Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

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Date 1961-1, descending — sort earliest first

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1961 7 Dec An article appeared in the nationally prominent Moroccan newspaper Al Alam lamenting the decline of Islám and attacking the Bahá'í Faith. [MoC17]
  • This gave rise to persecution of the Bahá'ís in ensuing months.
    		•  Persecution, Morocco; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Morocco
    1961 5 Nov The Hands of the Cause issued a message from their fifth Conclave. [MoC313–23]
  • They called for the election of the Universal House of Justice at a convention to be held in the Holy Land on the first, second and third days of Ridván 1963. [CB392; MoC321]
  • They asked the electors to leave the Hands free to 'discharge their duties'. [MoC321]
  • The celebration of the Most Great Jubilee, the Centenary of the Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh, was to be held in London rather than Baghdád, owing to the situation in the Middle East. [MoC322]
    		•  - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Hands of the Cause, Conclaves; Bahji, Israel; Most Great Jubilee; - World Congresses; Centenaries; Universal House of Justice, Election of; Universal House of Justice; Haifa, Israel; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; London, England; United Kingdom
    1961 22 Oct 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 The fifth Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was convened at Bahjí. [MoC249-329]
  • For the agenda see MoC298.
    		•  - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Hands of the Cause, Conclaves; Bahji, Israel; Akka, Israel
    1961 (Autumn/Winter) The International Bahá'í Archives Building was opened to Bahá'í pilgrims. [BW13:429; MC20]
  • For details of the Archives building and several pictures see BW13:403–34.
  • Marble for the the International Baha'i Archives building was cut and chiseled by Margraf, a firm from Chiampo, Italy formerly known as Industria dei Marmi Vincentini. [BWNS1223]
  • Shoghi Effendi chose the Parthenon as the basis for the design possibly due to its apparent enduring beauty. The capitals of the fifty columns were in the style of the Iconic rather than the Doric order.
    		• International Bahá'í Archives; Pilgrimage; Marble; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Margraf; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel
    1961 Oct 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

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