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1967 (In the Year)
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Egyptian security services have exploited the decree to orchestrate six major crackdowns on the Bahá'í community , in 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972,1985 and 2001. The authorities arrested a total of 236 Egyptian Bahá'ís in these crackdowns, on grounds that they had violated the decree or on charges of "contempt of religion" On the few occasions on which arrests were followed by prosecutions, none of the defendants were ever found guilty of violating Law 263/1960 or any other law." from "IV. Egypt's Baha'is and the Policy of Erasure" in Prohibited Identities: State Interference with Religious Freedom by Human Rights Watch. Persecution, Egypt
1967 (In the year)
196-
The Universal House of Justice published a compilation of Bahá'u'lláh's messages titled The Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh to the Kings and Leaders of the World to mark the 100th anniversary of the inception of that proclamation. Bahá'í institutions worldwide were asked to present the book to the leaders of government in their respective countries. Some 140 Heads of State received a copy. [MUHJ63-86p113] - Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh (book); - Tablets to kings and rulers; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * Publications; - Bahá'í World Centre
1967 (In the year)
196-
The beginning of the publication of a magazine for the Bahá'í children of Iran called Varqā. The magazine was published regularly each month until 1979 and was supported by subscribers all over the country and abroad. It played a significant role in the educational and intellectual life of Persian Bahá'í children for more than a decade. After the 1979 revolution, the magazine has continued to be published in India. [BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community in Iran by V. Rafati] Varqa; * Publications; Iran
1967 – 1968
196-
Rhoda Vaughn arrived on Bonaire and remained for nine months, the first Bahá'í to visit the island. - First travel teachers and pioneers; Bonaire first Bahá’í to visit Bonaire
1967 – 1968
196-
Cleophas Koko Vava, a Togolese employed at the American Cultural Centre as a librarian to the United States Information Service and the first person to become a Bahá'í in Chad, enrolled. - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Chad first Bahá’í in Chad
1967 (In the year)
196-
The first Mataco Indians to become Bahá'ís enrolled in Argentina. [BW14:150] - First believers by background; Argentina first Mataco Indians Bahá’ís
1967 (In the year)
196-
Victor de Araujo was appointed by the Universal House of Justice as the full-time Accredited Representative of the Bahá'í International Community to the United Nations; Mildred Mottahedeh was appointed Alternate Representative. [BW14:88–9; BW15:364]
  • For picture see BW15:365.
  • Victor de Araujo; Mildred Mottahedeh; Bahá'í International Community; United Nations; New York, USA; United States (USA)
    1967 (In the year)
    196-
    Mr O. T. Shelton arrived on St Eustatius in the West Leeward Islands, the first pioneer to the island. - First travel teachers and pioneers; Leeward Islands first pioneer to St Eustatius
    1967 c.
    196-
    Egbert Barrett arrived on Carriacou from Grenada, the first pioneer to the island. Egbert Barrett; Pioneer; Carriacou, Grenada first pioneer to Carriacou
    1967 (In the year)
    196-
    The Universal House of Justice provided the following guidance on the use of "Bahá'í Faith" and "Bahá'í World Faith." The following excerpt is from a letter from the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of Great Britain published in their Bahá'í Journal No. 178, February - March 1967.
      ". . . we realize there are occasions on which the use of the term 'Bahá'í World Faith' may be justified and useful. However, it is our hope that the friends will gradually lose the habit of using this term as widely as they do now. The designation 'The Bahá'í Faith' is more dignified and is preferable. Any adjective added to this name tends to a diminution of its stature and might be taken to mean there are other 'Bahá'í Faiths'. . . ."
    [National Bahá'í Review No 1 January 1968 p2; Lights of Guidance, no. 374.]
    Bahá'í World Faith (term); - Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í Faith (term)
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