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• 154 B.E.
• A.H.
• 24 March / 16 May A.D. 1997
• A.M. |
The nine member First Nations
Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific, called "The Journey of
Teech-ma" consisted of Canadian Bahá'ís from Kwakiutl, Nuu-Cha-Nuth, the
Ojibway First Nations, a Yupik Bahá'í from Alaska and three non-Native
Canadian friends. They shared their culture and their Faith with the
Maori, other New Zealanders, the Aborigines and other Australians as
well as the ne-Vanuatu peoples. See entry for 1994 Summer. [SDSC370] |
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• 154 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1997
• A.M. |
The re-formation of the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Rwanda bringing the total number of
national spiritual assemblies to 175. [BW97-98p32] |
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• 154 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 April A.D. 1997
• A.M. |
In the second parliamentary
election in Yemen the GPC won a majority of the seats, Iṣlāḥ finished
second, and the YSP (Yemen Socialist Party) virtually committed
political suicide by boycotting the elections.
Given its sizable majority, the GPC chose to rule alone, thereby making
Iṣlāḥ the major opposition party in parliament.
In late 1994 the plural executive had been abolished and President Ṣāliḥ
reelected to a five-year term by parliament. |
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• 154 B.E.
• A.H.
• 30 May A.D. 1997
• A.M. |
The Universal House of Justice, in a
message to all National Spiritual Assemblies, announces the formation
of a new administrative body, the Regional Bahá'í Council, something
that is already in practice in a few areas. [See 23 May, 1986 for
example.]
- Attached to the message is the document outlining the policies
governing the formation and functioning of the Regional Bahá'í Councils
entitled THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL BAHÁ'Í COUNCILS IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES, THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS.
[Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 30 May, 1997]
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• 154 B.E.
• A.H.
• 4 July A.D. 1997
• A.M. |
Masha'llah Enayati, a 63-year-old man, died in custody while in prison in Iṣfáhán after being severely beaten. [One Country Jul-Sep 1998 Vol 10 Issue 2] |
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• 154 B.E.
• A.H.
• 6 July A.D. 1997
• A.M. |
Shahram Reza'i, a conscript in the
army, was shot in the head by his superior officer at a military base
near Rasht, Iran. The officer, who said the bullets were fired in error,
was released a few days after a court excused him from paying the blood
money normally required in such cases because the dead soldier was a
Bahá'í.
[One Country Jul-Sep 1998 Vol 10 Issue 2] |
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• 154 B.E.
• A.H.
• 24 / 26 October A.D. 1997
• A.M. |
The International Environment Forum
was launched at the first International Bahá'í Environment Conference
in de Poort, Netherlands, with participants from nine countries, who
were joined electronically by people from 21 countries participating in
the e-mail version of the conference.
- A BAHÁ'Í PERSPECTIVE ON THE
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT was presented by Michael
Richards of the Overseas Development Institute in London.
- At the
conference, the objectives, activities and structure of the Forum were
agreed and statutes adopted, and a governing board of five people was
elected.
- It is a Bahá'í-inspired non-governmental organization
that links together Bahá'ís and others interested in the fields of
environment and sustainable development. Development of the Forum has
been encouraged and guided by the Bahá'í International Community,
although it has no formal link with the Bahá'í administration.
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• 154 B.E.
• A.H.
• 31 January A.D. 1997
• A.M. |
The Spiritual Assembly of Budapest
set up a marble plaque in the garden of the National Museum at the site
where Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhiyyih K̲h̲ánum planted a tree during her
visit in 1993 to commemorate 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit in 1913. The ceremony
opened the National Spritual Assembly's campaign marking the
eighty-fifth anniversary of the Bahá'í Faith in Hungary. [BW1997-98 p
103-104] |
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• 154 B.E.
• A.H.
• February A.D. 1997
• A.M. |
The Bahá'í Open University resumed
activities after the seizure of much of their assets four months earlier
by the Iranian government. |
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