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2002 4 Dec 200- |
University of Bari in Italy established a course on ethics and economics titled Ethics and Economy: Towards a New World Order. The University had appointed Giuseppe Robiati, a member of the Bahá'í community of Italy, as the coordinator of the course. [BWNS182] | Universities; Bari, Italy; Italy | |
2002 27 Nov 200- |
The Bahá'í community of Hungary inaugurated its new national Bahá'í Centre with a reception for government dignitaries, religious leaders and media personalities.
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Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Meselo Edesanyak; Storytelling Mothers; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary | |
2002 26 Nov 200- |
The inauguration of the Bahá'í radio station in Bulac, Philippines, located in a rural district some 30 kilometers from the city of San José on the main island of Luzon.
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Bahá'í Radio; Bahá'í-owned radio; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bulac, Philippines; Philippines | |
2002 21 Sep 200- |
The dedication, at the Green Acre Bahá'í School in Eliot Maine, the oldest permanent Bahá'í school in the world, of a new classroom and lecture hall designated as The Harriet and Curtis Kelsey Center, with an attendant Manny Reimer Hall. [BWNS175] | Green Acre, Eliot, ME; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Curtis Kelsey; Harriet Kelsey; First schools; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Eliot, ME; Maine, USA; United States (USA) | first...oldest permanent Baha'i school in the world |
2002 26 Aug – 4 Sep 200- |
World Summit on Sustainable Development, a United Nations conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Bahá'í International Community issued a statement, entitled Religion and Development at the Crossroads: Convergence or Divergence?. [BWNS169, BWNS170]
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United Nations; Sustainable development; Bahá'í International Community; - BIC statements; - Statements; * Publications; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); - BIC statements; Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa | |
2002 26 Jun – 2 Jul 200- |
In commemoration of the Second Bahá'í World Congress 23-26 November in 1992 in New York, a Festival of the Arts was celebrated in that same city. The project was an independent initiative of Global Music, Inc., a Bahá'í-owned company, and associated individuals. It was not under the sponsorship of any Bahá'í institution. The centerpiece event was held at Carnegie Hall featuring a 550-voice choir under the direction of Mr. Tom Price and known as the "Voices of Baha". It was composed of Bahá'ís from some 24 countries. [BWNS162] | Bahá'í World Congress, Second (1992); Carnegie Hall, New York; Tom Price; Choirs; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); New York, USA; United States (USA) | |
2002 26 Jun 200- |
The announcement by the Universal House of Justice of the publication of Gems of Divine Mysteries in English. The book is a letter written in reply to a seeker who asked about the relationship of prophecy to the Bábí Faith, and Bahá'u'lláh used that question as an opportunity to elaborate a number of related subjects. The book relates closely to two other major works of Bahá'u'lláh: The Seven Valleys (Haft-Vadi), an exposition on the progression of the soul, and The Book of Certitude (Kitab-i-Iqan). [BW'02-'03pg37, BWNS174]
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Javahirul-Asrar (Gems of Divine Mysteries); * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * Translation; * Publications; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Haft Vadi (Seven Valleys); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); * Bahá'í World Centre | |
2002 6 June 200- |
City Montessori School in Lucknow, India won the UNESCO Peace Education award in recognition of its efforts to promote the universal values of education for peace and tolerance and to renew the principles of secularism at a time when these values and principles are increasingly being challenged. The school was founded by Mr. Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti in 1959 with only 5 students and has since earned a reputation for a high level of academic excellence — and for a distinctive program of moral and spiritual education. In 1999 the Guinness Book of World Records recognized City Montessori School as the world's largest school by enrollment. The school had some 22,000 students that year. In 2002 it had 26,000 students in grade levels ranging from pre-primary to college and in 2010-11 enrolment was 39,437. In 2014-14 it was over 47,000. Technically speaking, CMS is not so much a school as a school district, with some 20 branches spread throughout Lucknow. [CMS site, BWNS165, BWNS146, One CountryVol.14,Issue 1] | Awards; UNESCO; City Montessori School, India; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Social and economic development; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Lucknow, India; India | |
2002 1 May 200- |
The publication of The Summons of the Lord of Hosts by Bahá'í World Centre Publications.
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Summons of the Lord of Hosts (book); * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Tablets to kings and rulers; * Translation; * Publications; Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablet to Napoleon III); Tablet to Czar Alexander II; Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah); Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX); * Bahá'í World Centre | |
2002 24 Apr 200- |
The passing of Barbara Helen Rutledge Sims (b. 17 April, 1918 in San Francisco) in Tokyo. She was a "third generation Bahá'í whose grandmother had been guided to the Faith by John Henry Hyde Dunn and Clara Dunn when they lived in California. [BW02-03p274-275]
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Barbara Sims; - In Memoriam; Sandra Sims; Sandra Fotos; Sheridan Sims; John Dunn; Clara Dunn; San Francisco, CA; Tokyo, Japan | |
2002 Ridván 200- |
The Universal House of Justice issued a letter addressed to the world's religious leaders warning of "the danger posed by "the rising fires of religious prejudice" and called for decisive action against fanaticism and intolerance". [One Country Vol.14 Issue 1]
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Letter to the Worlds Religious leaders (2002); Religious leaders (clergy); Universal House of Justice; * Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages; Universal House of Justice, Basic timeline; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Interfaith dialogue; Unity of religion; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
2002 5 Mar 200- |
The announcement by the Bahá'í International Community of the murder of three Bahá'ís in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Rashid Gulov was shot and killed on 23 October 2001 while returning home from work. A second man, Mosadegh Afshin Shokoufeh, was shot outside his home on 3 December 2001 and died from his wounds on the way to the hospital. These deaths follow the assassination of 88 year old Abdullah Mogharrabi, a leader in the community, in September 1999. [BWNS153] | Persecution, Tajikistan; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bahá'í International Community; Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Tajikistan | |
2002 (In the year) 200- |
The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa (edict) that banned Bahá'ís from burying their dead relatives in public cemeteries. Religious violence targeting the Indonesian Bahá'í community began during the Suharto regime that restricted the official religions to only five. Bans on the Faith had been issued earlier in the 1960s and the 1970s. [The Jakarta Post August 8, 2014] | Persecution, Indonesia; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Indonesia |
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