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Haïfa, Israël, publié le 24 Septembre 2007
Avec la disparition du Dr. Ali-Muhammad Varqá, la communauté mondiale bahá’íe a perdu son membre le plus éminent.
Il est décédé le 22 septembre 2007 au soir à son domicile à Haïfa en Israël.
En 1955, le Dr. Varqá fut nommé au rang distingué de Main de la Cause par Shoghi Effendi, Gardien de la foi bahá’íe.
Le Dr. Varqá a servi à ce poste au niveau international durant 52 ans et ce jusqu’à son décès. Il était le dernier survivant des 27 Mains de la cause, qui étaient encore en vie lorsque Shoghi Effendi était décédé en 1957.
Le Dr. Varqá était issu d’une famille iranienne renommée qui a servi avec distinction, la foi bahá’íe pendant plusieurs générations.
Après avoir obtenu un doctorat à la Sorbonne à Paris en 1950, il a enseigné en Iran dans les universités de Tabriz et de Téhéran et eut là-bas de nombreuses responsabilités administratives diverses au sein de la communauté bahá’íe. En 1979, il a déménagé au Canada, pour finalement venir s’installer un peu plus tard définitivement à Haïfa, afin de servir la cause bahá’íe au Centre mondial.
Il est né en 1912 à Téhéran en Iran et a reçu son nom de ’Abdu’l-Bahá, en mémoire de son grand-père qui fut tué parce qu’il était un disciple de Bahá’u’lláh.
Le Dr. Varqá a voyagé dans de nombreux pays, tout d’abord en tant que représentant de Shoghi Effendi, puis par la suite de la Maison Universelle de Justice, l’organe administratif international de la foi bahá’íe. C’est dans cette fonction, que le Dr.Varqá assista aux premières Conventions nationales qui se sont tenues en Belgique, au Luxembourg, au Congo, en Mauritanie, en République d’Afrique centrale, à Sainte Lucie, Saint Vincent, en Tchécoslovaquie et au Groenland.
Le Dr. Varqá laisse derrière lui trois filles et ses six frères et sœurs. Ses funérailles ont été célébrées le matin du 24 septembre à Haïfa et l’inhumation a eu lieu au cimetière bahá’í de la ville.
T R A D U C T I O N
(de courtoisie)
Le 23 septembre 2007
Aux baha'is du monde
Hier, aux premières heures de la nuit, la Main de la Cause venérée, grandement admiree et tres aimee, M. 'Ali-Muhammad Varqá, a quitté ce monde terrestre après une période extraordinaire, longue de nombreuses décennies, consacrée au service de la Beauté bénie.
C'est avec le coeur rempli de chagrin que nous faisons nos adieux au dernier de cette noble compagnie, les régisseurs en chef de la féderation mondiale embryonnaire de Baha'u'llah, qu'il a maintenant retrouvée dans les cieux du bonheur et de la joie immortels. La ferveur de son amour pour le travail de l'enseignement a inspiré d'innombrables croyants à travers le
monde, que ce soit aux réunions ou il a assiste en tant que représentant du Gardien
ou de la Maison universelle de justice, ou au cours de ses nombreux voyages pour promouvoir les buts du Plan divin du Maître. Dans ces activités, il contribua grandement au progres de la Croisade de dix ans et aux plans de l'enseignement mondial qui suivirent. Jusqu'aux
derniers jours, il etait leonin dans sa determination a proteger la Foi. Il porta avec une distinction remarquable le titre de Mandataire du huququ'llah qui lui incomba des epaules de son illustre père, marquant a son compte une oeuvre imperissable dans les annales de
l'age de formation - une oeuvre qui a mis en place un modele qui assurera les elements importants du fonctionnement à venir de cette institution divinement ordonnée. Tout au long des nombreuses années de son effort valeureux afin de maintenir l'integrité de ces deux
fonctions d'un niveau si élevé auquel il fut nommé simultanément, ses gestes étaient imbus d'une douceur lumineuse, d'une gentillesse sincere et d'une dignite naturelle qui, ensemble, refletaient la particularite de sa sainte personnalite. Ce sont ces traits exemplaires qui seront, à jamais, gardés en mémoire. C'est de tout coeur que nos condoléances s'adressent aux membres de sa chère famille pour ce triste deuil qui est partagé par la communauté baha'ie toute entière. Avec une confiance profonde à l'égard des bontes du Seigneur bienfaisant, nous prions au Seuil sacré pour le progrès de son ame radieuse à travers les mondes divins.
Nous recommandons aux amis dans tous les pays de commémorer son décès et demandons que des services commémoratifs appropriés en son honneur soient organisés dans toutes les Maisons d'adoration.
La Maison universelle de justice
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Bratislava, République slovaque, publié le 12 juin 2007
Le gouvernement slovaque vient d’enregistrer officiellement la foi bahá’íe en tant que communauté religieuse, garantissant ainsi à la communauté le droit d’accéder à la propriété, de célébrer les jours saints, de distribuer des livres relatifs à la Foi bahá’íe et de s’engager dans de multiples autres activités.Cette reconnaissance est le résultat d’une demande soumise par les bahá’ís et appuyée par la signature de quelques 28 000 personnes résidant en République slovaque.« Cette officialisation va nous permettre d’aider et de servir tous les résidents slovaques de façon encore plus efficace et aussi de rendre notre programme d’activités plus accessible, à la fois aux enfants et aux adultes, a déclaré Jitka Spillerova, une des porte-paroles des bahá’ís de République slovaque, en effet, l’État garantit aux églises et aux communautés religieuses reconnues un statut légal qui leur offre la possibilité de participer à la vie publique. » -Lire l'article
LAKOTA
WOMAN ELECTED TO HEAD U.S.BAHA'IS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Posted: June 11, 2007
by: David Melmer / Indian Country Today
RAPID CITY, S.D. - Jacqueline Left Hand Bull-Delahunt has been chosen as the first American Indian woman to head the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. Left Hand Bull-Delahunt, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, was brought up by traditional Lakota grandparents and parents. She became a member of the Baha'is more than 20 years ago.The change to the Baha'is was not a large leap for Left Hand Bull-Delahunt. The spirituality is very similar to that of her Lakota upbringing, she said.
''I knew about the beauty and power of our traditional ways and the Catholic Church could not accommodate them,'' she said. ''I was always a little bit confused. Then I heard about the Baha'i faith.'' Left Hand Bull-Delahunt was elected at the annual National Spiritual Assembly gathering in Wilmette, Ill. She had served as vice chairman of the organization, and also served on the National Spiritual Assembly. She traveled the globe meeting with indigenous peoples in South and Central America and in Canada; she also visited the former Soviet Union. ''I am thrilled to know that when we say we believe in the equality of all people, we promote the equality of women and try to undo all traces of racism,'' she said. She said that throughout indigenous lands, people that are more traditional seem to connect with the Baha'i faith. The similarities between the Baha'i faith and that of traditional cultural teachings is, first, the way women were honored, Left Hand Bull-Delahunt said. ''The writings in the sacred text, I can relate to the Sun Dance songs and the fact that people will say, in our culture, that women are sacred. ''Baha'i faith says that in crisis, women have more natural resources to face the crisis,'' she added.Lire l'article
DECES
DE MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II,
LE ROI DE SAMOA - 11 mai 2007
Message de la Maison Universelle de Justice envoyé à
l’Assemblée Spirituelle Nationale des Bahà’is
de Samoa [retransmis, par un courrier daté du 14 Mai 2007, à
certaines A.S.N., par le Département du Secrétariat du Centre
Mondial Bahà’i].
«
Nous partageons la douleur profonde de votre nation endeuillée
lors du décès de Son Altesse Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili
II, et nous présentons à tous ses concitoyens nos sincères
condoléances.
Les services qu’il a rendus au peuple de Samoa, en tant que Chef
de l’État, ont été distingués par les
principes exaltés, la compassion sincère et l’humilité
personnelle qui ont caractérisé sa préoccupation
constante pour le bien-être de tous.
À titre de premier monarque régnant à accepter le
Message de Bahá’u’lláh, il a planté des
jalons qui éclaireront à jamais les Annales de notre Foi
et dont les louanges seront chantées de plus en plus par les générations
futures. Le grand intérêt qu’il a porté, pendant
près de quatre décennies, au progrès de la Foi a
été reflété dans l’affirmation enthousiaste
de sa croyance, chaque fois que l’occasion s’est présentée,
et dans la joie profonde que lui a procurée la construction en
1984 du Temple-mère des îles du Pacifique, au Samoa, à
l’inauguration duquel il a participé.
«
Nous vous invitons à tenir un service commémoratif en son
nom dans votre Mashriqu'l-Adhkar ainsi que des réunions commémoratives
partout au Samoa. Auriez-vous l’obligeance d’exprimer aux
membres de sa famille notre sympathie la plus totale et l’assurance
de nos prières aux Mausolées Sacrés pour le progrès
de son âme radieuse dans les mondes de l’Au-delà.
« Nous invitons les Assemblées Spirituelles Nationales des
pays où se trouve un Mashriqu'l-Adhkar d’y tenir un service
commémoratif en l’honneur de Son Altesse Susuga Malietoa
Tanumafili II. »
[ Traduction révisée par Rochan Mavaddat ]
Subverting
violent computer games with religious poetryABC BALLARAT - AUSTRALIA
Monday, 5 February 2007
Reporter: (Online) Jarrod Watt / Researcher: Jarrod Watt
Who better to begin an artistic backlash against violent computer games than a computer games design lecturer - converting a first person shooter into a tribute to a 19th century sacred text.
The game Unreal is familiar to computer games fans worldwide as one of the most prominent games of the 'run and gun' genre - otherwise known as 'first person shooters'. But here at the University of Ballarat the familiar scenery and backgrounds for Unreal have been re-imagined by head lecturer Chris Nelson for an entirely different purpose.
"What
I've done is to take a computer game - a first person shooter computer
game, where the main idea is to actually run around and kill your opponents,
and the person who gets the most kills wins in the end. I've taken it
and subverted it, using the game to create an interactive artwork based
on the mystical treatise The Seven Valleys," he says. |story| -
Award
highlights moral education for junior youth
JENJAROM, Malaysia, 6 December 2006 (BWNS)-- Before he became a vegetable seller in this down-and-out ethnic Chinese village about 55 kilometers southwest of Kuala Lumpur, Lim Jia Chin was a local gangster.
"I
used to be quite notorious," said Jia Chin, who is now in his late
teens. "I was involved in cheating and fighting.
Mr. Lim said the Baha'i scriptures provide clear guidance for parents
and communities on how to raise children in a nurturing and unambiguous
environment.
Mr. Lim (with the guitar) using a song to illustrate a virtue to a group
of young people in one of the classes he leads in his home village of
Jenjarom. [read
more]
Jeudi,
28 novembre 2006The Ironie of Change!
(version française - version arabique)
While Egypt continues to struggle with its current issues in treating its minorities--a deviation from its past history of tolerance and acceptance--South Africa, a nation long known for its past discriminatory practices and apartheid, is moving in the exact opposite direction with its openly tolerant society and support for minorities. It is ironic indeed that each of these nations hold the continent of Africa as the two jaws of a giant dinosaur, one to the far north and the other to the far south.
The report posted below clearly illustrates the direction South Africa is taking:
"The National
Spiritual Assembly of South-Africa hosted a banquet for the Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
on the 11th of November in Johannesburg where some 170 guests and about
110 Bahá'ís attended. The occasion not only celebrated the
Holy Day but also the 50th year of the anniversary of the election of
the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of
South Africa. The Bahá'í Community was indeed privileged
to receive a message of congratulations from the State President of this
country, Mr. Thabo Mbeki"
MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI ON THE
OCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE BAHÁ'ÍS OF SOUTH AFRICA
I am most honoured to have this opportunity to extend warm greetings to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa on this important day, the 11th of November, in which you celebrate your 50th Anniversary.
That you are today turning fifty testifies clearly to your steadfastness and to the pivotal role you have played and doubtlessly will continue to play in advancing the cause of unity and amity in our beloved country, South Africa.
Since its formation half a century ago, on 11 November 1956, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa untiringly has promoted the spiritual, moral and material development of Bahá'ís in this country as well as that of the South African society in general. In this regard, your notable participation in the National Religious Leaders Forum has also contributed immensely in ushering in an age of hope in our country.
The fact that your anniversary falls in the same year in which we commemorate our country's land-marking events, such as the tenth year of our democratic Constitution which recognises and promotes religious freedom, points further to the historical position you occupy in our country.
Accordingly, on behalf of the Government and people of South Africa we say congratulations and best wishes to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa on your 50th Anniversary.
May you have more successful
and fulfilling decades ahead!
THABO MBEKI
Jeudi 16 novembre, 2006Résolution du Parlement européen sur l'Iran
Liberté de religion
I. considérant que, outre l'islam, seuls le zoroastrisme, le christianisme et le judaïsme sont reconnus en tant que religions par la loi et que ceux qui pratiquent des religions non reconnues, comme les bahaïs et les soufis, sont victimes de discriminations et de répressions violentes; considérant que les bahaïs par exemple ne peuvent exercer leur religion et qu'ils sont en outre privés de tous les droits civils, tels leurs droits de propriété et d'accès à l'enseignement supérieur,
J. considérant que même les membres du clergé qui s'opposent au régime théocratique de l'Iran s'exposent à des risques comme cela a été le cas pour l'ayatollah Sayed Bouroujerdi, arrêté avec ses partisans en octobre 2006 et considérant qu'il est toujours détenu ainsi que ceux-ci, [lire]
Oxford
conference on climate change stresses global collective action
OXFORD, United Kingdom, 2 October 2006 (BWNS) -- The challenges posed by global warming will require a far higher level of collective action and international cooperation than is currently practiced.
That
was among the conclusions at a conference at Balliol College here 15-17
September 2006 that sought to explore the relationship between "Science,
Faith and Climate Change." Lire
l'article...
Photo: Gemma
Parsons
LE
FORUM DES NATIONS UNIES VOIT LE DIALOGUE INTER-RELIGIEUX COMME UN ÉLÉMENT
ESSENTIEL POUR LA PAIX Lire
l'article en françaisUN forum sees interfaith dialogue as essential to peace
Among the religious leaders participating in the High-Level Conference on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace on 21 September 2006 at the United Nations were, left to right, Dr. John Grayzel, holder of the Baha'i Chair for World Peace; Bishop William Swing of the United Religions Initiative; and Bishop Joseph Humper of the United Methodist Church in Sierra Leone. Lire l'article en anglais Photo: Bud Heckman
Dizzy Gillespie :
"Cab Calloway m’accusait de lui envoyer des boulettes de papier mâché dans le dos quand il était entrain de chanter."
Un révolutionnaire goguenard, un humaniste humoriste, un virtuose rigolo, un penseur grouchomarxiste, un croyant incroyable : quelques paradoxes déclinés lors d’une interview historique de Gillespie par Phil Woods et Jean-Louis Ginibre, réalisée en 1970 et reprise en février 1993 (Jazz Magazine 423) à l'occasion de la disparition du trompettiste. Lire l'article.
Propos recueillis
par Phil Woods et Jean-Louis Ginibre
La
troupe des Malakoum - FRANCE est un projet pour jeunes de 12 à 21 ans, qui s'articule autour de 3 axes, le théâtre, la vie en groupe et l'application de principes spirituels. C'est l'occasion de développer la qualité des échanges et le respect des différences, le sens du service et des responsabilités, en sorte que le message véhiculé dans la pièce soit pleinement vécu par tous les participants.
January 27, 2000
ADIB TAHERZADEH, MEMBER - UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
Adib Taherzadeh, a member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing council of the Bahá'í Faith, died yesterday, January 26 in Haifa, Israel, after a brief illness. He was 78. Adib Taherzadeh was born in Yazd, Iran. His family had a long and distinguished history of association with the Bahá'í Faith. All of his grandparents embraced the religion shortly after its birth in the 1840s, and members of his family were killed in early persecutions of the Faith. They were among some 20,000 Baha'is who were killed during the persecutions in the 19th century. Mr Taherzadeh's father, Haji Muhammad-Tahir-i-Malmiri, was a Bahá'í historian and teacher of wide repute, and met Baha'u'llah, the founder of the religion. During his childhood and adolescence in Yazd, Mr Taherzadeh was often exposed to ridicule and danger owing to the population's extreme hostility towards the Bahá'í Faith. Mr Taherzadeh studied electrical engineering at the University of Tehran, pursued advanced studies in Coventry, England, and worked as the chief engineer of an industrial concern from 1950 to 1984. Mr Taherzadeh served on two national governing councils of the Bahá'í Faith - the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the British Isles from 1960 to 1971, and, when it was formed in 1972, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Republic of Ireland. He was appointed in 1976 to a senior Bahá'í advisory body - the European Continental Board of Counselors. He was first elected to the Universal House of Justice in 1988. The Universal House of Justice is a nine-member council that administers the affairs of the international Bahá'í community. Its members are elected for five-year terms through a distinctive, worldwide electoral process that does not involve nominations, candidacies or campaigning. A prolific writer, Mr Taherzadeh authored several books on Bahá'í history and teachings, including "The Covenant of Baha'u'llah" and "The Revelation of Baha'u'llah", a four-volume study of the writings of the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. He had just completed another substantial work that will be published shortly. Mr Taherzadeh is survived by his wife, Lesley; two sons, Tahir and Bahhaj; two daughters, Vida and Maryam, and six grandchildren. Following the funeral service scheduled for January 30, burial will take place at the Bahá'í cemetery in Haifa. The Bahá'í Faith is an independent, monotheistic religion. Born in Iran in the mid-19th century, it has more than 5 million adherents in 190 countries and 45 dependent territories.
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States
OBITUARY
ARTICLE : LA Times Article Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Wife of Late Bahai Leader Dies
By LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM -- Madame Ruhiyyih Rabbani, wife of a late Bahai leader and a senior figure in the faith, died Wednesday in the Israeli city of Haifa after a long illness. She was 90. Originally from Montreal, where she was called Mary Sutherland Maxwell, Mrs. Rabbani married then-world head of the Bahai faith, Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, in 1937. Mrs. Rabbani held several senior positions and played a major role in increasing the Bahai faith to 5 million followers worldwide, said a release from the faith's headquarters in Haifa. Following her husband's death in 1957, she helped establish the nine-member Universal House of Justice that Rabbani had said should replace him. Mrs. Rabbani traveled to 185 countries and territories as part of her quest to integrate millions of Bahai followers into a unified global community, the statement said. She also wrote books on religion and on her husband, including "The Priceless Pearl" and "Prescription for Living." There was no immediate information on survivors. Mrs. Rabbani will be buried on Sunday in Haifa. The faith is based on the belief that the will of one God is progressively revealed through the prophets of the great religions. The founder, Baha'u'llah, established the religion in 19th-century Persia, now Iran, which consequently expelled him. Since the 1979 Iranian revolution, more than 200 Bahai followers have been put to death in Iran. Copyright 2000 Los Angeles Times
Disparation de Madame Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum
Message from the Universal House of Justice - Baha'i World Centre
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 1:16 PM
Aux Baha'is du monde :
In the early hours of this morning, the soul of Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum, beloved consort of Shoghi Effendi and the Baha'i world's last remaining link with the family of `Abdu'l-Baha, was released from the limitations of this earthly existence. In the midst of our grief, we are sustained by our confidence that she has been gathered to the glory of the Concourse on High in the presence of the Abha Beauty.
For all whose hearts she touched so deeply, the sorrow that this irreparable loss brings will, in God's good time, be assuaged in awareness of the joy that is hers through her reunion with the Guardian and with the Master, Who had Himself prayed in the Most Holy Shrine that her parents be blessed with a child. Down the centuries to come, the followers of Baha'u'llah will contemplate with wonder and gratitude the quality of the services -- ardent, indomitable, resourceful -- that she brought to the protection and promotion of the Cause.
In her youth, Amatu'l-Baha had already distinguished herself through her activities in North America, and later, both with her dear mother and on her own, she had rendered valuable service to the Cause in Europe. Her twenty years of intimate association with Shoghi Effendi evoked from his pen such accolades as "my helpmate," "my shield," "my tireless collaborator in the arduous tasks I shoulder." To these tributes he added in 1952 his decision to elevate her to the rank of Hand of the Cause of God, after the death of her illustrious father.
The devastating shock of the beloved Guardian's passing steeled her resolve to lend her share, with the other Hands of the Cause, to the triumph of the Ten Year Crusade, and subsequently to undertake, with characteristic intrepidity, her historic worldwide travels.
A life so noble in its provenance, so crucial to the preservation of the Faith's integrity, and so rich in its dedicated, uninterrupted and selfless service, moves us to call for befitting commemorations by Baha'i communities on both national and local levels, as well as for special gatherings in her memory in all Houses of Worship.
With yearning hearts, we supplicate at the Holy Threshold for infinite heavenly bounties to surround her soul, as she assumes her rightful and well-earned position among the exalted company in the Abha Kingdom.
The Universal House of Justice
(The above photo is from a videotape featuring the life of Hand of the Cause of God, Amatu'l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khánum - Crossing Frontiers: Portrait of a world citizen )
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