Sunday, April 17, 2022

April 16. On this date in 1981, the UHJ wrote "In such countries it is comparatively easy to bring large numbers of new believers into the Faith…"

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  April 16. On this date in 1981, the UHJ   wrote   "In such countries it is comparatively easy to bring large numbers of new believers...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

April 15. On this date in 1924, Hadi Afsahi was born in Tehran, Iran. A notable Iranian Bahá’í, he pioneered to Sweden, where he served on the inaugural National Spiritual Assembly and later as an Auxiliary Board member for the Continental Board of Counsellors for Europe.

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  April 15. On this date in 1924,   Hadi Afsahi   was born in Tehran, Iran. A notable Iranian Bahá’í, he pioneered to Sweden, where he serve...

April 15. On this date in 1886, Saichiro Fujita, the second Japanese to become a Bahá'í, was born in Yanai, Japan.

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  April 15. On this date in 1886, Saichiro Fujita, the second Japanese to become a Bahá'í, was born in   Yanai , Japan. Saichiro Fujita ...

April 15. On this date in 1976, "The House of Justice points out that calamities have been and are occurring and will continue to happen until mankind has been chastened sufficiently to accept the Manifestation for this day. Abdu'l-Bahá anticipated that the Lesser Peace could be established before the end of the twentieth century."

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  April 15. On this date in 1976, "The House of Justice   points out   that calamities have been and are occurring and will continue to...

April 15. On this date in 1965, the Universal House of Justice wrote the NSA of the U.S. "A very great responsibility for the future peace and well-being of the world is borne by the youth of today. Let the Bahá'í youth by the power of the Cause they espouse be the shining example for their companions."

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  April 15. On this date in 1965, the Universal House of Justice   wrote   the NSA of the U.S. "A very great responsibility for the fut...

April 15. On this date in 1987, an Australian Bahá’í asked the UHJ about the Prayer for the Dead, receiving the reply "The Prayer for the Dead should be read in its entirety by one person, while all others stand in silence. It is not the practice for those present to repeat any part of the prayer in unison."

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  April 15. On this date in 1987, an Australian Bahá’í asked the UHJ about the Prayer for the Dead, receiving the reply "The Prayer for...

April 15. On this date in 2001, the online magazine Themestream published an article titled "The Talisman Crackdown" by Karen Bacquet, who was later named as an apostate by Moojan Momen in "Marginality and Apostasy in the Bahá'í Community." For background see the Universal House of Justice's letter dated April 7, 1999, titled "Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá’í Faith" and Juan Cole's response, dated June 14, 1999, titled "Commentary on Letter of Universal House of Justice dated April 7, 1999".

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  April 15. On this date in 2001, the online magazine   Themestream   published an article titled   "The Talisman Crackdown"   by ...