Saturday, April 28, 2018

April 28. On this date in 1938, Shoghi Effendi sent a cable to the Bahá'ís of the world announcing the death of his maternal grandmother Munirih Khanum (wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá) and calling for the suspension of Ridvan festivities. By the time of his death in 1957, Shoghi Effendi had declared all of Munirih Khanum's grandchildren, including all of his siblings and first cousins, Covenant-breakers.

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April 28. On this date in 1938, Shoghi Effendi sent a cable to the Bahá'ís of the world announcing the death of his maternal grandmo...

April 27. On this date in 1920, 'Abdu’l-Bahá was ceremonially knighted in "a most wonderful celebration," having been "created by King George V a K.B.E. for valuable services rendered to the British Government in the early days of the Occupation."

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April 27. On this date in 1920, 'Abdu’l-Bahá was ceremonially knighted in "a most wonderful celebration," having been ...

April 27. On this date in 1995, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter regarding the development of a Bahá’í theocracy and the separation of Church and State.

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April 27.  On this date in 1995, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter regarding the development of a Bahá’í theocracy and t...
Friday, April 27, 2018

April 26. On this date in 1939, Shoghi Effendi cabled North American Bahá'ís, listing Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti, and calling them "religiously intolerant, socially backward, climatically inhospitable."

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April 26. On this date in 1939, Shoghi Effendi cabled North American Bahá'ís, listing Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, C...

April 26. On this date in 1954, Shoghi Effendi received the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi and his wife Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi at the the House of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa.

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April 26. On this date in 1954, Shoghi Effendi received the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi and his wife Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi at t...