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October 26. On this date in 1932, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The activities, hopes and ideals of the Bahá'í Youth in America, as well as in all other parts of the world are close and dear to my heart. Upon...

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October 26. On this date in 1932, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The activities, hopes and ideals of the Bahá'í Youth in America, as well as in all other parts of the world are close and dear to my heart."
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October 26. On this date in 1932, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The activities, hopes and ideals of the Bahá'í Youth in America, as well as in all...

October 26. On this date in 2013, Ahang Rabbani died. A prolific Bahá’í translator and historian who served as director of statistics at the Bahá’í World Centre from 1981 to 1988. His translation are ...

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His translation are said to whitewash, censor,and obfuscate problematic matters in Bahá’í scripture.

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October 26. On this date in 2013, Ahang Rabbani died. A prolific Bahá’í translator and historian who served as director of statistics at ...

October 26. On this date in 2013, Ahang Rabbani died. A prolific Bahá’í translator and historian who served as director of statistics at the Bahá’í World Centre from 1981 to 1988. His translation are ...

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October 26. On this date in 2013, Ahang Rabbani died. A prolific Bahá’í translator and historian who served as director of statistics at the Bahá’í World Centre from 1981 to 1988.

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October 26. On this date in 2013, Ahang Rabbani died. A prolific Bahá’í translator and historian who served as director of statistics at ...

October 26. On this date in 2000, Jeffery Huffines wrote a column on Bahá'í elections titled "Baha'is embrace democracy, but shun campaigning". He was serving as chairman of the LSA of Teaneck, UN rep...

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He was serving as chairman of the LSA of Teaneck, UN representative for the NSA of the US, and Chair of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee, which is the official liaison between UN-associated NGOs and the UN Department of Public Information. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 26. On this date in 2000, Jeffery Huffines wrote a column on Bahá'í elections titled "Baha'is embrace democracy, but shun campaig...

October 26. On this date in 2000, Jeffery Huffines wrote a column on Bahá'í elections titled "Baha'is embrace democracy, but shun campaigning". He was serving as chairman of the LSA of Teaneck, UN rep...

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October 26. On this date in 2000, Jeffery Huffines wrote a column on Bahá'í elections titled "Baha'is embrace democracy, but shun campaigning". onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 26. On this date in 2000, Jeffery Huffines wrote a column on Bahá'í elections titled "Baha'is embrace democracy, but shun campaig...

October 26. On this date in 1932, Shoghi Effendi wrote Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí expressing his happiness "regarding the translation of Dr. Esslemont’s book into Burmese."

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October 26. On this date in 1932, Shoghi Effendi wrote Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí expressing his happiness "regarding the translation of Dr. Esslemont’s book into Burmese."

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October 26. On this date in 1932, Shoghi Effendi wrote Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí expressing his happiness "regarding the translation of Dr. Ess...

October 26. On this date in 1925, Shoghi Effendi wrote "to the esteemed editor of the "La Nova Tago", the International Bahá'í Esperanto Gazette" his "great desire to promote in such parts of the Bahá...

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"great desire to promote in such parts of the Bahá'í world as present circumstances permit the study of an international language which is of such an obvious and practical utility to our steadily advancing Cause." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 26. On this date in 1925, Shoghi Effendi wrote "to the esteemed editor of the "La Nova Tago", the International Bahá'í Esperanto ...

October 26. On this date in 1925, Shoghi Effendi wrote "to the esteemed editor of the "La Nova Tago", the International Bahá'í Esperanto Gazette" his "great desire to promote in such parts of the Bahá...

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October 26. On this date in 1925, Shoghi Effendi wrote "to the esteemed editor of the "La Nova Tago", the International Bahá'í Esperanto Gazette" his "great desire to promote in such parts of the Bahá'í world as present circumstances ..." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 26. On this date in 1925, Shoghi Effendi wrote "to the esteemed editor of the "La Nova Tago", the International Bahá'í Esperanto ...

October 26. On this date in 1912, the Sacramento California Union newspaper had an article introducing "'Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas, the Persian prophet and world leader of the Bahá’í movement...which already ...

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October 26. On this date in 1912, the Sacramento California Union newspaper had an article introducing "'Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas, the Persian prophet and world leader of the Bahá’í movement...which already has 12,000,000 followers in the world."

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October 26. On this date in 1912, the Sacramento California Union newspaper had an article introducing "'Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas, the Persian ...

October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi referred to homosexuality as a "shameful sexual aberration" that "We must try and help the soul to overcome."

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October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi referred to homosexuality as a "shameful sexual aberration" that "We must try and help the soul to overcome."
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October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi referred to homosexuality as a "shameful sexual aberration" that "We must try and hel...

October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote "Without the spirit of real love for Bahá'u'lláh, for His Faith and its Institutions, and the believers for each other, the Cause can never reall...

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October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote "Without the spirit of real love for Bahá'u'lláh, for His Faith and its Institutions, and the believers for each other, the Cause can never really …"

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October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote "Without the spirit of real love for Bahá'u'lláh, for His Faith and its Instituti...

October 25. On this date in 1984, the Universal House of Justice wrote a clarification about the qualitative difference between the Guardian's prerogative of interpretation and the power of elucidatio...

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October 25. On this date in 1984, the Universal House of Justice wrote a clarification about the qualitative difference between the Guardian's prerogative of interpretation and the power of elucidation of the Universal House of Justice.
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October 25. On this date in 1984, the Universal House of Justice wrote a clarification about the qualitative difference between the Guar...

October 25. On this date in 1967, Catherine Heward Huxtable, a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Gulf Islands and pioneer to Regina, Saskatchewan and St. Helena, died.

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October 25. On this date in 1967, Catherine Heward Huxtable, a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Gulf Islands and pioneer to Regina, Saskatchewan and St. Helena, died.
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October 25. On this date in 1967, Catherine Heward Huxtable , a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Gulf Islands and pioneer to Regi...

October 25. On this date in 1913, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab had a diary entry, later published in Star of the West (volume 9, number 3, pages 38-39) titled "The Sterling Faithfulness of Esfandayar, Story tol...

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October 25. On this date in 1913, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab had a diary entry, later published in Star of the West (volume 9, number 3, pages 38-39) titled "The Sterling Faithfulness of Esfandayar, Story told by 'Abdu'l-Bahá: From the Diary of …" onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 25. On this date in 1913, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab had a diary entry, later published in Star of the West ( volume 9, number 3, pages 38...

October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote Henk Buys, stating "It would be a wonderful service to the Faith if you can find some way of having the book Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era translat...

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October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote Henk Buys, stating "It would be a wonderful service to the Faith if you can find some way of having the book Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era translated into Malay"

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October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote Henk Buys, stating "It would be a wonderful service to the Faith if you can fin...

October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote "As Mr. Remey is a very charming and cultivated man he could be introduced to your circle of friends and give them lectures on the Cause in a way...

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October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote "As Mr. Remey is a very charming and cultivated man he could be introduced to your circle of friends and give them lectures on the Cause in a way that would not savour of any propaganda ..." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 25. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote Henk Buys, stating "It would be a wonderful service to the Faith if you can fi...

October 25. On this date in 1970, the Universal House of Justice wrote the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran that "Payment of Huququ'llah is a spiritual obligation binding on the people of Baha. The...

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October 25. On this date in 1970, the Universal House of Justice wrote the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran that "Payment of Huququ'llah is a spiritual obligation binding on the people of Baha."
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October 25. On this date in 1970, the Universal House of Justice wrote the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran that "Payment of Huququ...

October 25. On this date in 1971, the Universal House of Justice wrote "It is clear that to have a surgical operation merely to avoid unwanted children is not acceptable."

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October 25. On this date in 1971, the Universal House of Justice wrote "It is clear that to have a surgical operation merely to avoid unwanted children is not acceptable."

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October 25. On this date in 1971, the Universal House of Justice wrote "It is clear that to have a surgical operation merely to avoid ...

October 25. On this date in 1984, the UHJ wrote "...While artificial insemination is a very different process from in-vitro fertilization, the principle enunciated by the Guardian is the same, namely,...

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October 25. On this date in 1984, the UHJ wrote "...While artificial insemination is a very different process from in-vitro fertilization, the principle enunciated by the Guardian is the same, namely …." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 25. On this date in 1984, the UHJ wrote "...While artificial insemination is a very different process from in-vitro fertilizat...

October 25. On this date in 1984, the UHJ wrote "The spiritual and social implications involved in the use of surrogate mothers to provide for the gestation of the embryo, even when the embryo results...

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October 25. On this date in 1984, the UHJ wrote "The spiritual and social implications involved in the use of surrogate mothers to provide for the gestation of the embryo, even when the embryo results from the fertilization of …." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 25. On this date in 1984, the UHJ wrote "The spiritual and social implications involved in the use of surrogate mothers to pro...

October 25. On this date in 2002, the Gainesville Sun quoted Suheil Badi Bushrui, the Baha'i Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, as saying "Gradually the United Nations will become an...

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October 25. On this date in 2002, the Gainesville Sun quoted Suheil Badi Bushrui, the Baha'i Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, as saying "Gradually the United Nations will become an international state," Bushrui said. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 25. On this date in 2002, the Gainesville Sun quoted Suheil Badi Bushrui , the Baha'i Chair for World Peace at the University ...

October 25. On this date in 2002, the Gainesville Sun quoted Suheil Badi Bushrui, the Baha'i Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, as saying "Gradually the United Nations will become an...

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"But it cannot be done without the United States. And the United States can't become the real leader of the world without the U.N. It is a match made in heaven." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 25. On this date in 2002, the Gainesville Sun quoted Suheil Badi Bushrui , the Baha'i Chair for World Peace at the University ...

October 25. On this date in 2002, the Gainesville Sun quoted Suheil Badi Bushrui, the Baha'i Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, as saying "Gradually the United Nations will become an...

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October 25. On this date in 2002, the Gainesville Sun quoted Suheil Badi Bushrui, the Baha'i Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, as saying "Gradually the United Nations will become an international state," Bushrui said. onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 25. On this date in 2002, the Gainesville Sun quoted Suheil Badi Bushrui , the Baha'i Chair for World Peace at the University ...

October 25. On this date in 1984, the UHJ wrote "The spiritual and social implications involved in the use of surrogate mothers to provide for the gestation of the embryo, even when the embryo results...

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"… the husband's sperm and the wife's egg cell which is later implanted into the womb of the third party, are too far-reaching for such a procedure to be permissible to Bahá'ís." onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/octo...

October 25. On this date in 1984, the UHJ wrote "The spiritual and social implications involved in the use of surrogate mothers to pro...