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Bahá'í Faith in Rwanda

Index Bahá'í Faith in Rwanda

The Bahá'í Faith in Rwanda begins after 1916 with a mention by `Abdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, that Bahá'ís should take the religion to the regions of Africa. [1]

32 relations: Ahmad Sohrab, Bahá'í administration, Bahá'í Faith and the unity of humanity, Bahá'í Faith in Kenya, Bahá'í Faith in Malawi, Bahá'í Faith in Uganda, Bahá'í teachings, Belgian Congo, Bujumbura, Enoch Olinga, Hands of the Cause, History of Rwanda, Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, Pioneering (Bahá'í), Rúhíyyih Khánum, Religion in Rwanda, Rwandan Civil War, Rwandan genocide, Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film), Shoghi Effendi, Socioeconomics, Spanish flu, Spiritual Assembly, Star of the West (Bahá'í magazine), Tablet (religious), Tablets of the Divine Plan, UNICEF, United States, Universal House of Justice, World Christian Encyclopedia, World War I, `Abdu'l-Bahá.

Ahmad Sohrab

Mírzá Aḥmad Sohráb (1893 – April 20, 1958) was a Persian-American author and Bahá'í who served as `Abdu'l-Bahá's secretary and interpreter from 1912 to 1919.

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Bahá'í administration

The Bahá'í administration or Bahá'í administrative order is the administrative system of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Bahá'í Faith and the unity of humanity

Unity of humanity is one of the central teachings of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Bahá'í Faith in Kenya

The Bahá'í Faith in Kenya began with three individuals.

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Bahá'í Faith in Malawi

The Bahá'í Faith in Malawi began before the country achieved independence.

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Bahá'í Faith in Uganda

The Bahá'í Faith in Uganda started to grow in 1951 and four years later there were 500 Bahá'ís in 80 localities, including 13 Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assemblies, representing 30 tribes, and had dispatched 9 pioneers to other African locations.

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Bahá'í teachings

The Bahá'í teachings represent a considerable number of theological, social, and spiritual ideas that were established in the Bahá'í Faith by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the religion, and clarified by successive leaders including `Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'u'lláh's son, and Shoghi Effendi, `Abdu'l-Bahá's grandson.

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Belgian Congo

The Belgian Congo (Congo Belge,; Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Bujumbura

Bujumbura, (formerly Usumbura), is the capital, largest city, and main port of Burundi.

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Enoch Olinga

Enoch Olinga (June 24, 1926 - September 16, 1979) was born to a Ugandan family of the Iteso ethnic group.

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Hands of the Cause

The Hands of the Cause of God, Hands of the Cause, or Hands (informally) were a select group of Bahá'ís, appointed for life, whose main function was to propagate and protect the Bahá'í Faith.

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History of Rwanda

Human occupation of Rwanda is thought to have begun shortly after the last ice age.

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Knights of Bahá'u'lláh

The title Knight of Bahá'u'lláh was given by Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith in the period, to Bahá'ís who arose to open new territories to the Faith starting in the Ten Year Crusade.

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Pioneering (Bahá'í)

A pioneer is a volunteer Bahá'í who leaves his or her home to journey to another place (often another country) for the purpose of teaching the Bahá'í Faith.

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Rúhíyyih Khánum

Rúhíyyih Rabbání (8 Aug 1910 – 19 Jan 2000), born as Mary Sutherland Maxwell, and best known by the title Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum was the wife of Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921–1957.

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Religion in Rwanda

The most recent statistics on religion in Rwanda were published by the US Government in 2013, yet the source information dates back to the national Census of 2002, which reports that: 56.9% of the Rwanda's population is Roman Catholic, 26% is Protestant, 11.1% is Seventh-day Adventist, 4.6% is Muslim (mainly Sunni), 1.7% claims no or other religious affiliation, and 0.1% practices traditional indigenous beliefs.

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Rwandan Civil War

The Rwandan Civil War was a conflict in the African republic of Rwanda, between the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR) and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF).

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Rwandan genocide

The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority government.

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Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)

Shake Hands with the Devil is a 2007 Canadian war drama film starring Roy Dupuis as Roméo Dallaire, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in August 2007.

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Shoghi Effendi

Shoghí Effendí Rabbání (1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957), better known as Shoghi Effendi, was the Guardian and appointed head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957.

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Socioeconomics

Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes.

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Spanish flu

The Spanish flu (January 1918 – December 1920), also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus.

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Spiritual Assembly

Spiritual Assembly is a term given by `Abdu'l-Bahá to refer to elected councils that govern the Bahá'í Faith.

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Star of the West (Bahá'í magazine)

The Star of the West was a Bahá'í periodical which began publication on March 21, 1910 and ended publication under this title in March 1935.

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Tablet (religious)

A tablet, in a religious context, is a term used for certain religious texts.

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Tablets of the Divine Plan

The Tablets of the Divine Plan collectively refers to 14 letters (tablets) written between March 1916 and March 1917 by `Abdu'l-Bahá to Bahá'ís in the United States and Canada.

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UNICEF

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations (UN) program headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Universal House of Justice

The Universal House of Justice (بیت‌العدل اعظم) is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Bahá'í Faith.

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World Christian Encyclopedia

World Christian Encyclopedia is a reference work published by Oxford University Press, known for providing membership statistics for major and minor world religions in every country of the world, including historical data and projections of future populations.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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`Abdu'l-Bahá

`Abdu’l-Bahá' (Persian: عبد البهاء‎, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born `Abbás (عباس), was the eldest son of Bahá'u'lláh and served as head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1892 until 1921.

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Baha'i Faith in Rwanda, Bahai Faith in Rwanda.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahá'í_Faith_in_Rwanda

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