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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 13. On this date in 1976, Doris Richardson, who served on the first NSA of Canada and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Grand Manan Island, died.

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May 13. On this date in 1986, the Universal House of Justice wrote to the Spiritual Assembly of Guadeloupe regarding "translations into French or Creole using simpler words than the original text"

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May 12. On this date in 1869, Hand of the Cause of God Clara Dunn was born in London, England. She was raised in Canada and moved to the United States in 1902, where she became a Bahá'í. In 1919, along with her husband John Henry Hyde Dunn, Clara Dunn introduced the Bahá'í Faith to Australia.

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May 12. On this date in 1925, Shoghi Effendi wrote a letter to the American National Assembly later included in the book "Bahá'í Administration."

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May 12. On this date in 1943, Shoghi Effendi cabled Argentine Bahá'ís he was "delighted (at the) completion (and) dedication (of the) Maxwell Memorial," which was dedicated to his mother-in-law who had died there three years previously of a heart attack. Shoghi Effendi declared her a martyr.

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May 12. On this date in 2008, the UHJ wrote "After several years of negotiations, agreement was reached with the Israeli government for the acquisition of a rectangular plot of land 90,000 square metres in area, located between Bahjí and the main road. This land was being used by the government."

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May 11. On this date in 1948, Shoghi Effendi wrote that "The case of Ahmad Sohrab is, for one who has had any experience of orientals and of psychology, easily understandable."

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May 11. On this date in 1995, the International Teaching Centre wrote "of the Internet..These open unlimited possibilities for continuous proclamation and teaching, bringing the Creative Word and the Sacred Writings as well as the ideas of individual believers to hearts and mind everywhere."

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May 11. On this date in 1913, 'Abdu'l-Bahá addressed a letter to Marie Wilson, regarding Bahá'í gatherings at Green Acre.

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May 11. On this date in 1956, Shoghi Effendi wrote, "In other words, when we fulfill the Ten Year Crusade we will have brought into fulfillment Daniel's great prophecy of 'Blessed is he who waits and comes to the 1335 days.' What could be more wonderful than taking part in the fulfillment of ..."

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May 11. On this date in 1941, Fuad Afnan, Shoghi Effendi's first cousin who was the son of Muhsin Afnán and Túbá Khánum, died as a result of injuries sustained in an air raid in London where he was volunteering as an Air Raid Warden. The Fuad Muhsin Afnan Memorial Fund for "Bahai students in need"

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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.

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;

May 13. On this date in 1976, Doris Richardson, who served on the first NSA of Canada and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Grand Manan Island, died.

May 13. On this date in 1986, the Universal House of Justice wrote to the Spiritual Assembly of Guadeloupe regarding &quot;translations into French or Creole using simpler words than the original text&quot;

May 12. On this date in 1925, Shoghi Effendi wrote a letter to the American National Assembly later included in the book &quot;Bahá&#39;í Administration.&quot;

May 11. On this date in 1948, Shoghi Effendi wrote that &quot;The case of Ahmad Sohrab is, for one who has had any experience of orientals and of psychology, easily understandable.&quot;

May 11. On this date in 1913, &#39;Abdu&#39;l-Bahá addressed a letter to Marie Wilson, regarding Bahá&#39;í gatherings at Green Acre.

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.

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."

May 13. On this date in 1986, the Universal House of Justice wrote to the Spiritual Assembly of Guadeloupe regarding "translations into French or Creole using simpler words than the original text"

May 12. On this date in 1925, Shoghi Effendi wrote a letter to the American National Assembly later included in the book "Bahá'í Administration."

May 11. On this date in 1948, Shoghi Effendi wrote that "The case of Ahmad Sohrab is, for one who has had any experience of orientals and of psychology, easily understandable."

May 11. On this date in 1913, 'Abdu'l-Bahá addressed a letter to Marie Wilson, regarding Bahá'í gatherings at Green Acre.