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1979 27 Jan
197- 1979-01-27 edit |
In Samoa, His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II and Hand of the Cause of God Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum laid the cornerstone of the first Bahá'í House of Worship of the Pacific Islands. [BW17:188, 371; VV36]
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- Islands; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Apia, Samoa; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; Malietoa Tanumafili II of Western Samoa; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Apia, Samoa; Pacific; Samoa | ||
1979 17 Jan
197- 1979-01-17 edit |
Mohammad Rezā Pahlavi, known as Mohammad Reza Shah, entitled Shāhanshāh ("Emperor" or "King of Kings"), fled Iran. The dissolution of the monarchy was complete on the 11th of February. | - Shahs; - Shahs, Throne changes; History (general); Iran; Iran, General history; Iranian revolution (1979); Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi; Tehran, Iran | ||
1979 12 Jan
197- 1979-01-12 edit |
Bahá'í members of the Sádát-Mahmúdí clan of the Buyr-Ahmad tribe of central Iran were driven from their homes by other clan members. [BW18:271]
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* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Other; Iran | ||
1979 3 Jan
197- 1979-01-03-01 edit |
In a message from the Department of the Secretariat of the Universal House of Justice "To the Participants in the Bahá'í Studies Seminar on Ethics and Methodology held in Cambridge on 30 September and 1 October 1978" the subject of the review of Bahá'í publications was clarified.
.....it has already established the policy that doctoral theses do not have to be reviewed unless there is a proposal to publish them in larger quantities than is required by the examining body. Also included were comments / a small compilation from the Research Department at the World Centre on the seminar and on Bahá'í scholarship. They concluded by discussing the two particular dangers to which Bahá'í scholars are exposed. |
* Publications; * Publishing; * Science; - Publishing, Review; Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Cambridge, England; Publishing, Policy and practice; Scholarship; United Kingdom |
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