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| 1955 18–22 Jan
195- |
Five Bahá'ís were arrested and beaten in Hisár, Khurásán, Iran; four of these are dragged around the town; Bahá'í houses were attacked, looted and set on fire. [BW18p390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution; Hisar, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran | |
| 1955 8 Jan
195- |
Señor Moyses Mosquera Zevallos became the first believer of the Galapagos Islands to accept the Faith. As a result of his becoming a Bahá'í he was persecuted by the priest and both he and his wife lost their jobs as teachers. He was wrongfully accused of immoral acts with some of his students in spite of the fact that the teaching space was such that his wife was constantly with him.
Moses was dismissed from his position because of the influence of the priest but he was asked to return to Naranjal because of the demands of the parents of his students. He remained at this school until his retirement during the late 1970's. [Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 by Helen Basset Hornby p69; 77] |
Santa Cruz, Galápagos; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; Ecuador | the first to accept the Eahá'i Faith in the Galapagos. |
| 1955 c. Jan
195- |
The first Tswana Bahá'í, Stanlake Kukama, enrolled in Mafikeng. | - First believers by background; Mahikeng, South Africa; South Africa | first Tswana Bahá’í |
| 1955 Jan
195- |
Dorothy Senne became the first Bahá'í in South Africa. [BWNS270] | Dorothy Senne; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); South Africa | First Bahá'í in South Africa. |
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