Chronology: Date 1979-09

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date	event	tags	firsts
1979 16 Sep 197-	Enoch Olinga—Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Bahá'u'lláh—his wife and three of his children were murdered in Kampala, Uganda. (b.24 June 1926) [BBD 172; BW18:633; LoF471-472] He was buried near the grave of Hand of the Cause Mr Banání with the graves of his wife and children nearby. [CG132] Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the third contingent on the 2nd of October, 1957. [MoCxxiii] For his obituary see BW18:618–35. See Bahá'í Blog for a tribute to his life. Early in May soldiers had invaded his home and thoroughly sacked it. The president of Uganda was a Nilotic and a native of northern Uganda as were a majority of his army. After taking control of the country they began to take reprisals from rival tribes and those who they thought had supported Idi Amin. [CG127] On the morning of the murders Mr. Olinga and his family had participated in a work detail at the Temple grounds. After the evening meal, a group of soldiers entered their compound and murdered him as well as his wife Elizabeth the children Táhirih and Lennie. [CG130-132] Claire Gung, the "Mother of Africa", had had an extraordinarily accurate dream and had warned Mr. Olinga of his danger. [CG163] See Enoch Olinga, Knight of Baha'u'llah, Father of Victories and Hand of the Cause of God, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 See as well Glimpse of the life of Enoch Olinga as told by 'Ali Nakhjavani.	Enoch Olinga; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, Third Contingent; Persecution, Uganda; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Dreams and visions; Kampala, Uganda; Uganda
1979 15 - 16 Sep 197-	The second Baha'i Studies Seminar on Ethics and Methodology was held at St. John's College in Cambridge, England. The proceedings.	Scholarship; Bahá'í studies; - Ethics; Methodology; Cambridge, England
1979 8 – 10 Sep 197-	The House of the Báb in Shíráz was attacked and substantially demolished by a crowd accompanied by 25 Revolutionary Guards apparently under the clergyman in charge of the local religious endowments department. [BBD108; BI11; BW18:253] See BW18p253p253 for an idea of the size of the house. A photo of the destruction.	Báb, House of (Shiraz); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution; Shíráz, Iran; Iran
1979 Sep 197-	Revolutionary committees in Shahsavár, 'Ábádán and Tabríz, Iran, ordered the arrest of Bahá'ís. [BW18:255] Among those arrested were members of local spiritual assemblies. [BW18:255] Bahá'í homes in Tabríz were raided and literature seized. [BW18:255]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Shahsavar, Iran; Ábádan, Iran; Tabríz, Iran; Iran
1979 Sep 197-	Bahár Vujdání was executed in Mahábád, Iran. [BW18:255]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Mahabad, Iran; Iran


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