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From the Universal House of Justice
ITC appointments 2013-2018 Mat 15, 2013
پیام ٢۰ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹٢ / May 10, 2013, to the Bahais of Iran
[A letter describing the atmosphere and diversity of the international convention, and assuring them that they were remembered in every session of the convention.]
Ridvan message, 2013 (English, text) (also in PDF format which works in Explorer, but not necessarily in Firefox)
Persian translation – پیام رضوان ٢۰۱۳ به فارسی
To the Bahais of Iran, Naw Ruz 2013 (in Persian and English)
On political activity: March 2, 2013
On political activity / موضع بهائیان نسبت به امور سیاسی
Farzam Arbab and Kiser Barnes to retire: November 5, 2012 (PDF)
Termination of the Black Men’s Gathering, 4 December 2011 (and a letter from the NSA of the USA implementing this)
Message to the Bahais of Iran, May 11, 2012 (in Persian, PDF)
Ridvan Message 2012 (English, text)
Ridvan Message 2012 (English, in PDF format) NB: This PDF file crashes my Firefox, yet works with Explorer. Your mileage may vary.
Ridvan Message 2012 (French/Français, PDF)
Ridvan Message 2012 (Persian/فارسی, PDF) پیام بیت العدل اعظم الهی : رضوان 2012
Ridvan Message 2012 (Arabic/العربية, PDF)
Ridvan Message 2012 (Spanish/Español, PDF)
Ridvan Boodschap 2012 (Dutch/Nederlands PDF)
A los bahá’ís del mundo, 1 de enero de 2011
A la Conferencia de los Cuerpos Continentales de Consejeros
Continuing need for pioneers 23 May 2010
Eliminating racial prejudice and current activities: 10 April 2011
Ridvan 2011
Continental Counsellors conference: 1 Jan 2011
Continental Counsellors Conference: 28 Dec. 2010
Ridvan 2010
The marriage law and parental consent, January 2010
On behalf of the Universal House of Justice
Homosexuality and civil rights, October 27, 2010 (as quoted by the NSA of the USA; also includes quotes from a letter on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual, 3 July 1990, and a letter on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual, 5 March 1999).
Research Department memos
The Translation of the terms zina’, liwat, and khiyanah, 14 August 1996
From the Bahai International Community
“Education in the service of community” (April, 2012)
- the English Statement in Word format (with the footnotes)
- Documents in PDF format (all with the footnotes missing)
English (original)
Russian
Spanish
French
Arabic
Chinese
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