- 1888-00-00 — Jamál Effendi, accompanied by Hájí Faraju'lláh-i-Tafrishí, embarked on a long journey to the East visiting Burma, Java (Indonesia), Siam (Thailand), Singapore, Kashmir, Tibet, Yarqand, Khuqand in Chinese Turkistan, and Afghanistan. [EB123–4; PH22]
- 1951-00-00 — Khadaram and Parvin Payman were the first pioneers in Indonesia. [PH62]
- 1953-10-10 — Elly Becking arrived in Dutch New Guinea and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451]
- 1954-02-00 —
Rahmatu'lláh and Írán Muhájir arrived in Mentawai Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454]
- For the story of their pioneering activity see Muhájir, Dr Muhajir, Hand of the Cause of God, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh.
- 1954-02-00 — Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir and Irán Muhájir arrived the Mentawai Islands and received the accolade "Knight of Bahá'u'lláh".[BS13p454]
- 1957-04-21 —
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of South East Asia was formed with its seat in Djakarta. [BW13:289,302]
- Its area of jurisdiction was Borneo, Indo-China, Indonesia, Malaya, Sarawak, Siam, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Dutch New Guinea, Mentawai Islands, Cocos Islands, Portuguese Timor and Brunei.
- A subsidiary Six-Year Plan was formed. [BW13:302]
- This assembly was dissolved in 1964. [BW14p99]
- 1957-10-03 —
- 1958-09-14 —
A week before the fifth Intercontinental conference is due to convene in Djakarta, Indonesia, the government withdrew the permit to hold the conference. [BW13:331]
- For the story of why the permit was revoked see DM83–5.
- The cancellation of the conference in Djakarta began a period of severe repression of the Faith in Indonesia which eventually led to the Faith being banned in 1962. [DM85, 88]
- 1958-09-21 —
Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas arrived in Indonesia and was plunged into negotiations regarding the holding of the conference.
- He met with local Bahá'ís and anointed them with attar of roses as they passed to the room to view the portrait of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:331–2]
- 1961-00-00 — The military government in Indonesia issued instructions to local authorities to ban all Bahá'í activities and to confiscate all Bahá'í property. [MoC329]
- 1962-00-03 —
The administrative institutions of the Faith were banned in Indonesia by President Sukarno. [BW19:41]
- BW15:174 says this was in 1964, other indications are that it was around the time of the International Convention.
[Servants of the Glory page 30]
- 1964-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Indonesia was formed with its seat in Djakarta and comprising Indonesia, the Mentawai Islands, Portuguese Timor and West Irian.
[BW14p99]
- 1972-00-02 — In Indonesia the Attorney-General confirmed the 1962 ban on Bahá'í administrative institutions and added a further prohibition against organized Bahá'í teaching activities. [BW19:41]
- 1972-06-19 —
The government of Indonesia re-affirmed the ban on the Bahá'í Faith.
- Following this a number of Bahá'ís lost their jobs.
- 1974-00-00 — Owing to the failure of the Indonesian Bahá'ís to obtain religious liberty, the Universal House of Justice instructed that the national convention not be held.
- 1975-00-00 — Owing to the continuing ban on Bahá'í activities and institutions, the national spiritual assembly and all local spiritual assemblies were disbanded in Indonesia.
- 1975-00-00 —
In Indonesia several Bahá'ís were arrested, given light sentences and released for violating the 1962 and 1972 bans on Bahá'í activity. [BW19:41]
- A few months later four Bahá'ís were sentenced to five years' imprisonment; they remained in prison for the full five years. [BW19:41]
- 1984-00-00 —
Four Bahá'ís, one of whom had already spent five years in prison, were imprisoned in Indonesia, convicted of membership in a banned religious organization, with teaching the Bahá'í Faith and with insulting Islám. [BW19:42]
- The prison terms ranged from one to five years. [BW19:42]
- 1985-07-01 — Three Bahá'í youths in Mentawai were imprisoned for having married according to Bahá'í law. [BW19:42]
- 2000-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Indonesia with its seat in Jakarta was restored. A ban had been imposed on Bahá'í activities in August 1962 that severely restricted the actions of the Indonesian Bahá'í community. [Ridván Message 2001]
- 2002-00-00 — 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]
- 2014-00-00 —
The Baha'i International Community opened a Regional Office in Jakarta. The Office engaged inter-governmental associations such as ASEAN as well as various governmental agencies, civil society organizations and research institutes in the region with a view to convening gatherings, creating spaces devoted to collective inquiry, and meaningful discussion of contemporary issues in the region of Southeast Asia.
- The present work of the Office is built on the long-time presence of the Baha'i Faith in this part of the world, dating back more than a century to the 1870s. Today, Baha'is are present in all Southeast Asian countries and are actively working for the spiritual and social advancement of their neighborhoods and villages. [BIC website; BIC News]
- 2014-08-08 — The official ban on the Bahá'í Faith in Indonesia was lifted. [The Jakarta Post August 8, 2014]
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