Bahai\\u2019s in Iran. \\n\\nSpeaker: Janet Youngdahl, D.M.A.; M.M.\\n\\nJanet Youngdahl is a Professor of Music at the University of Lethbridge, and was formerly a Professor at the University of Calgary. Janet is a singer, conductor and music historian specializing in medieval and baroque music. She appears on numerous CD recordings on the BMG, Centaur, BIS, and Toccata Classics record labels, and is a frequent soloist in concerts of baroque music. \\n\\nJanet holds a doctorate of music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a Master\\u2019s Degree from the University of Michigan. She currently serves as the chairman of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahai\\u2019s of Lethbridge.'