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Bahá'í Chronology - The Universal House of Justice - 169 B.E. (A.D. 2012-2013)
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< 168 B.E. | 170 B.E. >
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[ 9 Articles ]
• Jalál 13 Jalál 169 B.E.
• Yawm as-Sabt 29 Jumādá al-ūlá
   A.H. 1433
• Saturday 21 April A.D. 2012
• Yom Shabbat 29 Nissan A.M. 5772
Plans are announced for the building of the first two national Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs that are to be raised up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Papua New Guinea. [Riḍván 2012 To the Bahá'ís of the World]
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• Jalál 13 Jalál 169 B.E.
• Yawm as-Sabt 29 Jumādá al-ūlá
   A.H. 1433
• Saturday 21 April A.D. 2012
• Yom Shabbat 29 Nissan A.M. 5772
Plans are announced that the Universal House of Justice is entering into consultations with respective National Spiritual Assemblies regarding the erection of the first local Houses of Worship in each of the following clusters: Battambang, Cambodia; Bihar Sharif, India; Matunda Soy, Kenya; Norte del Cauca, Colombia; and Tanna, Vanuatu. [Riḍván 2012 To the Bahá'ís of the World]
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• Istiqlál 14 Jamál 169 B.E.
• Yawm al-Jum'ah 19
   Jumādá al-ākhirah A.H. 1433
• Friday 11 May A.D. 2012
• Yom Shishi 19 Iyar A.M. 5772
The Universal House of Justice sends a message to the Bahá'ís of Iran near the four-year anniversary of the illegal arrest and imprisonment of the former members of the Yárán and the more recent injustice meted out against the co-workers of the Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE). [BWNS823, Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 11 May, 2012, In Farsi]
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• `Aẓamat / Ráḥmat 169 B.E.
• Rajab / Sha'bān A.H. 1433
• June A.D. 2012
• Sivan / Tammuz A.M. 5772
After the January 25th revolution against Mubarak and a period of rule by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the Muslim Brotherhood took power in Egypt through a series of popular elections with Egyptians electing Islamist Mohamed Morsi to the presidency in June 2012.

On 3 July 2013, Morsi was deposed by a coup d'état led by the minister of defense General Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The situation of Egypt's Bahá'í community remained uncertain. The prescriptions of the 1960 Presidential Decree, despite the revolution, had yet to be annulled. This meant that despite the 2009 lifting of the restrictions on identification documents, the Bahá'í Faith still had not received actual recognition as a religion and Bahá'í were frequently subjected to public vilification. It was a period of extreme unrest. It is estimated that between Sisi's overthrow of Morsi and the 2014 presidential elections, an estimated 20,000 activists and dissidents were arrested by the police under the interim government. El-Sisi went on to become Egypt's president by popular election in 2014.

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• Ráḥmat / Kalimát 169 B.E.
• Sha'bān / Ramaḍān A.H. 1433
• July A.D. 2012
• Tammuz / Av A.M. 5772
The Bahá'í Chair for World Peace was assumed by Professor Hoda Mahmoudi who previously headed a research department at the Bahá'í World Center in Israel. [Bio Professor Hoda Mahmoudi]
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• Kamál 14 `Ilm 169 B.E.
• Yawm al-Ithnayn 13 Dhū al-Ḥijjah
   A.H. 1433
• Monday 29 October A.D. 2012
• Yom Sheni 13 Cheshvan A.M. 5773
The Bahá'í International Community publishes a special report on The Bahá'ís of Semnan: A Case Study in Religious Hatred. This video report highlights the effect on one community of the Iranian government's methodical and organized campaign to incite hatred against the Bahá'ís and eliminate them as a viable social entity.

The Bahá'ís of Semnan have been the focus in recent years of an intensifying persecution, facing an array of economic, physical and psychological attacks. While these types of attacks on Bahá'ís are not confined to Semnan, the situation there is noteworthy for its particular intensity and the mobilization and coordination of official and semi-official elements -- including the police, the courts, local officials, and the clergy.

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• Kamál 4 Qawl 169 B.E.
• Yawm al-Ithnayn 12 Muḥarram A.H. 1434
• Monday 26 November A.D. 2012
• Yom Sheni 12 Kislev A.M. 5773
The Universal House of Justice shares, in a message to all National Assemblies, a statement prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development at the Bahá'í World Centre, a statement on the subject of and with the title of, Social Action. The statement offers a brief overview of the involvement of the Bahá'í community in the area of social and economic development, placing it in the context of current activity at the level of the cluster. In this connection, the House of Justice has requested us to make clear that the distribution of the document should not be seen as a call for widespread action in this area; it is intended as an instrument to raise further consciousness about the nature of social action and some of the methods it employs. [Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 26 November, 2012]
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• Ayyám-i-Há 169 / Bahá 170 B.E.
• Rabī' ath-thānī / Jumādá al-ūlá A.H. 1434
• March A.D. 2013
• Adar / Nissan A.M. 5773
The publication of the report entitled Violence with Impunity: Acts of Aggression Against Iran's Bahá'í Community published by the Bahá'í International Community. The report documents a rising tide of violence directed against the Iranian Bahá'í community - and the degree to which attackers enjoy complete impunity from prosecution or punishment. From 2005 through 2012, for example, there were 52 cases where Bahá'ís have been held in solitary confinement, and another 52 incidents where Bahá'ís have been physically assaulted. Some 49 incidents of arson against Bahá'í homes and shops, more than 30 cases of vandalism, and at least 42 incidents of cemetery desecration were also documented. [BWNS972]
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• Fidál 4 `Alá' 169 B.E.
• Yawm ath-Thulāthā' 22 Rabī' ath-thānī
   A.H. 1434
• Tuesday 5 March A.D. 2013
• Yom Shlishi 23 Adar A.M. 5773
The passing of Mas'ud Khamsi, former Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre in Lima, Peru. [BWNS943]
[ABBC Online]
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< 168 B.E. | 170 B.E. >
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Most of the Gregorian Calendar dates, A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1753) to 153 B.E (A.D. 1996), are from the original book, A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. From 153 B.E (A.D. 1996) to present the Gregorian Calendar dates are from A Basic Bahá'í Chronology online. The Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates were calculated by the ABG staff and may be subject to error, despite the great care that was taken. When the Gregorian date is "In the year", "c. Mar 1797", etc., we list the nearest approximate Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates.
 
Notes:
  • The dates in the left column do not always match the dates in the text. This is due to the plethora of calculations and calculators available. We use the calendar conversions from Calendar Home - Convert a date.
  • Continuous time periods, e.g., Monday thru Friday or June thru August, are annotated as Monday / Friday and June / August rather than Monday-Friday and June-August in all four calendars. This is to avoid confusion with Islamic days and months which contain a hyphen (or dash), e.g. Yawm ath-Thulatha', Jumadá al-akhirah.
  • Date Format = Day of the Week Name, Day of the Month Number, Month Name, Year Number -
  • c. = circa - meaning: "Around, round about, about. The prep. is often used in Eng. with dates, as circa 1400 (c 1400)." (Oxford English Dictionary)
  • Items with a greenish background are publications 
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