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| 2007 (In the year) 200- |
This increase in the activities of the Yaran-e Iran mandated the addition of more members; as a result, the number of members reached seven. Behrooz Tavakoli, Afif Naimi, Jamaluddin Khanjani, Saeid Rezaie, Fariba Kamal Abadi, Vahid Tizfahm and Mahvash Sabet were the last leaders of the Bahá'í community of Iran. After their arrest, the responsibility of leading the community was put on the shoulders of all Bahá'ís as individuals. [Iran Press Watch 10561] | Yaran; * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Iran | |
| 2007 (In the year) 200- |
The General Directorate of Fatwas and Accounts of the Supreme Court declared the Bahá'í faith to be blasphemous. The Bahá'í community lived in secret since this ruling. [US Commission on International Freligious Freedom - Annual Report 2021 p55] | Persecution, Afghanistan; Afghanistan | |
| 2007 Jan 200- |
In Romania, a law was passed to supersede the 1948 Communist-era religion laws. It imposed restrictive requirements on religious communities that wished to be recognized by the government, which Bahá'ís and adherents of other minority religions could not meet. [Form 18 News Service; Wikipedia] | Persecution, Romania; - Persecution; Romania | |
| 2007 5 Mar 200- |
The start of Bahaipedia - The Bahá'í collaborative encyclopedia. The name Bahaikipedia is a portmanteau of Bahá'í, wiki and encyclopedia. It was later changed to [Bahaipedia] | Bahaipedia; Internet; Websites; Encyclopedias | |
| 2007 17 Mar 200- |
In a confidential letter from the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology to the Central Security Office of Payám-i-Núr University in the Province of Sístán and Balúchistán, they instructed that Bahá'í applicants for the Farágír (preparatory] courses be prevented from enrollment and that the names of those who do try to enrol to be forwarded to their office. [English translation] | - Persecution, Education; Iran | |
| 2007 Ridván 200- |
After about nineteen years of oppression, the Bahá'í community was officially registered with the government in Vietnam. By July the Bahá'í community had received a certificate of operation from the governmental Committee for Religious Affairs. [Bahaipedia] | Persecution, Vietnam; - Persecution; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Vietnam | |
| 2007 25 Mar 200- |
The Universal House of Justice addressed a message to the Bahá'ís of the World regarding Bahá'í elections. | Universal House of Justice; Elections; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 2007 Apr 200- |
The publication of Huqúqu'lláh: The Right of God as compiled by Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
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Huququllah, Basic timeline; Huqúqu'lláh; - Compilations; * Publications; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 2007 Apr 200- |
In Iraq the Ministry of Interior's Nationality and Passport Section canceled regulation 358 of 1975 which prohibited the issuance of national identity cards to those claiming the Bahá'í Faith as their religion. In May 2007 a small number of Bahá'ís were issued identity cards. The Nationality and Passport Section's legal advisor stopped issuance of the cards thereafter, claiming Bahá'ís had been registered as Muslims since 1975 and citing a government regulation preventing the conversion of "Muslims" to another faith. Without this official identity card, Bahá'ís could not register their children for school or acquire passports. Despite the cancellation of the regulation, Bahá'ís whose identity records were changed to "Muslim" after regulation 358 was instituted in 1975 still could not change their identity cards to indicate their Bahá'í faith, and their children were not recognized as Bahá'ís. [US Department of State BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR July-December, 2010 International Religious Freedom Report Report September 13, 2011] | Persecution, Iraq; Iraq | |
| 2007 7 Apr 200- |
A memorial removed by the Nazis when the Bahá'í Faith was outlawed in 1937 was restored by municipal authorities in the resort town of Bad Mergentheim in Germany. The stone commemorates the visit of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on April 7-8, 1913. The new memorial was unveiled on 7 April, by Mayor Lothar Barth accompanied by Bahman Solouki, a representative of the Bahá'í community of Germany. Please see the news story for pictures of both the original and the replacement monuments. [BWNS524] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; Portraits; Monuments; Opposition; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bad Mergentheim, Germany; Germany | |
| 2007 9 Apr 200- |
In a memorandum from the office of Intelligence and National Security to the commanders of police forces of the regional provincial municipalities, instructions were given to monitor the business activities of Bahá'ís, to suppress the operations of business that would yield a high income, to prohibit
businesses related to culture, advertising and commerce as well as any business related to cleanliness (tahárat) such as grocery shops and ice cream parlours and any others where the handling of food or personal care was involved.
[Letter from the Public Inteligence and Security Force]
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* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Human rights; Human rights; - Persecution; Iran | |
| 2007 19 Apr 200- |
The government of Slovakia officially registered the Bahá'í Faith as a religious community, guaranteeing the group the right to own property, observe holy days, disseminate literature and engage in a host of other activities. [BWNS531] | Recognition (legal); Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Slovakia | |
| 2007 24 Apr 200- |
The publication of Baha'u'llah: A Short Biography by Moojan Momen. It was published by Oneworld Publications in Oxford, UK | Moojan Momen; Oxford, England; United Kingdom; * Bahá'u'lláh; * Publications; Introductory | |
| 2007 11 May 200- |
The passing of His Highness Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II, the Samoan head of state. He was one of the longest reigning monarchs in the world and had been head of state since independence from New Zealand in 1962. [BWNS543; Bahá'í Chronicles] | Malietoa Tanumafili II of Western Samoa; - In Memoriam; - Births and deaths; - Bahá'í royalty; Royalty; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Samoa | |
| 2007 18 May 200- |
A letter marked "Confidential" was sent from the academic counseling and higher education office at Guilán University to the director of university academic affairs, asking for the immediate discharge of a Bahá'í student stating that she was legally banned from continuing her education.
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* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Education; Guilan, Iran; Iran | |
| 2007 24 May 200- |
The passing of Hadi Rahmani-Shirazi (b. 1914) in the United Kingdom. He was buried in New Southgate Cemetery.
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Hadi Rahmani-Shirazi; Nawnahalan; Counsellors; Huqúqu'lláh; - In Memoriam; - Births and deaths; Auxiliary board members; United Kingdom; Afghanistan; Iran | |
| 2007 1 Jun 200- |
The passing of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Jameson (Jamie) Bond (b. 6 November, 1917 Toronto, ON) in Duncan, BC. [SDSC262, 387-388, 406]
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Jameson Bond; - In Memoriam; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - Births and deaths; Toronto, ON; Duncan, BC; British Columbia, Canada | |
| 2007 Aug-Sep 200- |
In memory of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and because the Native people had such a special place in her heart and that of the Guardian, Violette and 'Ali Nakhjanání travelled throughout North America during the months of August and September visiting aboriginal believers. They visited Vancouver, Anchorage, Juneau before going to South Dakota, Montana, Arizona and Atlanta, Georgia where they spoke with 450 African-American believers. They visited the temple in Wilmette and then the Eskasoni First Nation in Nova Scotia.
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Violette Nakhjavani; `Alí Nakhjavání; Teaching; - Indigenous people; Native Americans; - First Nations, Canada; Vancouver, BC; Anchorage, AK; Juneau, AK; Canada; South Dakota, USA; Montana, USA; Arizona, USA; Atlanta, GA; Wilmette, IL; United States (USA) | |
| 2007 9 – 10 Sep 200- |
A Bahá'í cemetery near Najafabad, Iran was destroyed using heavy equipment. More than 100 graves were desecrated. [BWNS578] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution; Cemeteries and graves; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Iran | |
| 2007 9 Sep 200- |
In its message to the Bahá'í students deprived of access to higher education in Iran of the 9th of September 2007, the Universal House of Justice used the term "constructive resilience" to describe the non-adversarial approach taken by the Bahá'ís in the face of violent oppression.
For further exploration of this term see: Bahá'í Library: Constructive Resilience: The Bahá'í Response to Oppression by Michael Karlberg (Also published in Peace and Change, 35:2 pages 222-257 2010-04. (PDF)
Constructive Resilience by Firaydoun Javaheri was published in the Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 28 April 2018 and can be found on Bahá'í Library. A Master's thesis titled Exploring Constructive Resilience: A Qualitative Investigation of the Bahá'i Response to Oppression was presented by Mark Kazemzadeh at the University of Massachusetts in Boston in 2019. Constructive resilience in response to oppression: the strategy of Bahá'ís in Iran by Leyla Tavernaro-Haidarian 31 May 2022 was published in the Community Development Journal. |
* Persecution, Iran; Iran | |
| 2007 13 Sep 200- |
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the resolution entitled United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. [United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]
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United Nations; United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; - Indigenous people; New York, USA | |
| 2007 22 Sep 200- |
The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Dr. Ali-Muhammad Varqa (b.1911 or 1912) at his home in Haifa. Mr Varqa received his name from 'Abdu'l-Bahá in memory of his grandfather, who had been killed for being a follower of Bahá'u'lláh. He was the last survivor of the 27 Hands of the Cause who were alive when Shoghi Effendi passed away in 1957. [BWNS579; One Country]
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Varqá, `Alí-Muhammad; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; Varqa; - Hands of the Cause, Institution; Appointed arm; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Huqúqu'lláh; Haifa, Israel | |
| 2007 30 Sep 200- |
In a message from the International Teaching Centre to all Continental Counsellors it shared lessons learned at the recent meetings of the Continental Boards in which the focus had been the challenge of accelerating the movement of clusters and the launching of an increasing number of Intensive Programs of Growth. The message set the direction for the teaching work. | International Teaching Centre; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 2007 Oct 200- |
The capacity for receiving pilgrims at the Bahá'í World Centre was doubled to 400 persons in each group. [Ridván 2006] | Pilgrimage; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 2007 2 Oct 200- |
An event was organized by the Defenders of Human Rights Centre in Iran to publicize the plight of all those who are deprived of access to education. The Bahá'ís were only one of many groups whose situations the event highlighted. The Bahá'í representative made a 5-10 minute presentation describing the difficult circumstances faced by Bahá'í students, who have persistently been denied access to post-secondary education. Journalists from within the country and abroad covered the proceedings. [The reference website is no longer in existence.] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Education; - Persecution; Iran | |
| 2007 12 Oct 200- |
The opening of a new office of the Bahá'í International Community in Brussels. The purpose was to strengthen the BIC's ties with the European Union. [BWNS581] | Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Brussels, Belgium; Belgium | |
| 2007 7 Nov 200- |
The launch of a new website by the Bahá'í International Community, The Life of Bahá'u'lláh to provide illustration of Bahá'u'lláh's life through photographs of places and artifacts and relics associated directly with Him. [BWNS586] | bahai.org; Websites; Internet; * Bahá'u'lláh; * Bahaullah (chronology); Relics; * Publications; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bahá'í International Community; - BIC statements; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
| 2007 12 Nov 200- |
Human Rights Watch and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights released a report that stated that Egypt should end discriminatory practices that prevented Bahá'ís and others from listing their true religion on government documents.
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Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Human rights; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Cairo, Egypt; Egypt | |
| 2007 14 Nov 200- |
In a letter to the Students, Staff, Parents and Supporters of Maxwell International School the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada announced that the school would close (at the end of the term). Financial considerations were cited as the reason.
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Maxwell International School, Canada; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Dance; Dance workshops; Shawnigan Lake, BC; British Columbia, Canada; Canada | |
| 2007 21 Nov 200- |
The Universal House of Justice responded to a communications from the Bahá'ís attending event of the 2nd of October advising the Friends in Iran to explore contacts with other Iranian individuals and organizations sympathetic to the plight of the Bahá'ís and to continue the effort to secure legal representation for the Bahá'í students. It also encouraged them to convey the gratitude of the Iranian Bahá'ís to the Defenders of Human Rights Centre. [The referenced website is no longer in existence.] | Universal House of Justice; * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Education; - Persecution; Iran | |
| 2007 25 Dec 200- |
The two Egyptian Human Rights cases, the first by the father of twin children who was seeking to obtain proper birth certificates for them and the second by a college student who needed a national identity card to re-enroll in university, were set for "final judgment" by the Court of Administrative Justice in Cairo but the hearings were unexpectedly postponed until 22 January 2008. The court indicated it was still deliberating on the cases. On 22 January it was announced that the cases had been continued until 29 January. [BWNS597] | Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Human rights; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Cairo, Egypt; Egypt |
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