Sunday, October 28, 2018

October 27. On this date 1981, the Universal House of Justice wrote Helen Hornby regarding surrogate mothers and artificial insemination, noting "Artificial insemination is, therefore, permissible to a Bahá'í wife provided her husband is the donor."

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October 27. On this date 1981, the Universal House of Justice wrote Helen Hornby regarding surrogate mothers and artificial insemination,...

October 27. On this date in 1941, Farzam Arbab, a Universal House of Justice member from 1993 to 2013, was born in Tehran, Iran. Farzam Arbab is the brother-in-law of Gustavo Correa, who was a Universal House of Justice member from 2008 to 2018. Several of the Arbabs and Correas lead various Bahá’í-affiliated NGOs and organizations.

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October 27. On this date in 1941, Farzam Arbab , a Universal House of Justice member from 1993 to 2013, was born in Tehran, Iran. Farza...

October 27. On this date in 1924, Firuz Kazemzadeh, who served on the NSA of the US from 1963 to 2000, was born in Moscow, USSR, to a Russian mother and Iranian father employed at the Iranian embassy in Moscow. Kazemzadeh retired as professor emeritus of history at Yale University.

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October 27. On this date in 1924, Firuz Kazemzadeh , who served on the NSA of the US from 1963 to 2000, was born in Moscow, USSR, t...

October 27. On this date in 2015, the Universal House of Justice sent a letter announcing the appointment of "the members of the Continental Boards of Counsellors for the Protection and Propagation of the Faith," noting "The series of Plans that have been launched since 1996 have focused the Bahá’í world on a single aim—advancing the process of entry by troops."

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October 27. On this date in 2015, the Universal House of Justice sent a letter announcing the appointment of "the members of the Con...

October 27. On this date in 2009, John Paul Vader, a member of the NSA of Switzerland and Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Lausanne Medical School, gave a talk titled "Some Aspects of the History of the Bahá'í Faith in Switzerland" at the The Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa.

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October 27. On this date in 2009, John Paul Vader , a member of the NSA of Switzerland and Professor of Social and Preventive Medi...

October 27. On this date in 1948, Shoghi Effendi cabled British Bahá'ís "DR. YUNIS AFRUKHTEH STAUNCH DISTINGUISHED SERVANT FAITH PROCEEDING ENGLAND MEDICAL TREATMENT EXTEND ASSISTANCE ADVISED HIM HELP TEACHING WORK BRITAIN."

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The man standing on the far left is Dr. Youness Afroukhteh. The man with the white beard standing next to him is Zaynu’l-Muqarrabin ...

October 27. On this date in 1986, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to an individual believer who raised "two basic issues, that all the Manifestations of God known to us have been men, and that they have appeared in the East" and expressed a "desire to assist [his] daughters to overcome their perceptions of the unequal status of women." The Universal House of Justice states that "it is an incontrovertible fact that all Manifestations of God known to us have been men. Moreover, it is a clear provision in Bahá’í administration that the Guardians were to be men and that membership on the Universal House of Justice is confined to men."

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October 27. On this date in 1986, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to an individual believer who raised "two basi...