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SHOGHI EFFENDI COMPLETE TEN-YEAR PLAN 1953-1963

TEN - YEAR INTERNATIONAL BAHÁ'Í TEACHING AND CONSOLIDATION PLAN 1953-1963 OBJECTIVES OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN TO BE CONDUCTED BY TWELVE BAHÁ'I NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES, 1953-1963 1. Adoption of preliminary measures for the construction of Bahá’u’lláh’s Sepulcher in the Holy Land. 2. Doubling the number of countries within the pale of the Faith, involving the opening of : 41 countries in the Asiatic Continent 33 countries in the African Continent 30 countries in the European Continent 27 countries in the American Continent 3. Over twofold increase in the number of languages into which Bahá'i literature has been translated and printed, or is in process of translation: 40 in Asia 31 in Africa 10 in Europe 10 in America allocated to American, British, Indian, and Australian Bahá'i Communities. 4. Doubling the number of Mashriqu’l-Adhkár through t...
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E.S. Yazdani, Fifth Bahá'í Guardian: A Response to “The Bahá’í Faith 1957–1988: A Survey of Contemporary Developments.” by Smith-Momen

  O THOU GLORY OF THE MOST GLORIOUS Office of Fifth Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith   When the fundamental basis of the Bahá’í Faith is interfered with , the very foundation of the Bahá’í Administration changes. Furthermore, the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh deviates from its divinely established course; the authentic Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh, as defined in The Kitáb-i-Ahd , The Kitáb-i-Aqdas , and The Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá , is replaced by a man-made covenant, altering the standards of the Bahá’í Faith; progress and development in the present administration in Haifa as well as in the worldwide community of believers lose their meaning and is no longer relevant. This is true regardless of any period surveyed or comparison made to another time.   This is the case in an article written by Peter Smith and Moojan Momen. The article appeared on Bahá’ì Library Online 1 , as well as on Academia 1 , under the title, “The Bahá’í Faith 1957–1988...
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