UK Bahá’í News Update
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To all believers in the United Kingdom
Contents:
- Reporting bicentenary events and activities
- Memorial gathering for ‘Alí Nakhjavání at the European House of Worship
- Open day at the Afnan Library
- Construction progresses on Kenya Temple
- Thinkers challenge social structures, link women’s empowerment to peace and progress
Reporting bicentenary events and activities
Events and activities are under way throughout the United Kingdom to commemorate the bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb. To assist the National Spiritual Assembly in its reporting and evaluation of this momentous period, all Local Spiritual Assemblies and Groups have been asked to share details, photographs and video clips of their activities.
Friends who live outside of an Assembly or Group area may also like to submit reports of their bicentenary activities using this online form. Whilst it is preferable to use this form, reports and photographs may also be sent by email to nsa@bahai.org.uk. Kindly share your reports by Monday 4 November.
Memorial gathering for ‘Alí Nakhjavání at the European House of Worship
In response to the call of the Universal House of Justice, a memorial gathering in honour of ‘Alí Nakhjavání will be held at the Mother Temple of Europe in Hofheim-Langenhain, Germany on Saturday 16 November 2019 at 4.30pm. The devotional in the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár will be followed by a gathering at the National Hazíratu’l-Quds in the immediate vicinity of the House of Worship.
Open day at the Afnan Library
When he died in 1980, the distinguished scholar, historian, and writer Hasan M. Balyuzi left behind an extraordinary collection of some 10,000 books, as well as a vast quantity of manuscripts, original letters, maps, documents, periodicals, and unpublished items—some of them dating back to the nineteenth century. These are now permanently housed in a former Chapel in the market town of Sandy, close to Cambridge.
The Trustees of the Afnan Library Trust warmly invite you and your family to an Open Day at the Afnan Library, Saturday 2 November, 11.00am to 4pm, at The Old Chapel, 14 Pleasant Place, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 1HX. Light refreshments will be served. For further information please contact Wendi Momen on 01767 627 626 or wendi@momen.org.
Construction progresses on Kenya Temple
Thinkers challenge social structures, link women’s empowerment to peace and progress
In a recent conference held by the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, academics and practitioners from diverse fields examined the inseparable relationship between the advancement of women and the creation of prosperous and peaceful societies.
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