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| 1994 (In the year) 199- |
His Highness King Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa received The Kitáb-i-Aqdas from Tongan Bahá'ís Sohrab and Soheyla Bolouri. [BINS314:9] | Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Malietoa Tanumafili II of Western Samoa; Gifts; Samoa | |
| 1994 (In the year) 199- |
The founding of the Cambodian Organization for Research, Development and Education (CORDE) in Cambodia.
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Cambodian Organization for Research, Development and Education; - Social and Economic Development Organizations; Cambodia | |
| 1994 Jan 199- |
The first winter school of Mongolia was held in Songino, near Ulaan Baatar. [BINS310:6] | First summer and winter schools; Songino, Mongolia; Mongolia | |
| 1994 Jan 30 199- |
The first worldwide fireside on the Internet, 'Pioneering in Cyberspace the Bahá'í Faith and the Internet', was held, with a live audience in the Bahá'í Centre in New York City communicating electronically with people all over the United States and in two other countries. | Internet; Firesides; New York, USA; United States (USA) | first worldwide fireside on the Internet, |
| 1994 Feb 17 – 20 199- |
The first Bahá'í ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Forum was held in Bangkok. [BINS312:6] | Bangkok, Thailand; Thailand | |
| 1994 Mar 13 199- |
The murder of four Bahá'is, three adults and one youth, at the Bahá'í Centre in Mdantsane, Ciskel. Killed were Dr. Shamam Bakhshandegi, Houshmand Anvari and Vincent and Rias Razavi. The perpetrators were granted amnesty for the killings in May 2002. [BW93-4p147-150, 16 May 2000, SCBC, press release] | Opposition; Murders; Amnesty; Mdantsane, South Africa; Ciskei, South Africa; South Africa | |
| 1994 Mar 24 199- |
The Dalai Lama visited the Bahá'í World Centre, the first time a head of a religion had visited the Shrine of the Báb. [BW93–4:78, CBN Vol 7 no 1 May/June 1994] | Dalai Lama; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Prominent visitors; Firsts, other; - Buddhism; Tibet; Interfaith dialogue; - Bahá'í World Centre; - Bahá'í World Centre | first time a head of a religion visited the Shrine of the Báb |
| 1994 Ridván 199- |
In its Ridván Message the Universal House of Justice announced the publication of Promoting Entry by Troops. | Entry by troops; - Compilations; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 1994 Ridván 199- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Mongolia was formed with its seat in Ulaan Baatar. [BINS317:1–2; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:25, 31–2; 26 November 1993]
Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum attended the inaugural convention as the representative of the Universal House of Justice. [Ridván 151] |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia; Mongolia | first National Spiritual Assembly of Mongolia |
| 1994 Ridván 199- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Slovenia and Croatia was formed with its seat in Ljubljana, Slovenia. [BINS317:2; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:25, 3–6]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Slovenia; Croatia | first National Spiritual Assembly of Slovenia and Croatia |
| 1994 Ridván 199- |
With the dissolution of the National Spiritual Assembly of Central Asia which had been formed in 1992, the National Spiritual Assembly of Kazakhstan was formed with its seat in Astana. The 120 Bahá'ís gathered at the Convention were joined by Lauretta King, Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre, who represented the Universal House of Justice for the occasion. [BINS317:2–3; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:25, 29–30; 26 November 1993; Ridván 151]
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Lauretta King; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Astana, Kazakhstan; Kazakhstan | first National Spiritual Assembly of Kazakhstan |
| 1994 Ridván 199- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Central Asia (comprising of the Republics of Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) was dissolved and the National Spiritual Assembly of Tajikistan was formed with its seat in Dushanbe. Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre, Shapoor Monadjem, represented the House of Justice at their Convention. [BINS317:3; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:26, 29–30; 26 November 1993; Ridván 151]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Shapoor Monadjem; Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Tajikistan | first National Spiritual Assembly of Tajikistan |
| 1994 Ridván 199- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Central Asia (comprising of the Republics of Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) the National Spiritual Assembly of Uzbekistan was formed with its seat in Tashkent. [BINS317:3–4; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:26, 29–30; 26 November 1993; Ridván 151]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Uzbekistan | first National Spiritual Assembly of Uzbekistan |
| 1994 Ridván 199- |
Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre Lauretta King represented the House of Justice at the first National Convention of the Bahá'ís of Kyrgyzstan, (formerly part of the National Spiritual Assembly of Central Asia) held 23-24 April in Bishkek. The 150 adults, youth, and children gathered for the historic event expressed their "deepest gratitude and devotion to the Blessed Beauty, Bahá'u'lláh." [BW94-95p29; 26 November 1993; Ridván 151] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Conventions, National; First conventions; International Teaching Centre; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Kyrgyzstan | first National Spiritual Assembly of Kyrgyzstan. |
| 1994 Ridván 199- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Cambodia was formed with its seat in Phnom Penh. [BINS317:1; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:25, 30–1; 26 November 1993]
Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum attended the inaugural convention as the representative of the Universal House of Justice. [Ridván 151] |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Cambodia | first National Spiritual Assembly of Cambodia |
| 1994 Ridván 199- |
With the formation of National Spiritual Assemblies in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, the National Spiritual Assembly of Central Asia was re-named the National Spiritual Assembly of Turkmenistan with its seat in Ashgabat. The only remaining partner in that union without a National Spiritual Assembly was Kirgizia.[BW22p26; 26 November 1993; Ridván 151] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan | |
| 1994 27 Apr 199- |
Civil war (The War of Secession of 1994, May to early July) erupted in Yemen and ends in a victory for Saleh within three months.
A major tank battle erupted in Amran, near San'a. Both sides accused the other of first aggression. |
Yemen, Recent history; Yemen | |
| 1995 May 199- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada presented a paper entitled A Bahá'í Perspective on the Future of Canadian Foreign Policy to the Special Joint Parliamentary Committee reviewing Canadian Foreign Policy. [A Bahá'í Perspective on the Future of Canadian Foreign Policy] | Foreign policy; National Spiritual Assembly of Canada; - Statements; - National Spiritual Assembly, statements; - Statements; Canada | |
| 1994 May 19 199- |
The first National Bahá'í Conference of Armenia was held in Yerevan. [BINS318:5–6] | Conferences, Bahá'í; - Conferences, National; Yerevan, Armenia; Armenia | |
| 1994 May 199- |
An accord between northern and southern leaders of Yemen was signed in Amman but this could not stop the civil war. During these tensions, both the northern and southern armies–which had never integrated–gathered on their respective frontiers. | Yemen, Recent history; Yemen | |
| 1994 May 22 199- |
The first Bahá'í Children and Youth Conference of Martinique was held in Fort-de-France, attended by 22 people. [BINS318:4–5] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; Youth; Fort-de-France, Martinique; Martinique | First Bahá'í Children and Youth Conference of Martinique |
| 1994 Jun 199- |
The first National Youth School of Mongolia was held in Darkhan, attended by 34 youth. [BINS321:4] | Darkhan, Mongolia; Mongolia | first National Youth School of Mongolia |
| 1994 Jun 11 – 12 199- |
The first Bahá'í conference to be held in the Republic of Georgia took place in Tbilisi, attended by over a hundred people from countries. [BINS319:5] | Tbilisi, Georgia; Georgia | first Bahá'í conference to be held in the Republic of Georgia |
| 1994 Jun 13 199- |
The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, visited the Bahá'í World Centre to view the Terraces Project. [BW94–5:77] | Yitzzhak Rabin; - Prime Ministers; Prominent visitors; Israel; Haifa, Israel; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 1994 Jul 6 – 10 199- |
The first Children's Bahá'í Summer School of Pakistan was held in Abbottabad, attended by 13 children. [BINS324:5] | Summer schools; Abbottabad, Pakistan; Pakistan | first Children's Bahá'í Summer School of Pakistan |
| 1994 Jul 20 – 25 199- |
The European Bahá'í Youth Council sponsored five regional 'Shaping Europe' conferences, in Berlin, Bucharest, St Petersburg, Barcelona and Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. [BINS323:3–5; BW94–5:177–8, 189] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; - Conferences, International; Youth; Berlin, Germany; Germany; Bucharest, Romania; Romania; St. Petersburg, Russia; Russia; Barcelona, Spain; Portugal; Wolverhampton, England; United Kingdom; - Europe | |
| 1994 Jul 22 – 23 199- |
His Excellency France Albert René, President of the Republic of Seychelles, consulted with the Universal House of Justice. [BINS322:9; BW94–5:76–7] | Prominent visitors; Seychelles | |
| 1994 Jul 28 199- |
The World Forestry Charter Gatherings, established by Richard St. Barbe Baker in 1945, were re-instituted by the Bahá'í International Community's Office of the Environment at a luncheon at St James's Palace, London. [AWH75; BW94–5:112–13, 142–3; OC6,2:1; VV106]
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Environment; Richard St. Barbe Baker; Bahá'í International Community; London, England; United Kingdom | |
| 1994 (Summer) 199- |
A Maoris teaching team visited British Columbia. The visit was reciprocated by The Journey of Teech-ma, the First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific. See entry for 24 March, 1997. [SDSC370] | - First Nations, Canada; Maoris; - Indigenous people; Travel Teaching; British Columbia, Canada; Canada; Australia; New Zealand | |
| 1994 Aug 4 199- |
Shimon Peres, Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs, made an official visit to the Bahá'í World Centre. [BW94–5:77] | Shimon Peres; Israel; Haifa, Israel; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 1994 28 Aug 199- |
The publication of The Evolution of Institutional Capacity for Social and Economic Development prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development. It described two types of organizational arrangements that emerged in the Bahá'í world capable of undertaking increasingly complex development efforts - training institutes and Bahá'í-inspired agencies. | Social and economic development; Office of Social and Economic Development (OSED); - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 1994 Sep 5 – 13 199- |
The Bahá'í International Community attended the United Nations International Conference on Population of Development and the parallel Non-Governmental Organizations' Forum in Cairo. [BINS328:1] | Bahá'í International Community; United Nations; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt | |
| 1994 Sep 9 – 11 199- |
The first National Youth Conference of Liberia was held, attended by 75 youth. [BW94–5:188–9]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; Youth; - First conferences; Liberia | First National Youth Conference of Liberia |
| 1994 25 Sep 199- |
The murder of Mr Esfandiar Bassari in Umtata, Transkei. He and his wife, Forough Bassari, were shot in an attack by gunmen. They had moved from Canada. Mr. Bassari was a hydro-geologist working with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. [From a press release from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa dated 26 September, 1994] | Esfandiar Bassari; Forough Bassari; Mthatha, South Africa; Transkei, South Africa | |
| 1994 Oct 199- |
The Bahá'í Health Association for Central and Eastern Europe and the European Bahá'í Dental Association were formed at the second Bahá'í Health Conference held at De Poort, Netherlands. [BW94–5:116] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Health; - Conferences, International; Bahá'í associations; Groesbeek, Netherlands; Netherlands | |
| 1994 1 Oct 199- |
President Ali Abdallah Saleh was elected by Parliament to a 5-year term. However, he remained in office until 2012. | Yemen, Recent history; Yemen | |
| 1994 19 Oct 199- |
The publication of In the Eyes of His Beloved Servants: The Second Bahá'í World Congress and Holy Year by J. Michael Kafes. This book captured the firsthand experiences of Bahá'ís from all around the world who participated in the Bahá'í World Congress at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in November 1992, as well as experiences Bahá'ís had during the Baha'i Holy Year. [from the book] | Bahá'í World Congress, Second (1992); Holy Years; New York, USA; United States (USA) | |
| 1994 24 Oct 199- |
The Supreme Court of India, in judgment to settle a religious dispute between Hindus and Muslims, cited the Bahá'í Faith as an example and the Teachings of the Faith as guidelines for resolving such disputes. [BW94-95p130-131; One Country]
Background: On the 6th of December, 1992, the Babri mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya was razed by a group of Hindus because the mosque, built in 1528, had been erected on the spot where the Hindu deity Rama is said to have been born thousands of years earlier. The destruction enraged Muslims and ignited a grave crisis in India. Muslim and Hindu mobs attacked each other's houses of worship, homes and people in a number of cities, resulting in the death of hundreds and the destruction of property not only in India but in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and even in Britain. [Mess86-01p440] The Bahá'í community had issued a statement in English that highlighted a central theme: "Communal Harmony—India's Greatest Challenge." The issue of religious conflict and the importance of harmony and peacebuilding were emphasized. This statement was later translated into most of the official languages of India and distributed to Ministers, bureaucrats, district county workers, the superintendent of police, NGOS, and faith communities. The judges, in their ruling, quoted from the statement from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India Communal Harmony: India's Greatest Challenge. [Mess86-01p441] |
Communal harmony; Communalism; Ethnic divisions; Conflict resolution; - Statements; - National Spiritual Assembly, statements; Public discourse; New Delhi, India; India; Ayodhya, India | |
| 1994 1 Nov 199- |
The publication of Olya's Story: A Survivor's Dramatic Account of the Persecution of Bahá'ís in Revolutionary Iran by Olya Roohizadegan. It was published by Oneworld Publications of London, UK
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* Persecution, Iran | |
| 1994 Dec 7 – 9 199- |
The first World Press Exhibition was held by the Information and Public Relations Committees of the National Spiritual Assembly of El Salvador to mark the International Day of Peace. [BINS335:2] | Exhibitions; Peace; El Salvador | |
| 1994 15 Dec 199- |
In a letter to an individual in response to a number of queries about the degree of authority of various types of writings and status of the documents prepared by the Research Department, the Department of the Secretariat delineated the process to obtain the classification of an authorized translation.
They go on to note that Shoghi Effendi did not regard his own translation of the Kitáb-i-Íqán as final but that it might assist others in their work. They also noted that translations into most other languages use the English translation rather than the original text. [15 December 1994] |
* Translation; Translation, Authorization; Translation, Policy; - Bahá'í World Centre |
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