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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 April A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
The Islamic Revolutionary Court in
Iṣfáhán sentenced Sina Hakiman (10 yrs), Farzad Khajeh Sharifabadi (7
yrs), Havivullhh Ferdosian Najafabadi (7 yrs) and Ziaullah Mirzapanah
(3yrs) for crimes against national security. All four were among the
thirty-six who were arrested in late September and in early October,
1998 in a concerted government crackdown against Bahá'í education in
fourteen cities in Iran.
- It is reported that over 500 homes were
raided in an attempt to crack down on the Bahá'í Open University. Files,
equipment and other property used by the University were seized. From
report by Human Rights Watch Academic Freedom Committee.
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
National Spiritual Assembly of Latvia was formed. [BW99-00p44-45, Ridván Message 156] |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
National Spiritual Assembly of Lithuania was formed. [BW99-00p44-45, Ridván Message 156] |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
National Spiritual Assembly of Macedonia was formed. [Ridván Message 156] |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• 5 May A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
Firuz Kazemzadeh, Secretary for
External Affairs for the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of
the United States, is appointed by President Clinton as a member of the
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. White House
Press Release |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• June A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
The dedication of the first
academic chair in Bahá'í studies in Israel at Hebrew University of
Jerusalem with the appointment of Prof. Moshe Sharon. The position was
made possible because of an anonymous donation. [Jerusalem Post, June 7,
1999, BWNS84] |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 June A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
The passing of Meherangiz Munsiff
in London (b.23 November, 1923 Bombay, India) Born into a Bahá'í family
she travelled in India with Martha Root at the age of 14 years. She was
appointed Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the French Cameroons. In addition
she visited more than 150 countries to teach and assist in the
development of Bahá'í communities and was know as a lecturer and an
activist among the international humanitarian community. [The Bahá'í
World99-00p308-309] |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• 15 / 18 August A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
The third conference was held
Sidcot, Avon, United Kingdom, jointly with the Bahá'í Agency for Social
and Economic Development - UK. It brought together 44 participants from
13 countries on 5 continents, as well as internet connection with an
additional 70 "electronic" conference participants in 29 countries, for a
total of 114 participants from 38 countries, including 8 in Africa.
(From web site) |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• September A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
September 1999 President Ṣāliḥ was
again returned to office, this time in the country's first direct
presidential elections and for a term lengthened to seven years. He had
run virtually unopposed, as the YSP candidate was unable to secure the
minimum number of votes necessary in the GPC-dominated parliament to
stand in the election. |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• September A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
The murder of Abdullah Mogharrabi in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It was determined that he was killed for his religious beliefs. [One Country Jan-Mar 2002 Vol13 Issue 4] |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• 9 November A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
The announcement by the Universal
House of Justice of the creation of the Office of Correspondence at the
World Centre to improve communication between the World Centre and the
Bahá'í World by assisting
the Secretariat of the House of Justice in responding to routine
requests and inquiries made to the World Center
and also to handle a broader range of such correspondence, over its own
signature, following policies laid down for this purpose.
[Universal House of Justice 9 November, 1999] |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• 28 December A.D. 1999
• A.M. |
In a message from the Universal House of Justice dated the 28 December, 1999 some laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas which had not yet been universally
applied are put into effect. Those are the laws which directly foster
the devotional life of the individual and of the community which pertain
to obligatory prayer, fasting and recitation of the Greatest Name
ninety-five times a day.
- Those laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas which are not yet universally accliable are deliniated in the message dated 8 February, 1999.
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• January A.D. 2000
• A.M. |
The establishment of a high school
at the Malagwane hill site in Mbabane, the capital of Swaziland, a small
cosmopolitan city of about 90,000 inhabitants.
- The school,
located on the outskirts of the city, has been named "The Setsembiso
Sebunye High School." In Siswati, the language of Swaziland, it means
"the promise of unity."
- It opened with a double stream (two
sections) with 120 students in Forms One and Two (the 8th and 9th year
of school). In subsequent years a minimum of 70 new students will be
admitted.
- A two-story, twelve-room building was completed just
before the opening of school. This building contains 7 classrooms, a
science lab/classroom, and a modern computer room, a library and an
administrative/staff room. Each classroom is equipped with computer
capabilities to provide both access to a network in support of the
curriculum and the internet. This building is the first of a complex of
facilities to serve the needs of a modern high school, eventually having
about 400 students.
- The total enrolment for all of the schools (high, primary and pre-primary schools) now exceeds 500. [Home Page]
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 January A.D. 2000
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The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum in Haifa. She was born in New York on 8 August 1910. [One CountryVol.11,Issue4]
- Shoghi Effendi had appointed her as a Hand of the Cause of God after
the passing of her father, Hand of the Cause of God Sutherland Maxwell
on the 26th of March, 1952. [MoCxxiv]
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• 29 January A.D. 2000
• A.M. |
The passing of Mr. Adib Taherzadeh,
member of the Universal House of Justice since 1988, in Haifa after
some months of illness. He was 78. [One Country] |
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• 17 February A.D. 2000
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Iran's Supreme Court rejected death
sentences imposed upon Sirus Zabihi-Moghadam, Hadayet
Kashefi-Majafabadi and Manucher Khulsi.
- They had been arrested in
1997 in Khorasan province accused of unspecified anti-security acts.
(Chapter one, Article 498 of the Islamic Penal Code.)
- A flood of protest followed from Western leaders. [HRW]
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• 156 B.E.
• A.H.
• 17 February A.D. 2000
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The passing of Mildred Mottahedeh
in New York. She had been elected to the International Bahá'í Council,
the first globally elected Bahá'í body and was the first Bahá'í
International Community representative to the United Nations. She was
born in Seabright, New Jersey, on 7 August 1908 and was 91. [One Country Jan-Mar 2000 Vol 11 Issue 4] |
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