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Delegates and observers at National Convention Baha’is from across the United Kingdom gathered in Nottingham this weekend for the annual election of the National Spiritual Assembly, the governing body of the Baha’is in this country. Ninety-five delegates, themselves elected by Baha’is at local level, fulfilled what for Baha’is is a sacred task of administrative and [...]

More than 700 members of the UK Baha’i community gathered in Nottingham over the weekend to take part, as delegates or as observers, in their annual national convention. The central role in the convention is played by the 95 delegates elected by Baha’is at local level across the country. The delegates take part intensive consultations [...]

As the sun sets on 20 April, Baha’is around the world will be preparing for the greatest and holiest of their annual festivals, the twelve-day festival of Ridvan. Perhaps uniquely amongst religious festivals, Ridván is not just a time for prayer and celebration. It is the occasion when Baha’is take part in the elections of [...]

The Baha’i World News Service has reported the election of two new members to the Universal House of Justice, the Baha’i Faith’s nine-member world governing council. The new members are Stephen Birkland and Stephen Hall. They were elected in a by-election in which members of national Baha’i governing bodies around the world serve as electors. [...]

Delegates from throughout the United Kingdom have cast their ballots in the election to choose the nine members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom, the national governing council of the Bahá’í Faith. The election of the Assembly – in common with all Bahá’í elections – is a unique process [...]

Betty Reed, who played a key role in the administration of the Bahá’í community in the United Kingdom, and further afield in Europe, has died at the age of 87. Mrs Reed, who spent her final years in a care home near Hollywood, County Down in Northern Ireland, passed away on 25 October. Born in [...]

The government of Vietnam has given full recognition to the Bahá’í community as a religious organization. A certificate was presented to representatives of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Vietnam at a ceremony on 25 July. It was the final act in a series of steps that included the election four months ago of the Bahá’í Assembly [...]

In response to recent developments in Iran, including the arrest of the entire Bahá’í leadership, the international governing council of the worldwide Baha’i community – the Universal House of Justice – has addressed an encouraging letter to the Bahá’ís there. “Despite the current crisis, pay no heed to oppression and cruelty and, inspired by the [...]