Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

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Date 1961-07, descending — sort earliest first

date event tags firsts refs
1961 15 Jul The Turkish court declared the Bahá'í Faith to be a 'Tarighat', a sect forbidden by the law of the land.<
  • The Bahá'ís were 'forgiven', released and the case against them dropped. [MoC308]
  • The National Spiritual Assembly decided to appeal the decision to a higher court and national spiritual assemblies were asked to make representations to the Turkish ambassadors in their respective countries. [MoC308]
    		•  Persecution, Turkey; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution; Court cases; Human Rights; NSA; Turkey
    1961 8 Jul 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]
  • Mrs Wayenece was the first Melanesian woman of the New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands area to become a Bahá'í. [BW17:415]
    		•  Georges Wayenece; Emma Wayenece; Noumea; Loyalty Islands first Loyalty Islanders Bahá’í; first Melanesian woman Bahá’í of the New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands
    1961 8 Jul 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; Sri Lanka; Africa; Bolivia; Canada

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