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Date 1988-1, descending — sort earliest first

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1988 30 Dec - 1989 1 Jan Senior officers of the Bahá'í International Community in the Holy Land, Geneva, and New York met with representatives of five national spiritual assemblies to discuss their collaboration with the United Nations, its agencies and their governments. Bahá'í International Community
1988 29 Dec The Universal House of Justice issued a letter to the Bahá'ís in the United States published as Individual Rights and Freedoms in the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. [Mess86-01p60] * Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages; * Publications; - Administration; - Administrative Order; Authority; Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Consultation; Criticism and apologetics; - Ethics; Freedom and liberty; Freedom of expression; Human Rights; Individualism; Moderation; Publishing, Review; Unity; Culture, Western; - Bahá'í World Centre; USA
1988 28 Dec Sean Hinton, a British Bahá'í youth of 22 years, arrived in Ulaan Baator, Mongolia, as an official research scholar in ethnomusicology from the University of Cambridge, the first Bahá'í to reside in Mongolia. [VV101]
  • Seven months later he was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh by the Universal House of Justice.
  • See VV101 for a picture.
    		•  Sean Hinton; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia; Mongolia first Bahá’í to reside in Mongolia
    1988 18 Dec H. Borrah Kavelin, (b. 18 March, 1906, Russia), former member of the first House of Justice, passed away in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was buried in Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque. [VV97]
  • A biography.
  • Find a grave
    		•  H. Borrah Kavelin; Universal House of Justice, Members of; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Albuquerque, NM; New Mexico, USA; USA
    1988 9 Dec The passing of Edna M. True, (b. July 29, 1888, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) She was a daughter of the Hand of the Cause of God Corinne Knight True whose valiant work from 1909-25 as financial secretary of Bahá'í Temple Unity was instrumental in building the House of Worship in Wilmette.
  • She formally enrolled in the Faith as a 15-year-old in 1903.
  • See PG111-113. Edna and her mother had spent 11 days on pilgrimage in November of 1919. On the point of her departure 'Abdu'l-Bahá called her to His side.
  • Like her mother, Miss True became intimately involved in the completion of that magnificent edifice, serving on its construction committee from 1947-53, lending her expertise to interior design, and helping to plan its formal dedication in 1953.
  • From 1940-46 she was a member of the Bahá'í Inter-America Committee, serving as its chairman in 1941-42 and secretary in 1945-46.
  • In 1946 when she was elected to membership on the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. She served as recording secretary for the next 22 years.
  • She served as chairman of the European Teaching Committee for the entire span of its existence (1946-64), her organizational skills to work to help form local Spiritual Assemblies and, later, National Spiritual Assemblies in 11 European countries.
  • In 1968, now 80 years old, Miss True was named by the Universal House of Justice as a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors for the Americas. She served with distinction as a Counsellor and Trustee of the Continental Fund until 1981 when advancing years (she was then 93) forced her to reduce her activities.
  • In 1986, Miss True and and her longtime friend and companion Miss Jackson made a pilgrimage to the World Centre in Haifa, Israel, where they visited the Holy Shrines and were entertained by members of the Universal House of Justice.
  • She was buried in the True family plot at Chicago's Oak-woods Cemetery. [Bahá'í News January, 1989 Issue 694 p.2]
    		• Edna True; Corinne True; Counsellors; National Spiritual Assemblies; European Teaching Committee; In Memoriam; Grand Rapids, MI; Wilmette, IL; USA
    1988 8 Dec The plenary session of the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution concerning human rights in Iran which specifically mentions the suffering of the Bahá'ís. [BINS189:2] United Nations; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Human Rights; Bahá'í International Community; Iran
    1988 4 Dec A two-week teaching project was launched, resulting in 414 people becoming Bahá'ís, including ten chiefs. [BINS192:4] Mass conversion
    1988 Dec c. The Government of Western Samoa published a Christmas issue of four stamps of religious buildings, among them the Bahá'í House of Worship in Samoa. [BINS196:8] Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Apia, Samoa; Stamps; Apia, Samoa; Samoa
    1988 Nov - 1989 Feb Teaching projects were launched in the Philippines, resulting in 3,847 people becoming Bahá'ís. [BINS195:4] Mass conversion; Philippines
    1988 30 Nov The Bahá'í International Community was elected Secretary of the Board of the 'Conference on Non-Governmental Organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations' (CONGO) for the period 1988–91. [BINS189:2] Bahá'í International Community; United Nations; Social and economic development; New York, USA
    1988 26 Nov - 4 Dec Over a thousand people became Bahá'ís in Bolivia during a teaching project. [BINS189:2]
  • A later report indicated that over 2,000 people had become Bahá'ís. [BINS195:1]
    		•  Mass conversion; Bolivia
    1988 Nov - Dec Six hundred people became Bahá'ís in West Bengal and 5,150 in Orissa, India. [BINS189:4–5] Mass conversion; West Bengal, India; Orissa, India; India
    1988 Nov - Dec One thousand one hundred people became Bahá'ís in the State of Gujarat, India. [BINS190:5] Mass conversion; Gujarat, India; India
    1988 Nov More than 2,500 people enrolled in Bangladesh. [BINS190:5]
  • A later report indicated that over 5,000 people had become Bahá'ís and 108 new local spiritual assemblies formed. [BINS192:1]
    		• Mass conversion; LSA; Bangladesh
    1988 Nov c. Pietro Pandolfini, the first from the Albanian minority in Sicily to become a Bahá'í, enrolled. [BINS189:5] First believers by background; Sicily, Italy first from Albanian minority Sicily
    1988 Nov - Dec The first members of the Jhana tribe to become Bahá'ís enrolled in India. [BINS189:5] First believers by background; India
    1988 Oct Thirteen Romanies became Bahá'ís in northern Spain. [BINS186:7] Gypsies; Minorities; Spain
    1988 Oct One hundred and twenty people in Hong Kong and 280 in Macau become Bahá'ís as a result of teaching institutes. [BINS189:8]
  • A later report stated that more than 600 people in Macau had become Bahá'ís. [BINS194:3]
    		•  Teaching institutes; Mass conversion; Hong Kong; Macau
    1988 Oct In the State of Orissa, India, 2,600 people became Bahá'ís and 16 new local spiritual assemblies were formed in 15 days. Mass conversion; LSA; Orissa, India; India

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