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1985 27 Dec - 1986 2 Jan
198-
The Universal House of Justice convened a Counsellors' Conference at the Bahá'í World Centre. [AWH39; BW19:29; VV122]
  • The Universal House of Justice announcing that for the first time the Counselors would be helping National Spiritual Assemblies to form their own goals, rather than goals being assigned to communities from the World Centre, at the close of the conference. [2 January 1986]
  • The gathering, held in the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, consulted on the opportunities and challenges facing the Bahá'í world community. It was attended by 64 Counsellors from the five continents. [BW19:29]
  • See BW19:494, 504 for pictures.
  • Counsellors; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Counsellors; Haifa, Israel; * Bahá'í World Centre The first international Conference for Counselors from all Continental Boards
    1985 13 Dec
    198-
    For the first time, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Iran which contained specific references to the Bahá'ís. [BW19:38; VV55] Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; United Nations; Human rights; Bahá'í International Community; Iran first resolution on human rights that specifically mentions the situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran.
    1985 22 Nov
    198-
    The Promise of World Peace was presented to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Javier Perez de Cuellar by Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and representatives of the Bahá'í International Community. [BW19:33, 382; VV87] United Nations; Javier Perez de Cuellar; United Nations, Secretary-Generals; Promise of World Peace (statement); Bahá'í International Community
    1985 24 Oct
    198-
    In anticipation of the United Nations International Year of Peace, and on the fortieth anniversary of the United Nations, the Universal House of Justice addressed a message "To the Peoples of the World" inviting them to consider that a new social order can be fostered by all peoples' seeing themselves as members of one universal family. This message, The Promise of World Peace was presented to world leaders and countless others during the United Nations International Year of Peace. [BBD174, 187–8; BW19:139, 155; VV59, 86–8, The Promise of World Peace]
  • See BW20p131 for the logistics involved in distributing it throughout the world.
  • Within six months national spiritual assemblies present copies to 167 world leaders, including 140 to leaders of independent countries. [BW19:139, 334–6]
  • For pictures see BW19:337–44.
  • For text see BW19:324–33.
  • See the compilation on Peace compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
  • See the oral statement from the Bahá'í International Community of the 17th of April 1986 addressed to the NGO committee for the University of Peace.
  • See the Message of the Universal House of Justice dated 18 January 2019 on the subject of world peace.
  • United Nations; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Basic timeline; Promise of World Peace (statement); - Statements; * Publications; Peace; World peace; - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages; Bahá'í International Community; * Bahá'í World Centre; - Worldwide
    1985 22 - 23 Oct
    198-
    The 14th Muzakarah (Conference) of the Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Malaysia discussed the Bahá'í doctrine and decided that the Bahá'í doctrine was not part of Islam. Muslims involved in this teaching were deemed as apostates. Therefore, Muslims are prohibited from following this teaching and anyone involved in it must denounce it at once and repent. [Fatwa] Fatwa; Persecution, Malaysia; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Malaysia
    1985 19 Oct
    198-
    The Association for Bahá'í Studies, Chile, was established in Santiago. [BW19:358–9] Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Santiago, Chile; Chile; Latin America
    1985 18 Oct
    198-
    Dr. Rudolph Kirchlaeger, the President of Austria, was the first head of state to receive The Promise of World Peace. [Mess63-86p681; Mess 63-86p698] Promise of World Peace (statement); Firsts, other the first head of state to receive "The Promise of World Peace"
    1985 18 Oct
    198-
    The "re-interment of the remains of Mirza Muhammad-Quli, the faithful half-brother and companion in exile of Baha'u'llah and of eleven members of his family, in a new Bahá'í cemetery on a hillside looking across Lake Kinnerer and the hills of Galilee towards the Qiblih of the Faith". [BW19:56]

    He was Bahá'u'lláh's youngest half-brother and was raised by Him because their father, Mírzá Buzurg died two years after his birth. He was greatly devoted to Bahá'u'lláh. He and his family settled on lands in the Jordan valley on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. These lands were later exchanged for land that now comprises a part part of the site at Bahji. He had died in 1887. [SoG112; SE124; MGW45; RoB1p16; DoH31, 207, 228]

    He had been buried on land that had been in the possession of Mirza Muhammad-Quli's family on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, at a place called Nuqayb. He and his family lived there and farmed the land for many years and on his passing, at the instruction of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, his remains were buried there, as were subsequently those of members of his family.

    In 1937 Kibbutz Ein Gev was established just to the north of the farm, and the two groups of settlers lived as amicable neighbors until the war of 1948 forced the family to leave the land which, lying on the troubled frontier of the new State of Israel, was expropriated by the Government. The grandchildren of Mirza Muhammad-Quli gave their rights in the land to the Faith which was received in exchange the much needed land in Bahji. Thus the little cemetery passed out of Bahá'í hands.

    In 1972 the Bahá'ís made plans to embellish the site and maintaining it as a place of historic significance for the Faith. However, plans had already been made for the extension of the plantings of the kibbutz and the eventual development of the land in a way that would not permit the permanent reestablishment of the cemetery in that place. Another plot of land in the immediate neighborhood, but slightly farther from the shore of the Lake on the slope of Tel Susita, was officially designated a Bahá'í cemetery and given over to the Bahá'í Community. The work of fencing it and planting suitable shrubs and trees was then put in hand and preparations were made to reinter the precious remains of this family.

    The ceremony was attended by Hands of the Cause Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum and 'Ali-Akbar Furutan, members of the Universal House of Justice and of the International Teaching Center, and a large gathering of World Center friends as well as representatives of the Israeli authorities and of Kibbutz Ein Gev. Mrs. Husniyyih Bahá'í, the granddaughter of Mirza Muhammad-Quli, who was pioneering in St. Lucia in the West Indies, accompanied by members of her family, had been especially invited to attend the ceremony in honour of her illustrious forebear. [Mess63-86p698-99]

    Mírzá Muhammad-Quli; Nuqayb, Palestine; Israel
    1985 7 Oct
    198-
    The court cases against the Bahá'ís arrested in Egypt for contravening the 1960 ban on Bahá'í activities, due to be heard this, were adjourned until 3 February 1986 owing to adverse and unfair reports appearing in the newspapers. [BW19:286] Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Court cases; Egypt
    1985 Oct
    198-
    The first National Bahá'í Youth Conference in Nepal took place, attended by 120 Bahá'ís, the largest Bahá'í gathering ever held in the country. [VV74] Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; Youth; - First conferences; Nepal first National Bahá’í Youth Conference in Nepal
    1985 Sep
    198-
    The first Bahá'í Studies conference in Hawaii took place at the national Bahá'í centre. [BW19:360] Bahá'í studies; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Other; - First conferences; Hawaii, USA first Bahá’í Studies conference in Hawaii
    1985 28 or 31 Aug
    198-
    Mr Rahmatu'lláh Vujdani, a 57 year old teacher, was executed by firing squad in Bandar 'Abbas. He was an elected member of the Local Spiritual Assembly. [Iranian.com] Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Bandar Abbas, Iran; Iran
    1985 15 - 18 Aug
    198-
    The 10th annual Conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies was held on the campus of the University of British Columbia with more than 600 people in attendance.

    Among the many distinguished speakers were Dr. William Maxwell, a professor of education at the University of Texas and member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States; Varindra Vittachi, deputy executive director of UNICEF; Dorothy MacKinnon, past president, UNICEF-Canada; Jack E. Matthews, professor of education and director of international programs at Trent University; Louise LeBlanc, native medical health coordinator, Medical Services Branch, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory; and Dr. Victor de Araujo, chief representative of the Bahá’í International Community at the United Nations in New York City.

    The Hasan Balyúzí Lecture was given by Dorothy Freeman, author of From Copper to Gold: The Life of Dorothy Baker, a biography of the Hand of the Cause of God who died in an airplane crash in January 1954.

    Dr Abdu’l-Missagh Ghadirian gave a talk on Doukhobors and the Bahá’í Faith.

    The meeting of the Association was preceded August 15-16 by the fourth International Conference on Health and Healing sponsored by the Bahá’í International Health Agency. [Baha'i News No 655 October 1985 p8-11]

    Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Vancouver, BC
    1985 9 Aug
    198-
    The publication of the compilation entitled "Peace" prepared from the Bahá'í writings and the letters of the House of Justice by the Research Department. [Messages63-86p679-680, Compilation of CompilationsVol 2 p151]
  • Available online from the Bahá'í Library.
  • Peace; World peace; - Compilations; * Publications; * Bahá'í World Centre
    1985 8 – 11 Aug
    198-
    An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in Kauai, Hawaii, attended by 300 youth from nine Pacific countries. [BW19:301]
  • For picture see BW19:321.
  • Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; - Conferences, International; Youth; International Youth Year; Kauai, HI; Hawaii, USA; Oceania
    1985 2 – 5 Aug
    198-
    An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in Lima, Peru, attended by 500 youth from 18 countries and representing four native tribes. [BW19:300]<
  • For picture see BW19:322.
  • Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; - Conferences, International; - Conferences, International; Youth; International Youth Year; Lima, Peru; Peru; Latin America
    1985 1 – 4 Aug
    198-
    An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in Port Dickson, Malaysia, attended by 1,300 youth from 15 countries, the largest gathering of Bahá'ís ever held in Malaysia. [BW19:301] Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; Youth; International Youth Year; Port Dickson, Malaysia; Malaysia; - Asia
    1985 Aug
    198-
    An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in Molepolole, Botswana, attended by 119 youth from six countries. [BW19:300]
  • For picture see BW19:320.
  • Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; Youth; International Youth Year; Molepolole, Botswana; Botswana; - Africa
    1985 Aug
    198-
    An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in New Delhi, India, attended by more than 550 youth from 24 countries. [BW19:300] Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; Youth; International Youth Year; New Delhi, India; India; - Asia
    1985 6 – 9 Jul
    198-
    The European Bahá'í Youth Conference was held in Antwerp, Belgium, in July 1985, and was attended by some 1,450 youth from 45 nations. The youth addressed the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in letters which told of their resolve to put into action the International Youth Year themes of 'Participation, Development and Peace'. The youth spoke of programs in which Bahá'ís were supporting the themes, including human rights education and social and economic development projects. [BW19:301]
  • For picture see BW19:315.
  • Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; Youth; International Youth Year; European Union; Antwerp, Belgium; Belgium; - Europe
    1985 21 Jul
    198-
    Prior to this time, some national communities elected their delegates to the National Conventions on the basis of areas that had Local Spiritual Assemblies, while in other larger national communities, delegates were elected on the basis of electoral units in which all adult believers had the vote. From this time forward, all were to use the Electoral Unit system. There would be no change in the number of delegates elected to attend the National Convention.

    When establishing the electoral unit basis for the election of delegates, a National Spiritual Assembly should divide the territory under its jurisdiction into electoral units, based on the number of adult Bahá'ís in each area, in such a way that each unit will be responsible for electing preferably one delegate only.

    Given the wide variety of geography in the Bahá'í world, each National Spiritual Assembly was directed to establish the most effective means for the election of the delegates to its National Convention and for providing for an opportunity for consultation among the electors.

    "It is the hope of the Universal House of Justice that the implementation of [the electoral unit method of electing delegates to the National Convention] will promote Bahá'í solidarity, broaden the basis of representation at National Conventions and that thereby the work of the Faith in each country will be characterized by greater efficiency and enhanced harmony." [21 July 1985]

    Conventions, National; Elections; * Administration; Electoral unit system; * Bahá'í World Centre
    1985 15 – 26 Jul
    198-
    Ten representatives of the Bahá'í International Community attended the third World Conference on Women to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women and Forum '85 in Nairobi. [BW19:147–8, 412; VV28–9]
  • For a report of the Bahá'í participation see BW19:4.12–15.
  • For pictures see BW19:413, 415.
  • See UN Women.
  • Bahá'í International Community; United Nations; Women; Nairobi, Kenya; Kenya
    1985 4 Jul
    198-
    The publication of the compilation entitled "The Law of Huququ'lláh". [Messages63-86p670, Compilation of CompilationsVol 1 p489] Huququllah, Basic timeline; Huqúqu'lláh; - Compilations; * Publications; * Bahá'í World Centre
    1985 3 – 7 Jul
    198-
    An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in Columbus, Ohio, United States attended by more than 3,200 youth from 42 nations. [BW19:300] Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; Youth; International Youth Year; Columbus, OH; Ohio, USA; United States (USA); North America
    1985 2 Jul
    198-
    In his report to the UN Human Rights Commission, the special rapporteur on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide Benjamin Whitaker, used the term genocide in connection with the treatment of Bahá'ís by the Islamic Republic. It is believed that it was the first time the word had been applied to this situation in an official context. This assertion, although it was in an official UN report, was not pursued by the United Nations.

    Resolution 96 of the UN General Assembly, of December 11, 1946, titled "The Crime of Genocide," describes genocide as the "denial of the right of existence of entire human groups, as homicide is the denial of the right to live of individual human beings."

    In an article in IranWire of 15 November 2023, author Faramaz Dakar asks, "Is the Islamic Republic Committing a Silent Genocide Against the Bahá'ís?".

    Q. What groups are the victims of genocide? A. Victims of the crime of genocide fall into four specific groups: ethnic, national, religious and racial. This means that, for example, a political group cannot be considered a victim of genocide based on its legal definition. What is relevant in genocide is the annihilation of a group or a community as a unit and even as a whole.

    Q. What specific actions constitute genocide? A. Behaviors that constitute the crime of genocide fall into five groups: (1) killing the members of the group; (2) inflicting physical harm that can gradually lead to the loss of life or impose permanent and extensive suffering on a person's life; (3) imposing conditions with the intent of annihilating the target group, such as starvation or cutting access to water, or depriving the members of the group of the means of survival such as seizing and confiscating their residences and businesses which ultimately makes it impossible for them to live that an environment; (4) creating conditions that prevent birth and childbearing or lead to the sterilization of people, and make the birth of a new generation of that religious, ethnic, racial or national group impossible; (5) the forced removal of the children of the target group.

    Iran is a signatory to the Convention Against Genocide therefore the the Islamic Republic must be held accountable for the systematic persecution of the Baha'is. There is no sign that this government has ever had any intention of doing so and Iranian laws do not address the crime of genocide in any form. [IranWire 15 November 2023

    Genocide
    1985 Jul
    198-
    Three Bahá'í youths in Mentawai were imprisoned for having married according to Bahá'í law. [BW19:42] Persecution, Indonesia; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Human rights; Mentawai Islands; Indonesia
    1985 7 May
    198-
    The court hearings open on the cases of the Bahá'ís arrested in Egypt in February on charges of disregarding the 1960 ban on Bahá'í activity. [BW,9:285]
  • The cases were adjourned until 7 October to allow time for the defence lawyer to study the files numbering about a thousand pages. [BW19:285]
  • Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Court cases; Egypt
    1985 May
    198-
    The Office of Public Information was established at the Bahá'í World Centre. [BBD38; BW19:58–9; VV54]
  • It was created as a specialized agency of the Bahá'í International Community to systematize the handling of information on the Cause at the international level. [BW20p131]
  • The Office disseminated information, produced resource materials, corrected inaccuracies and misperceptions, developed collaborative relationships with like minded groups, and provided assistance and advice to National Spiritual Assemblies and their information agencies. [BW20p537]
  • Office of Public Information; Haifa, Israel; * Bahá'í World Centre
    1985 30 Apr - 1 May
    198-
    The first annual conference of the Association for Bahá'í Studies, Brazil, took place in Saõ Paulo. [BW19:358] Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; - First conferences; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Brazil; Latin America first annual conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies, Brazil
    1985
    198-
    Number of countries and territories where the Faith has been established: 355

    Number of National Spiritual Assemblies: 148

    Number of Local Spiritual Assemblies: 29,664

    Indigenous tribes, races and ethnic groups represented in the Faith: 2,112 [from a pamphlet, The Bahá'í Faith and its World Community published by the NSA of Canada]

    Statistics
    1985 Ridván
    198-
    The National Spiritual Assembly of Mozambique was formed with its seat in Maputo. [BW19:62, 147]
  • See BW19:526 for picture.
  • The war of independence in Mozambique lasted from 1964 to 1975.
  • National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Maputo, Mozambique; Mozambique first NSA Mozambique
    1985 Ridván
    198-
    The National Spiritual Assembly of the Eastern Caroline Islands was formed with its seat in Pohnpei. [BW19:168] National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Pohnpei, Caroline Islands first NSA Eastern Caroline Islands
    1985 Ridván
    198-
    The National Spiritual Assembly of the Western Caroline Islands was formed with its seat in Colonia, Yap. [BW19:62, 168]
  • See BW19:526 for picture.
  • National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Colonia, Caroline Islands first NSA Western Caroline Islands
    1985 Ridván
    198-
    The National Spiritual Assembly of the Ivory Coast and Mali was formed in 1977 when Upper Volta formed an independent assembly. Now that Mali had formed its own assembly led the way for the formation of the independent National Spiritual Assembly of the Ivory Coast. [BW19:62, 147]
  • In 1986 the name of the country was changed to Côte d'Ivoire.
  • National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Cote d'Ivoire
    1985 Ridván
    198-
    The National Spiritual Assembly of Mali was formed with its seat in Bamako. [BW19:62, 147]
  • See BW19:525 for picture.
  • National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Bamako, Mali; Mali first NSA Mali
    1985 Ridván
    198-
    The National Spiritual Assembly of the Cook Islands was formed with its seat in Rarotonga. It was formerly in a union with Tonga and so this left the formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Tonga with its seat in The National Spiritual Assembly of Tonga and the Cook Islands was formed with its seat in Nuku'alofa. [BW15:275]. [BW19:62, 168]
  • French Polynesia, which had been under the direction of the National Spiritual Assembly of New Caledonia was transferred to the newly-elected National Assembly of the Cook Islands.
  • National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Rarotonga, Cook Islands; Cook Islands; Nukualofa, Tonga; Tonga first NSA Cook Islands; first NSA Tonga
    1985 Ridván
    198-
    The National Spiritual Assembly of Ciskei was formed with its seat in Mdantsane. [BW19:62]
  • BW19:147 says the seat is in Bisho. However, it was not possible to obtain a site in Bisho, the capital, and so the offices of the National Spiritual Assembly were built in Mdantsane in 1990.
  • See BW19:524 for picture.
  • It was a Bantustan or nominally independent state established within South Africa. The South African government abolished Bantustans in 1994 and the Assembly of Ciskei was disbanded in 1995 with the community falling under the administration of the National Spiritual Assembly of South Africa. [National Spiritual Assemblies: Lists and years of formation by Graham Hassall]
  • National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Mdantsane, South Africa first NSA Ciskei
    1985 5 – 8 Apr
    198-
    An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in Bophuthatswana, attended by 198 people. [BW19:300] Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; Youth; International Youth Year; Bophuthatswana, South Africa; South Africa; - Africa
    1985 7 March
    198-
    The passing of Continental Board of Counsellor Lloyd Gardner. [Mess63-68p660]
  • See BW19p663-665
  • - In Memoriam
    1985 23 Feb
    198-
    Forty–one Bahá'ís from various parts of Egypt were arrested, charged with offences against laws introduced in 1960 banning activities of Bahá'í institutions. [BW19:41, 283]
  • For an account of the event, its aftermath and the press campaign surrounding it see BW19:283–7.
  • Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Egypt
    1985 6 Feb
    198-
    The passing of Claire Gung (b. 3 November, 1904, Gladbeck, Ruhrgebeit, Germany, d. Kampala, Uganda). She was buried in The National Bahá'í Cemetery of Uganda. [BW19p653-657]
  • She had worked as a children's nurse or housekeeper in Germany, switzerland, Austria, the Italian tyrol, Belgium, Holland and finally settled in England in 1930. She became a Bahá'í in Torquay and after a time in Eastleigh, Dovon, later joined the small Bahá'í group in Cheltenham in 1940. She moved to the Manchester area and later pioneered to Northampton in November 1946 to become member of the first Spiritual Assembly there. In 1948 she again pioneered to help form the first Spiritual Assembly in the "Pivotal Centre" of Cardiff then to Brighton and to Belfast. In 1947 she became a naturalized British subject. In 1950, during the "Year of Respite", Claire became the first pioneer to actually move from the British community to settle in Africa when Shoghi Effendi called for Bahá'ís to open Africa. She sailed on the "Warwick Castle" on 4 (or 25) January, 1951 and landed in Tanzania where she obtained a post as assistant matron in a school in Lushoto,150 miles from Dar-es-Salaam. [CG158-159]
  • She became a "Knight" for Rhodesia. Mr. Zahrai was actually the first Bahá'í to come to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) during a Ten Year Crusade. He was followed soon after by Claire Gung, Eyneddin and Tahirih Ala'i, Kenneth and Roberta Christian and Joan Powis. All seven received the accolade of Knight of Baha'u'llah from Shoghi Effendi. Subsequently the Guardian gave her the title, "Mother of Africa".
  • Later she moved to Uganda where she started a Kindergarten school. She was affectionately known as "Auntie Claire".
  • After being in the country since 1957 Auntie Claire was granted he certificate of residence for life from the Republic of Uganda date the 11th of May, 1978. [CG118] [BWNS275; Wikipedia; Wikipedia; Historical Dictionary of the Bahá'í Faith p.209; UD211, 482]
  • Also see Claire Gung Mother of Africa by Adrienne Morgan and published by the National Spiritual Assembly of Baha'is of South Africa; (1997).
  • - In Memoriam; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Claire Gung; Auntie Claire; Eyneddin Alai; Tahirih Alai; Ken Christian; Roberta Christian; Rhodesia; Zimbabwe; Uganda; Tanzania
    1985 23 Jan
    198-
    The plans of the Universal House of Justice for the International Year of Peace were outlined to national spiritual assemblies. [AHW31–4; VV86; Messs63-86p420] International Year of Peace; Universal House of Justice; Peace; - Worldwide
    1985 (In the year)
    198-
    The publication of Bahá'í Focus on Human Rights by Philp Hainsworth. It has been described as the first attempt at an analytic approach by an individual believer to the question of human rights. It was published in London by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust. [Collins p86, 7.1117] Bahá'í Focus on Human Rights; Philip Hainsworth; London, England; United Kingdom
    1985 (In the year)
    198-
    Annemarie Krüger, who began travelling to Moldavia to teach the Bahá'í Faith in 1974, was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh by the Universal House of Justice, although she never lived in the country. [Candle9 28 July, 2008] - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Travel Teaching; Moldova
    1985 (In the year)
    198-
    To support the United Nations International Youth Year Bahá'í communities undertook a variety of activities. [BW19:301–10] United Nations; International Youth Year; - Worldwide
    1985 (In the year)
    198-
    A regional office of the Bahá'í International Community affiliated with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was established in Bangkok. [BW19:161–2] Bahá'í International Community; Social and economic development; Bangkok, Thailand; Thailand
    1985 (In the year)
    198-
    The persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226]
  • Seven Bahá'ís were executed or otherwise killed. [BW19:234]
  • For pictures of the martyrs see BW18:295–305 and BW19:236–46.
  • For the actions taken by the Bahá'í International Community see BW19:39.
  • Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Bahá'í International Community; Human rights; Iran
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