- 1899-11-19 — Birth of Yan Kee Leong, the first believer in Malaya, in Selangor, Malaysia.
- 1951-05-23 — Jamshed and Parvati Fozdar arrived in Kuching with their son, Vijay, and became the first Bahá'ís to settle in Sarawak.
- 1953-12-19 — Yan Kee Leong became a Bahá'í, the first person to accept the Faith in Malaya.
- 1957-00-00 — The first contacts with the Aboriginal people were made in Kampong Jus in Malacca by Saurajen, as reported at a special meeting held with Hand of the Cause of God, Dr. Muhajir in Malacca on 29 December 1957. [Jewel Among Nations, Splendour Publications, Author A. Manisegaran. Pages 221-222]
- 1957-12-01 — The first summer school in Malaysia was held at Malacca.
- 1961-10-22 — Mr. Sivalingam and Miss Puvaneswary were married in the first Bahá'í wedding in Malaysia.
- 1964-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia (known as Malaya prior to 1963) was formed with its seat in Kuala Lumpur and comprising Malaya, Singapore, Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak. Prior to this time the area was under the guidance of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma, owing to the fact that the Guardian had entrusted the growth and development of the Faith to that assembly in 1950. [BW14p99; Bahaipedia Malaysia]
- 1974-00-00 — The Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Malaysia was established.
- 1974-04-21 —
The National Spiritual Assembly of Eastern Malaysia and Brunei elected in 1972 was dissolved and re-constituted under the name the National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia and the territories of Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei were brought under its jurisdiction.
- The Assembly was incorporated on the 26th of September, 1974. [BW16p225]
- 1978-12-16 — More than 560 Bahá'ís from 14 countries throughout Malaysia gathered for the South East Asia Bahá'í Regional Conference. [BN136 April 1979]
- 1985-08-01 — An International Youth Conference to support the United Nations International Youth Year was held in Port Dickson, Malaysia, attended by 1,300 youth from 15 countries, the largest gathering of Bahá'ís ever held in Malaysia. [BW19:301]
- 1985-10-22 — The 14th Muzakarah (Conference) of the Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Malaysia discussed the Bahá'í doctrine and decided that the Bahá'í doctrine was not part of Islam. Muslims involved in this teaching were deemed as apostates. Therefore, Muslims are prohibited from following this teaching and anyone involved in it must denounce it at once and repent. [Fatwa]
- 1989-04-01 — The Association for Bahá'í Studies of Malaysia was established. [BINS206:8]
- 2003-06-01 — A fatwa was issued by the Mufti of Sabah State Government that declared that the Bahá'í teachings were deviant teachings and that Muslims were forbidden all involvement including the practice of the Faith and the holding of any literature or other material.
[Fatwa]
- 2006-06-10 — In Malaysia, Social & Economic Development Services (SEDS) together with the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue organized two nation-wide colloquia on science, religion and development. The first was held at University of Malaya in 2005 and the second on this date in Kuala Lumpur. [SGM Website]
- 2008-12-20 — Regional Conferences were held in Kuching, Malaysia and São Paulo, Brazil. [BWNS683]
- 2008-12-27 — Regional Conference were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This conference represented the half-way point in the series of 41 conferences between November 1st and March 1st. [BWNS685]
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