Thursday, October 28, 2021

October 28. On this date 1997, an individual wrote a letter "inquiring about the recitation of obligatory prayers was forwarded by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States to the Universal House of Justice. It in turn referred your query to the Research Department for further study, and we are enclosing a copy of the memorandum that was produced in reply."

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  October 28. On this date 1997, an individual  wrote  a letter "inquiring about the recitation of obligatory prayers was forwarded by ...

October 28. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The statement in 'Seven Days of Creation' certainly cannot be considered authoritative or correct. The Ark and the Flood we believe are symbolical."

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  October 28. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi   wrote   "The statement in 'Seven Days of Creation' certainly cannot be con...

October 28. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote "We Bahá'ís do not believe in Genesis literally. We know this world was not created in seven days, or six, or eight, but evolved gradually over a period of millions of years, as science has proved."

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  October 28. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi   wrote   "We Bahá'ís do not believe in Genesis literally. We know this world wa...

October 28. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote, "Nine is the highest digit, hence symbolizes comprehensiveness, culmination; also, the reason it is used in the Temple's form is because 9 has the exact numerical value of 'Baha' (in the numerology connected with the Arabic alphabet) and Baha is the name of the Revealer of our Faith, Bahá'u'lláh."

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  October 28. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi   wrote , "Nine is the highest digit, hence symbolizes comprehensiveness, culminatio...

October 28. On this date in 2000, the Los Angeles Times featured an article titled "Iranian Bahais, Fleeing Religious Persecution, Find a Refuge in Turkey."

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  October 28. On this date in 2000, the   Los Angeles Times   featured an article titled   "Iranian Bahais, Fleeing Religious Persecuti...

October 28. On this date in 1904, Ali-Kuli Khan married Boston socialite Florence Breed, consummating the first marriage between an Iranian and a Western Bahá'í.

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  October 28. On this date in 1904,   Ali-Kuli Khan   married Boston socialite Florence Breed, consummating the first marriage between an Ir...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

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 Medicine at...