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A Baha’i temple in Uganda’s bustling capital offers a rare respite

Sacred Spaces

The Baha’i faith hasn’t attracted many followers in Africa. But one Baha’i temple, located in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, is one of the few green spaces in the city, and one of the quietest, too.

Faezeh Rafsanjani, the daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, at a protest at the Ghoba mosque in northern Tehran in 2009.

The outspoken women behind late Iranian President Rafsanjani

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