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1971 (In the year)
197-		 In Germany, Hermann Zimmer resurrected the claims of Ruth White in a small book published in 1971 (English translation in 1973), A Fraudulent Testament devalues the Bahá'í Religion into Political Shogism.
  • In Switzerland, Francesco Ficicchia wrote a comprehensive attack aimed mainly at the Bahá'í administration,
  • Der Bah'ismus Weltreligion der Zunkunft? (Evangelische Zentralstelle für Weltanschauungsfragen, Quell Verlag, Stuttgart, 1981).
  • Both of these works were financed and distributed by Evangelical Protestant organizations in Germany. [The Covenant and Covenant-breaker by Moojan Momen]
    		• Covenant-breaking; Hermann Zimmer; Ruth White; Francesco Ficicchia; Criticism and apologetics; Germany; Switzerland
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 Following the prohibition of Bahá'í activity in Egypt in 1960, Egyptian Bahá'ís put forward a petition to the Supreme Constitutional Court seeking to overturn the presidential decree as unconstitutional. Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Petitions; Egypt
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 The first summer school in Singapore was held. First summer and winter schools; Singapore first summer school in Singapore
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 The first local spiritual assembly in Mali was formed in Bamako. Local Spiritual Assembly; Bamako, Mali; Mali first Local Spiritual Assembly in Mali
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 The first three people to become Bahá'ís in Guinea enrolled. [BINS45] First Bahá'ís by country or area; Guinea first three Bahá’ís in Guinea
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 The first Amerindian to become a Bahá'í in French Guiana enrolled. French Guiana first Amerindian Bahá’í in French Guiana
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 The first Gypsies, six adults and six youth, the first to become Bahá'ís in France, enrolled at a campsite near Le Bourget airport. First believers by background; France first Gypsies Bahá’ís in France
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 The first Pingelapese to become a Bahá'í enrolled in the East Caroline Islands. First believers by background; Caroline Islands first Pingelapese Bahá’í the East Caroline Islands
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 Over 500 people became Bahá'ís in Bangladesh. [BINS86] Mass conversion; Bangladesh
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 The 'Lake Victoria Plan', a joint venture among the National Spiritual Assemblies of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi designed to carry the Faith to all the peoples and tribes living within Africa's largest lake basin, was inaugurated at the suggestion of Hand of the Cause Dr Muhájir. [DM96–8] Rahmatullah Muhajir; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Lake Victoria; - Africa
    c. 1971
    197-    		 The first local spiritual assembly in Ciskei was formed in Mdantsane. Local Spiritual Assembly; Mdantsane, South Africa; Ciskei, South Africa first Local Spiritual Assembly Mdantsane, Ciskei
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 Dan Jordon with Don Streets co-founded the Center for the Study of Human Potential at the University of Massachusetts and, along with other Bahá'í educators and scholars, Dr Jordon started the Anisa Project, a comprehensive, Bahá'í-inspired educational system organized around a philosophical base. The model was adopted by dozens of school systems during Jordan's lifetime.
  • The Anisa Educational Model was inspired by the Bahá'í teachings and the philosophical work of Alfred North Whitehead and soon grew into a national movement that trained hundreds of educators.
  • This new educational model was conceptualized as a process rather than a fixed formula. Based on the constantly-evolving empirical framework of the biological and medical sciences the Anisa Model gathered and unified educational practice and theory into a completely new paradigm. [Anisa Model Home Page]
  • See the book by Dan Jordon and Don Streets Releasing the Potentialities of the Child.
  • Biographical information about Daniel C Jordon.
  • See also three articles by David Langness:
    		• Anisa Educational Model; Dan Jordan; Don Streets; Alfred North Whitehead; * Philosophy; Process philosophy; Education; Massachusetts, USA
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 The publication of Memorials of the Faithful by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust in Wilmette as translated from the original Persian and annotated by Marzieh Gail. It contains eulogies of some eighty early Bahá'ís transcribed from a series of talks given by 'Abdu'l‑Bahá in Haifa around 1914–15.

    It was first published in 1924 in Farsi when the Persian transcripts that had been corrected by 'Abdu'l‑Bahá were compiled into a single volume.

  • In 1973 Memorials of the Faithful was transcribed by Gertrude D Schurgast and published in Tucson, AZ by the Bahá'í Service for the Blind. In 1975 a second print run was done. [Collins3.75, 8.3]
  • See reviews, papers and tributes to the book.
    		•  * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Memorials of the Faithful (book); - Basic timeline, Expanded; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Bahá'í Service for the Blind; Gertrude D Schurgast; Marzieh Gail; Wilmette, IL; United States (USA)
    1971 (In the year)
    197-    		 The publication of Divine Symphony by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust of New Delhi. The book was reprinted in 1976 and 1977. [Collins7.2771; p156] Divine Symphony; New Delhi, India; India
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