Chronology: Date 1974-00-00

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date	event	tags	firsts
1974 (In the year) 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Leeward and Virgin Islands held its first annual National Teaching Conference. [BW16:187]	Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; Teaching; - First conferences; Leeward Islands; Virgin Islands, US	first annual National Teaching Conference Leeward and Virgin Islands
1974 (In the year) 197-	The National Television Network of Ghana broadcasted an interview with Dr William Maxwell, the first mention of the Bahá'í Faith on television in the country. [BW16:168]	William Maxwell; Ghana	first mention Faith on television Ghana
1974 (In the year) 197-	As a result of an intervention by the Egyptian chargé d'affaires, Bahá'í activities in Burundi were banned. [BW16:137] At the request of the Universal House of Justice and through the able intervention of Dr. 'Aziz Navidi, several representations were made to the Government.	Persecution, Burundi; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Aziz Navidi; Burundi
1974 (In the year) 197-	The first International Bahá'í Youth Conference to be held in Botswana took place in Mahalapye. [BW16:150]	Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; - First conferences; Mahalapye, Botswana; Botswana	first International Bahá’í Youth Conference in Botswana
1974 (In the year) 197-	Owing to the failure of the Indonesian Bahá'ís to obtain religious liberty, the Universal House of Justice instructed that the national convention not be held.	Persecution, Indonesia; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Conventions, National; Indonesia
1974 (In the year) 197-	Owing to difficulties within the Bahá'í community, the National Spiritual Assembly of Thailand was disbanded.	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Thailand
1974 (In the year) 197-	The first Native Council took place in Haines, Alaska, attended by 50 native Bahá'ís.	Firsts, other; Haines, AK; Alaska, USA; United States (USA)	first Native Council in Haines, Alaska
1974 (In the year) 197-	The Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan was established.	- Publishing Trusts; Japan
1974 (In the year) 197-	The Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Malaysia was established.	- Publishing Trusts; Malaysia
1974 (In the year) 197-	The Canadian Association for Studies on the Bahá'í Faith was created. [BW16:200] For its history; terms of reference and programmes and publications see BW17:197–201.	Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Association for Bahá'í Studies (North America); Canada
1974 (In the year) 197-	In Cambodia, political upheaval and a ban on the Bahá'í Faith had scattered its communities and caused some believers to be imprisoned briefly. Dempsey and Adrienne Morgan returned in 1971 and discreetly helped facilitate communication among Bahá'ís. Once the ban was lifted in 1974, he assisted in re-formation of several Local Spiritual Assemblies and instituted training classes. The foundation built by the national Bahá'í community helped it endure the devastating upheavals of subsequent years. [The American Bahá'í, Servants of the Glory page 48] "All effective contact with the Cambodian Bahá'ís was lost during the period of Khmer Rouge rule (1975-79), and apart from contact with Bahá'ís subsequently found in refugee camps in Thailand, the community had to be completely re-established in the 1980s." [Religious Freedom in the Asia Pacific: The Experience of the Bahá'í Community p87 by Graham Hassall] "With the conclusion of warfare and the establishment of the new regime all Bahá'í activity in Cambodia is at a standstill, as far as can be ascertained. For a time the national Teaching Committee secretary wrote of continuing teaching activity among the believers and enquirers but there are now no available channels of communication and there has been no recent news of the fate of the Khmer Bahá'ís". [BW16 p.138]	Dempsey Morgan; Adrienne Morgan; Persecution, Cambodia; Cambodia; Thailand; - Persecution, Bans
1974 (In the year) 197-	The publication of The Bahá'í Faith: Its History and Teachings by Reverend William McElwee Miller. This book was an update of his 1931 publication Bahá'ism: Its Origin, History and Teachings. Forty-three years earlier he had predicted that the Bahá'í Faith would soon only be known to students of history. Now he revised his assessment to say, "Whoever peruses the thousands of pages of the thirteen large volumes of The Bahá'í World will be impressed by the fact that the Bahá'í Faith is indeed a world faith." [MCSp766] See The Cyprus Exiles p102 by Moojan Momen for information on how Miller got a great deal of material for his book. See "Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Bahá'í Faith" by Douglas Martin published in Bahá'í Studies, volume 4. In 1940 William McElwee Miller published and article titled "The Bahá'í Cause Today" in The Moslem World (Vol XXX October 1940 page 389). The periodical was described as being "A Christian quarterly review of current events, literature and thought among Mohammedans." Marzieh Gail published a rebuttal in World Order Vol 7 Issue 2 May 1941 p46-63.	Criticism and apologetics; William McElwee Miller; Pennsylvania, USA; United States (USA); Marzieh Gail
1974 (In the year) 197-	Oscar DeGruy founded Bahá'í youth workshops to reach disaffected young people battered by racism, gang violence and drug abuse. The groups aided youth to explore the social problems plaguing the world and to identify the spiritual principles that could address them. The groups created dances that creatively addressed different issues, such as ending racial prejudice, substance abuse, and the equality of men and women. A generation of Baha'i youth in the U.S. were raised with the workshop model. Eventually the idea spread worldwide, and youth in other countries used the workshop model to explore the application of Bahá'í principles to the issues in their own countries. The performance troupe "Beyond Words" in 2009 comprised youth from South Africa, Cuba, Taiwan, Ireland, United Kingdom. [One Country Jul-Sep 1997 Vol 9 Issue 2]	Dance workshops; Oscar DeGruy


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