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May 16. On this date in 2000, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of South Africa answering "a number of questions related to Regional Bahá’í Councils."

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May 16. On this date in 1849, Mullá Muḥammad ‘Alí-i-Bárfurúshí (Quddús) was lynched by a mob in his hometown of Barfurúsh in the aftermath of the Bábi defeat at the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi. Quddús was the 18th believer in the Báb and had accompanied him to Mecca on the Hajj pilgrimage in 1844.

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May 16. On this date in 1933, Shoghi Effendi wrote Adelbert Mühlschlegel that "whatever we say of Germany, we have to admit that its people are endowed with a spiritual vitality quite superior to many other races."

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May 15. On this date 1940, Shoghi Effendi wrote that "In connection with the selection of particular photographs of Abdu'l-Bahá for circulation among the friends... no definite ruling should be laid down establishing the superiority or distinction of any particular photograph."

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Baha'i History - May 15. On this date in 1901, the Chicago Bahá'ís elected a nine-man Board of Council for a term of five years.

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May 15. On this date in 1874, Charles Mason Remey was born. An architect who designed three Bahá'í Houses of Worship, he was also a Hand of the Cause, the president of the International Bahá'í Council, and after Shoghi Effendi's death, a claimant to the office of Guardian.

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May 15. On this date in 1845, the Báb arrived in Bushehr, having completed the Hajj pilgrimage, accompanied by a black slave named Mubárak and Quddús (Mullá Muḥammad ‘Alí-i-Bárfurúshí), who was the eighteenth believer in the Báb. In Bushehr the Báb spent ten days with his eldest maternal ...

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May 15. On this date 1913, 'Abdu'l-Bahá wrote a Tablet to Saichiro Fujita, "As regard to thy profession of electricity. Endeavor from every direction that thou mayest gain perfect efficiency in it — so that I may send for thee to come with electrical machine (automobile) and lighting plant ..."

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May 15. On this date in 1940, Shoghi Effendi wrote the National Spiritual Assembly of the United states that "Regarding the age of fifteen fixed by Bahá'u'lláh: This relates only to purely spiritual functions and obligations and is not related to the degree of administrative capacity which ...."

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May 15. On this date in 1936, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The obligation to teach is essentially the responsibility of young believers. Their whole training should therefore be directed in such a way as to make them competent teachers. It is for this very purpose that Bahá'í summer schools, which ..."

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May 15. On this date in 1991, the "Baha'i Journal" published a letter from the UHJ to an individual who had expressed "puzzlement over the statement in its Ridván 1990 message referring to Bahá'u'lláh as 'the most precious Being ever to have drawn breath on this planet'."

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Baha'i History - May 14, 2008, Members of the Yaran, an ad hoc administrative group formed by the Baha'i Administrative Order in Iran, were arrested. On August 29, 1983 the government had banned all Bahá'í administrative activities, requiring the dissolution of about 400 LSAs and the NSA.

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May 14. On this date in 2009, exactly one year to the date of the arrest of the Yaran, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to Iranian believers.

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May 14. On this date in 2011, on the third anniversary of the arrest of the Yaran, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to Iranian believers.

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May 14. On this date in 1997, an NSA wrote the UHJ "requesting guidance concerning the attention given by the friends to postings by Covenant-breakers on the Internet" who noted "it is closely following this issue..Sites maintained by Covenant-breaker groups will have a diminishing impact.."

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May 14. On this date in 1982, Amoz Gibson died. He served on the UHJ from its founding in 1963 until his death. Before that served on the NSA of the U.S., an Auxiliary Board member for propagation, and a pioneer to the Navajo Indian Reservation.

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May 14. On this date in 1948, according to Ruth Moffett, "a most remarkable bloodless revolution occurred, when 4,000,000 Moslems fled and 1,000,000 Jews marched in and began tilling their ancestral soil, and a new nation was born. Today the blue and white flag with the star of Bethlehem flutters..

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May 14. On this date in 1948, the same day as David Ben Gurion's declaration of the State of Israel, the Arab village of al-Nuqayb, where ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had owned land and grown grain, was depopulated in the fighting which broke out after the UN's adoption of the Partition Plan for Palestine.

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May 13. On this date in 1896, Ugo Giachery, later a Hand of the Cause of God and member of the International Bahá'í Council, was born into an aristocratic Italian family in Palermo.

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May 13. On this date in 1913, Harold Collis Featherstone, later named a Hand of the Cause of God, was born in Quorn, Australia.

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May 13, On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi wrote all NSAs that Bahá'ís "make many contacts, select a few whom they feel would become Bahá'ís, develop a close friendship with them, then complete confidence, and finally teach them the Faith, until they become strong supporters of the Cause of God.

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May 13. On this date in 1979, the UHJ wrote clarifications regarding the dates given in Bahá'í texts for the prophet Zoroaster, stating "in one of His Tablets 'Abdu'l-Bahá states that Zoroaster lived about 750 years after Moses...'Zoroaster lived about a thousand years before Christ.'"

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May 13. On this date in 1850, the Babi insurrection in the city of Zanjan began.

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May 13. On this date in 1945, Shoghi Effendi wrote the Australian National Spiritual Assembly, stating Bahá'ís "must whole-heartedly accept the advice or decision of the Assembly, according to the principles already laid down for such matters in Bahá'í administration."

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May 13. On this date in 1912, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá said "... they shall glorify the twentieth century, saying ... the twentieth century was the century of international peace, the twentieth century was the century of divine bestowals, and the twentieth century has left traces which shall last forever."

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May 16. On this date in 2000, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of South Africa answering &quot;a number of questions related to Regional Bahá’í Councils.&quot;

May 16. On this date in 1933, Shoghi Effendi wrote Adelbert Mühlschlegel that &quot;whatever we say of Germany, we have to admit that its people are endowed with a spiritual vitality quite superior to many other races.&quot;

May 15. On this date 1940, Shoghi Effendi wrote that &quot;In connection with the selection of particular photographs of Abdu&#39;l-Bahá for circulation among the friends... no definite ruling should be laid down establishing the superiority or distinction of any particular photograph.&quot;

Baha&#39;i History - May 15. On this date in 1901, the Chicago Bahá&#39;ís elected a nine-man Board of Council for a term of five years.

May 15. On this date in 1874, Charles Mason Remey was born. An architect who designed three Bahá&#39;í Houses of Worship, he was also a Hand of the Cause, the president of the International Bahá&#39;í Council, and after Shoghi Effendi&#39;s death, a claimant to the office of Guardian.

May 14. On this date in 2009, exactly one year to the date of the arrest of the Yaran, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to Iranian believers.

May 14. On this date in 2011, on the third anniversary of the arrest of the Yaran, the Universal House of Justice addressed a letter to Iranian believers.

May 14. On this date in 1982, Amoz Gibson died. He served on the UHJ from its founding in 1963 until his death. Before that served on the NSA of the U.S., an Auxiliary Board member for propagation, and a pioneer to the Navajo Indian Reservation.

May 13. On this date in 1896, Ugo Giachery, later a Hand of the Cause of God and member of the International Bahá&#39;í Council, was born into an aristocratic Italian family in Palermo.

May 13. On this date in 1913, Harold Collis Featherstone, later named a Hand of the Cause of God, was born in Quorn, Australia.

May 13. On this date in 1850, the Babi insurrection in the city of Zanjan began.

May 13. On this date in 1945, Shoghi Effendi wrote the Australian National Spiritual Assembly, stating Bahá&#39;ís &quot;must whole-heartedly accept the advice or decision of the Assembly, according to the principles already laid down for such matters in Bahá&#39;í administration.&quot;