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| 1953 (In the Year)
195- |
The publication of Questions about the Second Coming by George Townshend by the Bahá'í Publishing Committee in Wilmette in response to questions asked of him by the Bahá'ís of Kampala.
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- Christianity; George Townshend; Wilmette, IL; United States (USA); Uganda | |
| 1953 (In the year)
195- |
Anjoman-e Hojjatieh ("Society of Allah's Proof Over Creation"), also called the Hojjatieh Society was founded specifically as an anti-Bahá'í organization by a charismatic Shiite Muslim cleric, Shaikh Mahmoud Halabi in the aftermath of the coup d'état of 1953. Between the early 1950s and the early 1970s a great number of the future elite of the Islamic revolution were trained by Hujjatieh. During the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Society was to play an important role in stirring animosity against Bahá'ís. However, in part because of differences in theology—among other things the Hojjatieh believe a truly Islamic state cannot be established until the return of the 12th Imam—the Society fell into disfavour and was banned by the regime in 1984. [Hojjatieh Society, Wiki] | Hojjatieh Society; * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Iran | |
| 1953 (In the year)
195- |
Grant Mensah, a Ghanaian, became a Bahá'í in Ruanda-Urundi, the first person to accept the Faith in that country. | Grant Mensah; Ruanda-Urundi | first Bahá’í in Burundi |
| 1953 (In the year)
195- |
Alfred Amisi (Maragoli), Jacob Kisombe (Mtaita), Laurence Ouna (Mluhya), Labi Mathew (Zulu), and Zablon Bob (Luo) were among the first Kenyans to become Bahá'ís. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Kenya | first Kenyans Bahá’ís |
| 1953 (In the year)
195- |
Áqá Rahmán Kulayní-Mamaqání was martyred in Durúd, Iran. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Durúd, Iran; Iran | |
| 1953 (In the year)
195- |
The arrival of Knights of Bahá'u'lláh Dr. Mihdi Samandari and Mrs. Ursula Samandari (Newman) in Mogadishu, Somalia [BWNS230] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Mogadishu, Somalia; Somalia | |
| 1953 (In the year)
195- |
Mr. Mohammad Ali Djalali was among the first Baha'i's to reside in Morocco, for which Shoghi Effendi gave him the title "Knight of Baha'u'llah." [BW34p239]
It is not certain which "Morocco". |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Morocco | |
| 1953 (In the year)
195- |
Marthe Molitor, a Belgian from Rwanda, began to teach the Bahá'í Faith in Kalina (now Gombe), a district in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa). [bahai.org] | Marthe Molitor; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| 1953 (In the year)
195- |
Bahá'ís and their houses were attacked in Bushrúyih and Fárán, Iran. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Bushrúyih, Iran; Faran, Iran; Iran |
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