- 2005-03-20 — The election of Dr. Payman Mohajer and Mr. Paul Lample to the vacancies on the Universal House of Justice created by the departure at Naw-Ruz of Mr. Ian Semple and Mr. Douglas Martin, owing to age and the related needs of the Faith. [From the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies, 20 March 2005]
Dr. Mohajer was born in Tehran, Iran, where he received his elementary school education. He then
went with his family to India where he received a degree in homoeopathic medicine in 1984. After
several years work in his medical clinic, Dr. Mohajer completed a master's degree in psychology.
In 1966, his interest in the field of education led him to establish a Baha'i-inspired institution, the
Foundation for the Advancement of Science.
He was appointed as an Auxiliary Board member in 1986, serving until he was appointed to the
Continental Board of Counsellors in Asia in 1991. He was called to serve as a member of the
International Teaching Centre in 1998 and was reappointed in 2003.
Mr. Lample, an author and educator, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., USA. He received a Bachelor
of Arts degree in biology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and a Master of Science
from the National University in San Diego, Calif. In the early 1990s he served on the National
Teaching Committee of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States.
In 1994 he moved to the Baha'i World Centre to serve as coordinator of the Office of Social and
Economic Development. He was appointed to the International Teaching Centre in 2003.
The other members of the Universal House of Justice are Dr. Farzam Arbab, Kiser Barnes, Hooper
Dunbar, Hartmut Grossmann, Dr. Firaydoun Javaheri, Dr. Peter Khan, and Glenford Mitchell.
[BWNS358; Bahá'í Canada Vol 17 No 11 April 2005 p4]
- 2008-04-30 —
The election of the Universal House of Justice at the 10th International Bahá'í Convention. It was attended by more than 1,000 delegates from 153 countries.
- Those elected
were Farzam Arbab, (an Iranian-born physicist who specialized in development in Colombia),
Kiser Barnes, (an African-American law professor),
Peter Khan, (an Australian-born electrical engineer of South Asian descent),
Hooper Dunbar, (an accomplished painter and former Hollywood actor who spent many years in Nicaragua),
Firaydoun Javaheri, (an agronomist who worked some 27 years in Africa),
Paul Lample, (an American educator),
Payman Mohajer, (a doctor of homoeopathic medicine and a psychologist), and
Gustavo Correa, (a former mathematics professor).
[BWNS629,
BWNS631,
BWNS627,
BWNS628,
BWNS626,
BWNS624]
- 2013-04-29 —
The 11th International Bahá'í Convention in Haifa and the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Convention in 1963 at which the first Universal House of Justice was elected. Those elected were Paul Lample, Firaydoun Javaheri, Payman Mohajer, Gustavo Correa, Shahriar Razavi, Stephen Birkland, Stephen Hall, Chuungu Malitonga, and Ayman Rouhani. [BWNS950, BWNS951, BWNS953]
- More than a thousand
members of one hundred and fifty seven National Spiritual Assemblies attended, and nearly five
hundred more, including those from an additional fourteen countries, participated in the election
by mail. [Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the delegates gathered at
Bahá'í National Conventions dated 16 May, 2013]
- 2018-04-30 —
The announcement of the election of the 12th Universal House of Justice. Those elected were Paul Lample, Chuungu Malitonga, Payman Mohajer, Shahriar Razavi, Stephen Hall, Ayman Rouhani, Stephen Birkland, Juan Francisco Mora, and Praveen Mallik. [BWNS1258]
- The twelfth International Bahá'í Convention was held from the 29th of April until the 2nd of May. In the election of the Universal House of Justice over 1,300 ballots were cast by representatives of 160 national communities. [BWNS1256, BWNS1257, BWNS1259, BWNS1261]
- See Vimeo for a short film of the International Convention by Farideh Baki-Nasseri.
- The film A Widening Embrace was screened at the Convention, enriching the consultations of the delegates. It is a documentary film about the community-building efforts of the Bahá'í world. Many of the themes discussed over the days of the Convention were highlighted in the practical examples presented in the documentary which tells the story of the transformation of communities unfolding throughout the world by featuring the process in 24 communities representing different realities and contexts. The 77-minute film, which was commissioned by the Universal House of Justice, was made available in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, and Persian. [BWNS1260]
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- 2024-08-02 —
- 2025-04-05 — The publication of In Pursuit of a More Superb Mission: Exploring a framework for the elimination of racial prejudice in America by Paul Lample. It was published ABS North America.
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