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1998 23 Nov 199- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States announced the results of the elections for their first Regional Councils. Four were elected in the regions corresponding to those mentioned in The Tablets of the Divine Plan. [Results of the First Regional Bahá'í Council Election] | Regional Bahá'í Councils; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Regional Council; United States (USA) | |
1998 6 - 8 Nov 199- |
The 2nd International Conference of the Environment Forum was held in the Netherlands with wide electronic participation on the themes of sustainable consumption and the Earth Charter. The first theme of the conference, sustainable consumption, was introduced by a keynote address on "Sustainable Consumption and True Prosperity" by Arthur Dahl. [IEF 2nd Annual Conference ] | Arthur Dahl; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Environment; - Conferences, International; Environment; International Environment Forum (IEF); Netherlands | |
1998 29 Sep 199- |
Starting this date until October 2nd, in Iran, the government raided some 500 private homes and the arrested some 30 faculty members in efforts to close the Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education, a decentralized university that aimed to give Bahá'í students access to the education they have been otherwise denied.
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Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Education; - Persecution; Human rights; Education; Pedram Roushan; Iran | |
1998 29 Jul 199- |
The passing of actor and writer O. Z. Whitehead at the age of 87 in Dublin. (b. in New York City on 18 March 1911).
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O. Z. Whitehead; Pioneers; NSA; Biographies (general); Dublin, Ireland; Ireland | |
1998 21 Jul 199- |
Mr. Ruhu'llah Rawhani, a 52-year-old medical supplies salesman was hanged in Mashhad solely for religious reasons. Later that morning, Mr. Rawhani's family was summoned to collect his body and required, despite their protests, to complete the burial within one hour, under the supervision of Government intelligence agents.
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; - Persecution, Education; Rowhani Bahá'í School, Vanuatu; Mashhad, Iran; Iran; Luganville, Vanuatu; Vanuatu | |
1998 17 Jul 199- |
The International Criminal Court was established by the Rome Statue on this date and put into force by the United Nations on 1 July, 2002.
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International Criminal Court; Rome, Italy; Italy; The Hague, Netherlands; Netherlands | |
1998 10 Jun 199- |
In a message to the International Teaching Centre marking the 25th anniversary of its inauguration, the Universal House of Justice provided an overview of their duties and a general framework for their operations. The attachment was entitled Overview of Duties Exercised by the International Teaching Centre under the Guidance of the Universal House of Justice. [10 June 1998] | International Teaching Centre; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1998 3 May 199- |
The Universal House of Justice announced the election of Mr. Ali Nakhjavani, Mr. Glenford Mitchell, Mr. Adib Taherzadeh, Mr. Ian Semple, Mr. Peter Khan, Mr. Hushmand Fatheazam, Mr. Hooper Dunbar, Mr. Farzam Arbab and Mr. Douglas Martin. The membership remained unchanged from the previous election. [Mess86-01 264.1 p618] | Universal House of Justice, Election of; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1998 Ridván 199- |
The former Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Czech and Slovak Republics was re-formed with the election of the new national assembly in Slovakia and the other became the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Czech Republic with the seat remaining in Prague. [BW26 p34; BW27p55] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Prague, Czech Republic; Czech Republic | |
1998 Ridván 199- |
Three new National Spiritual Assemblies were elected at Ridván, two in Malaysia, the National Spiritual Assembly of Sabah with its seat in Kota Kinabalu, and the National Spiritual Assembly of Sarawak with it seat in Kuching. A third was elected in Europe, in Slovakia with its seat in Bratislava. [Ridán Message 1998; BW26p34; BW27p57 &58]
With these new assemblies, the number of National Spiritual Assemblies rose to 179. [Ridván 155] |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Statistics; Sabah, Malaysia; Sarawak, Malaysia; Slovakia | |
1998 Ridván 199- |
The National Spiritual Assembly was re-established in Liberia with its seat in Monrovia. [Ridán Message 1998]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Monrovia, Liberia; Liberia | |
1998 Ridván 199- |
The Universal House of Justice announced in its Ridvan Message the "ten of thousands of individuals have over the last two years completed at least one institute course." [Mess86-01p612] | - Institute process; Training Institutes; Growth; Statistics; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1998 8 Apr 199- |
The passing of Florence Virginia Wilson Mayberry (b. 18 September 1906 in Sleeper, Missouri) in Marshfield, Missouri. She became a Bahá'í in 1941 in Reno, Nevada. From 1954 to 1959 she served on the first Auxiliary Board for North America covering the Western States and Canada. While serving as an Auxiliary Board member, Florence was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States in 1959. Shortly after the Mayberry family pioneered to Mexico in 1961 where Mrs. Mayberry was elected to serve on the National Spiritual Assembly of that country and participated in the first International Bahá'í Convention in 1963. In 1968 she was appointed to the Continental Board of Counsellors for North America, then in 1973 she was appointed as one of three Counselors of the newly established International Teaching Center where she served for 10 years.
[BW26p275]
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- In Memoriam; Florence Mayberry; Auxiliary board members; Counsellors; International Teaching Centre; Sleeper, MO; Marshfield, MO | |
1998 Apr 199- |
The publication of the booklet Training Institutes by the Universal House of Justice. [TP323342] | Training Institutes; - Institute process; * Publications; * Bahá'í World Centre; Training Institutes, documents | |
1998 25 March 199- |
The passing of former Universal House of Justice member (1963-1993) Mr. Hugh E Chance (b. 28 December, 1911 in Winfield, Kansas d. 25 March,1998 in Tisdale KS.). [BW97-98p271-272]
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Hugh Chance; - In Memoriam; Tisdale, KS; Kansas, USA; United States (USA) | |
1998 2 - 13 Mar 199- |
During the 42nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March, the Bahá'í International Community presented its statement Empowering the Girl Child, which supported the girl child as a critical area of concern. [UN Women] | Bahá'í International Community; Women; United Nations; - BIC statements; New York City, NY | |
1998 18 -19 Feb 199- |
World Faiths and Development Dialogue (WFDD) hosted an event at Lambeth Palace in London that brought together spiritual leaders from nine major religions as well as traditional development experts. This gathering was dedicated to discussing development in the context of how faith and development organizations can cooperate to improve development as a process that encompasses both the spiritual and material aspects of life.The Bahá'í International Community contributed a paper entitled Valuing Spirituality in Development: Initial Considerations Regarding the Creation of Spiritually Based Indicators for Development.
[BIC History 1 January 1998]
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World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD); Bahá'í International Community; - BIC statements; Lawrence Arturo; Kiser Barnes; London, England; United Kingdom | |
1998 Feb 199- |
The Bahá'í Open University resumed activities after the seizure of much of their assets four months earlier by the Iranian government. The institute seemed to be a relatively safe alternative for non-Islamic students until this time when Iranian government agents arrested 36 BIHE faculty members. The Bahá'ís set up a network of more than 45 private libraries in Baha'i homes so that students could access textbooks discreetly. Raids occurring in 1998 led to officials seizing some of these libraries along with many of the photocopiers used to distribute assignments. [The Borgen Magazine 14 November 2021] |
Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Education; - Persecution; Iran | |
1998 31 Jan 199- |
The Spiritual Assembly of Budapest set up a marble plaque in the garden of the National Museum at the site where Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhiyyih Khánum planted a tree during her visit in 1993 to commemorate 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit in 1913. The ceremony opened the National Spritual Assembly's campaign marking the eighty-fifth anniversary of the Bahá'í Faith in Hungary. [BW1997-98 p 103-104] | Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Trees; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary |
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