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1986 2 Jan
198- |
The Universal House of Justice ended the Counsellors' Conference at the Bahá'í World Centre by announcing in a letter that the Bahá'í world has entered the fourth epoch in the Formative Age of the Cause. [AWH39–42; BBD79, 85; BW19:29; VV91]
The seven major objectives of the Six Year Plan, to begin at Ridván 1986, were outlined. [AWH40]
On the closing day of the Counsellors' Conference, the Universal House of Justice announced certain features of the Six Year Plan and the methods by which the national goals were to be worked out in consultation between the Counsellors and National Spiritual Assemblies. [Mess63-86p717]
The year from Ridván 1992 was designated a Holy Year. [AWH40–1] |
Formative Age; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Holy Years; Six Year Plan (1986-1992); Conferences, Counsellors; Haifa, Israel; - Bahá'í World Centre |
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1986 1 Jan
198- |
The publication of the compilation entitled "Women" by the Universal House of Justice. [Messages63-86p704, Compilation of CompilationsVol 2 p355]
Also see a message to an individual from the Universal House of Justice entitled "Women - Their Role in Society and the Establishment of Peace; Membership on the Universal House of Justice". [Messages63-86p707-709] |
Women; Peace; - Compilations; * Publications; Universal House of Justice, Membership on |
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1986 21 Jan
198- |
The Islamic Research Academy at the Azhar University in Cairo published in a number of newspapers a lengthy opinion about the Bahá'í Faith in advance of the court cases of Bahá'ís due to be heard in February. [BW19:286]
"The essence of the statement is that the condemnation of the Bahá'ís should not be only based on charges of the Bahá'ís resuming activities and holding meetings, but rather on their beliefs. Consequently all Bahá'ís should be incriminated and not only those who allegedly have disobeyed a particular law." [Ref Enayat below]
For a refutation of this statement by the Bahá'í International Community, see BW19:288–96 and "Far Stretching River".
Also see Commentary on the Azhar's Statement regarding Bahá'ís and Bahá'ísm by Moshen Enayat.
- "It (the commentary) was sent to the main daily Egyptian newspapers, all of which had published the Azhar statement under large headlines. It was also sent to some suitable senior officials, such as the Minister of Information and the Speaker of Parliament. To our knowledge no newspaper has published it. "
- "The accusations listed in the statement are mostly repetitions of previous allegations, except for its inference that the unanimous opposition of Muslims to the Bahá'í Faith is a proof of its error; an assertion implicitly invoking the tradition attributed to the Prophet Muhammad that the unanimity of the Muslim nation cannot be infallible. The importance of the statement consisted in its attempt to make the condemnation of the Bahá'í Faith a doctrinal assertion, and as a consequence, tremendous pressure was exerted by some religious deputies on the speaker of the Egyptian parliament to pass a bill which stipulated that conversion to the Bahá'í Faith was an act of apostasy punishable by death."
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Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Court cases; Bahá'í International Community; Criticism and apologetics; Moshen Enayat; Egypt |
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1986 28 Jan
198- |
The death of NASA Astronaut Ronald Erwin McNair (b. 21 October, 1951 in Lake City, SC) when Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated nine miles above the Atlantic Ocean just 73 seconds after liftoff. Prior to this launch he had served 7 days, 23 minutes in space. He was buried in Rest Lawn Memorial Park in Lake City, South Carolina. [BlackPast.org]
McNair Crater on the Moon is named for him. [Wikipedia]
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Ronald McNair; Space exploration; * Science; African Americans; - Famous Bahá'ís; Cape Canaveral, FL; Florida, USA; Lake City, SC; South Carolina, USA; United States (USA) |
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1986 31 Jan
198- |
The announcement of the inaugural broadcast of Radio Bahá'í Panama. [Mess63-86p710]
It was situated in the Chiriqui area of western Panama as part of the Guaymi Educational Centre complex at Soloy.
Also see One Country.
See BWNS1462 for a story on how this radio station served the community during the 2020 pandemic. |
Bahá'í Radio; Teaching institutes; Bahá'í-owned radio; Boca del Monte, Panama; Panama |
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Canada
