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1961 7 Dec 196- |
An article appeared in the nationally prominent Moroccan newspaper Al Alam lamenting the decline of Islám and attacking the Bahá'í Faith. [MoC17]
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Persecution, Morocco; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Morocco | |
1961 5 Nov 196- |
The Hands of the Cause issued a message from their fifth Conclave. [MoC313–23]
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- Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Hands of the Cause, Conclaves; Bahji, Israel; Most Great Jubilee (1963); Bahá'í World Congress, First (1963); Centenaries; Universal House of Justice, Election of; Universal House of Justice; Haifa, Israel; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; London, England; United Kingdom | |
1961 22 Oct 196- |
Mr. Sivalingam and Miss Puvaneswary were married in the first Bahá'í wedding in Malaysia. | Weddings; First weddings; Malaysia | First Bahá’í wedding in Malaysia |
1961 15 Oct – 2 Nov 196- |
The fifth Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was convened at Bahjí. [MoC249-329]
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- Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Hands of the Cause, Conclaves; Bahji, Israel; Akka, Israel | |
1961 (Autumn/Winter) 196- |
The International Bahá'í Archives Building was opened to Bahá'í pilgrims. [BW13:429; MC20]
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Pilgrimage; Marble; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Margraf; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel; International Archives Building (Haifa); Arc (World Centre) | |
1961 Oct 196- |
The first summer school to be held on Rarotonga Island took place. | First summer and winter schools; Summer schools; - Islands; Rarotonga, Cook Islands; Cook Islands | first summer school on Rarotonga Island |
1961 17 Sep 196- |
The House of Worship in Sydney, the Mother Temple of the Antipodes, was officially opened by Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khánum in two public services, each attended by 900 people. [BW13:732]
Specifics
Foundation Stone: 26 Jan 1958 (Clara Dunn and Hand of the Cause Charles Mason Remey, who had been designated by the Guardian as his representative, while attending the 2nd International Conference 21-24 March, 1958. A small bag of earth from the inner Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh and a piece of plaster from the room of the Báb in Máh-Kú was deposited under the floor.) Construction Period: 1957-1961 Site Dedication:16 September 1961 (Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum brought a gift from the Guardian- a green silk carpet from the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh.) Architect C.M. Remey Seating: 500 Dimensions: 124ft at the base and 130ft high Cost: Original budget was 120,000 Pounds Sterling Dependencies: References: BW13:319-322, BW13p720-732 CEBF241 |
* Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Mother Temples; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Quick facts; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Sydney; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Dedications; Clara Dunn; Mason Remey; - Architects; Boxes containing dust, earth or plaster; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Mah-Ku, Iran; Gifts; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Sydney, Australia; Australia | |
1961 16 Sep 196- |
The House of Worship in Sydney, the Mother Temple of the Antipodes, was dedicated by Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khánum in a service for Bahá'ís only. [BW13:729; MoC15]
See also Dedication of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Sydney, by Peter J. Khan (2001). |
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Sydney; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Dedications; Sydney, Australia; Australia | |
1961 15 Jul 196- |
The Turkish court declared the Bahá'í Faith to be a 'Tarighat', a sect forbidden by the law of the land.<
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Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Court cases; Human rights; NSA; Turkey | |
1961 8 Jul 196- |
Georges and Emma Wayenece, originally from Mare on the Loyalty Islands and the first Loyalty Islanders to become Bahá'ís, enrolled in Nouméa. [BW17:415]
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Georges Wayenece; Emma Wayenece; Noumea, New Caledonia; Loyalty Islands | first Loyalty Islanders Bahá’í; first Melanesian woman Bahá’í of the New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands |
1961 8 Jul 196- |
The Custodians announced that mass conversion had begun in Ceylon, Central and East Africa, and Bolivia, while in Canada native peoples had begun to enter the Faith. [MoC293] | Custodians; Mass conversion; Native Americans; - First Nations, Canada; Sri Lanka; - Africa; Bolivia; Canada | |
1961 25 – 26 Jun 196- |
The newly-elected International Bahá'í Council met for the first time. [BW13:397; MoC285–6]
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International Bahá'í Council; Haifa, Israel | |
1961 23 Jun 196- |
Fred Murray, early Indigenous believer and member of the Minen tribe (Mirning Yirkala) to become a Bahá'í, enrolled. In 1963 he attended the World Congress in London. [BW14:369]
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Fred Murray; - Aboriginal people; - Indigenous people; June Perkins; Australia | first full-blooded Bahá'í Aborigine member of Minen tribe |
1961 1 May 196- |
Kanichi (Moto) Yamamoto, the first Japanese Bahá'í, passed away in Berkeley, California. [SBR185]
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Kanichi Yamamoto; Berkeley, CA; California, USA; United States (USA) | first Japanese Bahá’í |
1961 Ridán 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of North East Africa had been led by the former National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt and Sudan since 1956. In 1960 difficulties in Egypt made it impossible to administer territories outside of the country so a regional administrative committee was formed and this, in turn, was replaced with the new (regional) National Spiritual Assembly of Ethiopia with its headquarters in Addis Abba. [BW13p287] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Ethiopia | |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Brazil was formed. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Brazil | first NSA Brazil |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Uruguay was formed. [BW13:258]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Uruguay | first NSA Uruguay |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Venezuela was formed. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Venezuela | first NSA Venezuela |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Peru was formed. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Peru | first NSA Peru |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Paraguay was formed. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Paraguay | first NSA Paraguay |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Panama was formed. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Panama | first NSA Panama |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Nicaragua was formed. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Nicaragua | first NSA Nicaragua |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Mexico was formed. Those elected were: Mrs. Florence Mayberry, Samuel Burafato, Dr. Edris Rice-Wray, Sra. Carmen de Burafato, Mrs. Chappie Angulo, Earl Morris, Mrs. Anna Howard, Mrs. Valeria Nichols, and Harold Murray. [BW13:258]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Mexico | first NSA Mexico |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Jamaica was formed. Since 1957 they had come under the jurisdiction of the Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Greater Antilles. [BW13:258]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Jamaica | first NSA Jamaica |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Honduras was formed. [BW13:258; National website; Bahaipedia Honduras; BN No364 July 1961 p3]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Honduras; Conflict | first NSA Honduras |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Haiti was formed. Previously it had been part of the Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Greater Antilles. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Haiti | first NSA Haiti |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of El Salvador was formed. [BW13:258]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; El Salvador | first NSA El Salvador |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Guatemala was formed. Prior they had been part of Regional Spiritual Assembly of Mexico and the Republics of Central America. [BW13:258]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Guatemala; Honduras | first NSA Guatemala |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Ecuador was formed. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Ecuador | first NSA Ecuador |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Dominican Republic was formed. Since 1957 they had come under the jurisdiction of the Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Greater Antilles. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Dominican Republic | first NSA Dominican Republic |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Cuba was formed. Since 1957 they had come under the jurisdiction of the Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Greater Antilles. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Cuba | first NSA Cuba |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Costa Rica was formed. [BW13:258]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Costa Rica | first NSA Costa Rica |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Colombia was formed. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Colombia | first NSA Colombia |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Chile was formed. [BW13:258]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Chile | first NSA Chile |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Bolivia was formed. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Bolivia | first NSA Bolivia |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Argentina was formed. [BW13:258] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Argentina | first NSA Argentina |
1961 Ridván 196- |
The International Bahá'í Council was elected by postal ballot of the members of the national spiritual assemblies. It was to serve a two-year term of office. [BW13:397; MoC282]
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International Bahá'í Council; Universal House of Justice; Jessie Revell; `Alí Nakhjavání; Lutfullah Hakim; Ethel Revell; Charles Wolcott; Sylvia Ioas; Mildred Mottahedeh; Ian Semple; H. Borrah Kavelin; Firsts, other; Haifa, Israel; - Bahá'í World Centre | first election IBC by postal ballot |
1961 14 Apr 196- |
The knowledge of the arrest of the 14 believers was received but the Custodians at the World Centre via the publication of an article in the newspaper Le Courier du Maroc. They were in communications with the 44 National Assemblies at the time and asked them to bring pressure on the Moroccan authorities and to pray for the protection and release of the prisoners. The Custodians took the position that no attack should be made on the central authorities but rather the blame should rest on a small, fanatical, prejudiced and misinformed group of local leaders who did not seem to be under the control of the central authority in Rabat.
The Bahá'í International Community made representation at the United Nations. [MoC17-18] |
Persecution, Morocco; - Persecution; Court cases; Human rights; Morocco | |
1961 3 Apr 196- |
Corinne Knight True, Hand of the Cause of God, (b. 1 November 1861 Louisville, KY d. Chicago, IL 3 April 1961). She was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago. [BW13:846]
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Corinne True; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, Second Contingent; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Chicago, IL; Louisville, KY; United States (USA) | |
1961 21 – 25 Feb 196- |
The first Indian congress of Bolivia was held in Oruro, with Indians participating. [BW13:268] | - Conferences; - Indigenous people; Oruro, Bolivia; Bolivia | first Indian congress of Bolivia |
1961 17 Jan 196- |
Following the arrest of Bahá'ís in Turkey in March 1959 and the subsequent court case, the Turkish court received the findings of three outstanding religious scholars that the Bahá'í Faith was an independent religion. [MoC308]
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Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Court cases; Human rights; Turkey | |
1961 15 Jan 196- |
The House of Worship in Kampala, the Mother Temple of Africa, is officially opened by Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khánum in a public service attended by 1,500 people. [BW13:715–18; MoC15]
Specifics
Foundation Stone: 26 Jan 1958 (Beneath the stone is a silver box containing the sacred earth from the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh and a wooden box containing a piece of the plaster from the Prison Fortress of Máh-Kú where the Báb had been incarcerated.) Construction Period: Land purchased: 20 April 1954, January 1958 – 14 January 1961 Site Dedication: 14 January 1961 (Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum brought a gift from the Guardian- a carpet from the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh was hung on the inside of the door facing the Qiblih.) Architect: Charles Mason Remey Seating:Over 400 (800 for Dedication ceremony) Dimensions: Dome at its base-44ft. Diameter of inner floor-84ft. Circumference: 265ft yielding 5,550 sq ft of floor space. Height of the building-124ft. Cost: $ ? (initial budget was 42,00 Pounds Sterling) Dependencies: References: BW13p704-719, CEBF241, CG45 |
* Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Mother Temples; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Quick facts; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Kampala; Mason Remey; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Dedications; - Architects; Gifts; Boxes containing dust, earth or plaster; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Mah-Ku, Iran; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Kampala, Uganda; Uganda | |
1961 14 Jan 196- |
The House of Worship in Kampala, the Mother Temple of Africa, was dedicated by Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khánum in a service for Bahá'ís only. [BW13:713–14; CG45]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Kampala; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Kampala, Uganda; Uganda | |
1961 Jan - Feb 196- |
Hand of the Cause of God Dr Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir traveled to India and demonstrated the principle of mass teaching. [DM172–84; SBBH2:165–7]
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- Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Rahmatullah Muhajir; Mass conversion; Mass teaching; Teaching; LSA; Statistics; Growth; Madhya Pradesh, India; India | |
1961 (In the year) 196- |
The military government in Indonesia issued instructions to local authorities to ban all Bahá'í activities and to confiscate all Bahá'í property. [MoC329] | Persecution, Indonesia; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Indonesia | |
1961 (In the year) 196- |
Knud Jensen (of mixed Danish, St Thomanian parentage), the first local person to become a Bahá'í in the Virgin Islands, enrolled. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Virgin Islands, US; United States (USA) | first Bahá’í in Virgin Islands |
1961 (In the year) 196- |
The first local assembly was formed on Terceira Island in the Azores at Ridván in 1958. The Faith continued to grow slowly but steadily. By 1961 the local religious authorities grew concerned. The International Police summoned Mr. Nolen, the Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Azores, and advised him that he must discontinue teaching the Faith or leave the islands. Despite these obstacles the Spiritual Assembly continued to meet and study classes were held in Bahá'í homes. [BW15p317-318] | Persecution, Portugal; Azores; Portugal |
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