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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
In Pakistan a constitutional
amendment names the Bahá'í Faith among the non-Muslim faiths of the
country, thus according it legal recognition. [BW18:107; VV67] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Bophuthatswana is formed with its seat in Mmbatho. [BW18:107, 163] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of South West Africa/Namibia is formed with its seat in Windhoek. [BW18:107, 163] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Leeward Islands is formed with its seat in St John's, Antigua. [BW18:107, 171] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Windward Islands is formed with its seat in Kingstown, St Vincent. [BW18:171] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Tuvalu is formed with its seat in Funafuti. [BW18:107; BW19:62] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of
Uganda is re-formed after a period of 19 months during which the Faith
was banned. [BW18:107, 163] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Bermuda is formed with its seat in Hamilton. [BW18:107, 171] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The Canadian Association for Studies on the Bahá'í Faith is renamed the Association for Bahá'í Studies. [BBD202; VV24–5] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• 23 May A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
Helmut Winkeibach, Knight of
Bahá'u'lláh for Belarus, marries Olga Grigorevna Dolganova, a Russian,
their wedding ceremony being the first Bahá'í wedding in the Soviet
Union. |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• July A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
An International Chinese Teaching Committee is appointed by the Universal House of Justice. [BW19:76] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• July A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The reconstituted Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Uganda meets for the first time. [BW18:112] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• 24 August A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The publication of the compilation
entitled "The Assistance of God" by the Universal House of Justice. It
was renamed "The Power of Divine Assistance" when published in the Compilation of Compilations, Vol 2 p201. [Messages63-86p504]
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• 16 September A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The Universal House of Justice
addressed a message to all National Assemblies with the compilation of
prayers and passages from the Bahá'í Writings with a view to have it
translated and distributed where there is a dearth of Bahá'í literature.
This was published by the Baha'i World Centre under the title of "Words
of God". [Messages63-86p486, 504-505] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• 23 November A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The publication of the compilation
entitled "Excellence in All Things" by the Universal House of Justice.
[Messages63-86p509-510, Compilation of CompilationsVol 1 p367] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• 5 December A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The Bahá'í cemetery in Tehran was
seized "by order of the Revolutionary Court. Five caretakers and eight
temporary workers were arrested and the cemetery was closed.
[Mess63-86p510] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• 10 December A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
The Universal House of Justice
announces that the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Tákur, Núr, Iran, confiscated
by the Revolutionary Government in the spring of 1979, has been totally
demolished and the site offered for sale by auction. [BW18:289;
BW19:42] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 December A.D. 1981
• A.M. |
Eight of the nine members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran are executed. [BI13; BW19:43] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1982
• A.M. |
The first publication of Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand by the Baha'i Publishing Trust in Suva, Fiji Islands. [BW18p878] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1982
• A.M. |
One of the members of the National
Spiritual Assembly of Vietnam sent to a ‘re-education' camp is released
owing to ill health; the other remains in detention. [BW18:96] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1982
• A.M. |
The persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran continues throughout the year. [BW18:92]
- Thirty–two Bahá'ís are executed or otherwise killed. [BW19:232]
- BW18:293–4 shows a slightly different, incorrect list.
- For pictures of the martyrs see BW18:295–305 and BW19:236–46.
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a list of resolutions adopted by the United Nations, regional bodies,
national and provincial governments, and other actions taken, see
BW18:92–6 and BW19:44–6.
- For a list of the actions taken by the Bahá'í International Community, Bahá'í institutions and others see BW18:345–52, 420–4.
- See the Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 26 January 1982 for a summation of the steps taken by the coordinated Bahá'í community
to expose the crimes of the Iranian regime and to bring pressure to have
the persecutions stop.
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1982
• A.M. |
The Canadian Bahá'í International Development Service is established. [BBRSM154] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• January A.D. 1982
• A.M. |
After a lapse of six years, the
first formal meeting of the National Spiritual Assembly of Laos is held
at the Bahá'í Centre. [BW18:96; BW19:49] |
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• 138 B.E.
• A.H.
• 18 February A.D. 1982
• A.M. |
The publication of the compilation
entitled "Family Life" by the Universal House of Justice.
[Messages63-86p533, Compilation of CompilationsVol 1 p385] |
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