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2019 7 Feb
201-		 An estimated 5,760 members of the Bahá'í Faith had been charged (and some even executed) for 'membership of a sect' in Iran between 1979 and 2009 according to a report by press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders. The Paris-based watchdog based their report on leaked digital files. [i24NEWS 7 February, 2019] * Persecution, Iran; Iran
2019 28 Feb
201-		 Faruq Izadinia, Bahá'í scholar and translator, wrote an Open Letter after his court hearing in Tehran in which he described the process of his trial and the details of the court session. [Open Letter]
  • Subsequently, on 19 June 2020 Branch 36 of the Tehran Province Court of Appeals upheld the conviction and Mr. Izadinia was charged with "acting against national security through the Bahá'í Organization". He was sentenced to ten years in prison. [Faruq Izadinia Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison]
    		• * Persecution, Iran; Faruq Izadinia; Iran; Tehran, Iran
    2019 2 Feb
    201-    		 Hamed Bin Hayadara, who was facing a death sentence, appeared in a Sana'a court where he was charged with "foreign espionage" and "abandonment of religion". The judge adjourned the session until 12 March. He was among the six Bahá'ís detained in Sana'a. [SBSWorldNews] - Persecution, Court cases; Hamed bin Haydara; Persecution, Yemen; Sanaa, Yemen; Yemen
    2019 5 Feb
    201-    		 The announcement of the publication of The Call of the Divine Beloved by the Bahá'í World Centre. The book contained revised translations of The Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys as well as five newly published selections from Bahá'u'lláh's writings, including Rashḥ-i-'Amá (The Clouds of the Realms Above). This tablet is considered to be among the first if not the first revealed by Bahá'u'lláh after being apprised that He was to be the Manifestation of God.
  • For more information about this Tablet and its significance see 1852 (between Aug - Nov).
    		•  * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * Publications; * Translation; - Bahá'í World Centre; - Call of the Divine Beloved (book); Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Mysticism; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)
    2019 28 Feb
    201-    		 The Universal House of Justice announced the publication of a compilation of extracts on prayer and devotional life drawn from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá and from the letters of the Guardian and the House of Justice that had been prepared by the Research Department at its request. It was made available on the Bahá'í Reference Library with a plan to produce printed editions. * Publications; - Bahá'í World Centre; - Compilations; Meditation; Prayer
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