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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]
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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]
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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.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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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