This story affects me personally, and today, I ask for your prayers.

It is no secret that I work for an Iranian-owned contracting company here in Houston. The president of the company, and close friend of mine, Kamal Khanjani, is a member of the Ba'hai' community, which is outlawed in Iran. He came to the United States after the Mullahs took over in Iran. At that time, his factory, his home, and all his personal belongings were confiscated by the government, but he did make it here and saved his life. While in the United States, his family gave birth to 2 children, one a girl, who a few years ago, graduated from the University of Montreal in Canada, then went to Iran at her own peril to teach at a school for women. This was against the law, but a woman named Shirin Ebadi, a Muslim herself, had shamed the Mullahs by using the Quran against them, and so the laws were not being enforced. Ms. Ebadi won the Nobel Prize for her work.

This year, the Mullahs have once again come down hard on the Ba'hai' community in Iran. We just found out that, two weeks ago, Kamal's brother, Jamal, who is one of Iran's Ba'hai' leaders, was arrested by the Mullahs, and is now in Evin Prison in Iran. This prison is like something out of the Middle Ages. The last time that members of the Ba'hai leadership were arrested, in the 1980's, they were all "disappeared" by the government and executed. The Government has become more open in the past few years, and no Ba'hai's arrested, but there now appears to be a reversal, and Jamal's life may now be in the balance.

At this time, I ask for your prayers. I also ask you to contact your Congressman and Senator, and ask for their help. Also contact the White House. Anything you can do, would be greatly appreciated by me.

Thank you.

Jamal Khanjani is the one in the middle, in the back.



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