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1998 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1998th year of the Common Era (CE), the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade. 1998 corresponds to the years 154–155 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

  • January 2 - 5: The first Northwest Regional Bahá’í Summer School in Russia is held in Petrozavodsk.[1]
  • January 7: A Bahá’í delegation meets with Dr. Mascarenhas Monteiro, the President of Cape Verde.[2]
  • January 8 - 12: The first Latin American Bahá’í Youth Congress is held in Santiago, Chile, and attended by over six hundred youth from twenty-five countries.[3]
  • January 10: The National Bahá’í Center of Albania is inaugurated in Tirana.[4]
  • January 16 - 18: A regional seminar on Education in Human Rights is held in Asuncion, Paraguay.[5]
  • January 17: An open letter from the Bahá’í community of the United States to the President of Iran, calling for religious tolerance in Iran, is published in the New York Times and in the Los Angeles Times one week later.[6]
  • January 18 - 25: A teaching team of five African-American Bahá’ís visits Togo and is able to make a presentation on the Faith to several Government ministers with two television programmes on their visit being broadcast in the country.[7]
  • January 23 - 25: A regional seminar on Education in Human Rights is held in San Salvador, El Salvador.[5]
  • January 31: A marble plaque is erected in Budapest, Hungary, at the site of a tree planted by Rúḥíyyih Khánum to commemorate ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's visit to the country.[8]
  • A ten day training course for college students is held at the Bahá’í National Training Institute of Ethiopia in Debre Zeit.[9]
  • A teaching campaign in thirteen regions of Colombia results in eight hundred people becoming Bahá’ís.[10]
  • The United States State Department releases its 1997 Iran Country Report on Human Rights Practices which includes detailed descriptions of human rights violations against Bahá’ís.[11]

February[edit]

  • February 4 - 10: The Bahá’í community of Cuba mans a stand at the Cuban International Book Fair which was visited by the Cuban Minister of Culture and President of the Cuban Parliament.[12]
  • February 6: Bahá’ís participate in a special proclamation for justice held in Malabo at the invitation of the Government of Equatorial Guinea.[13]
  • February 10 - February 20: Representatives of the Bahá’í International Community participate in the Commission on Social Development held in New York, USA.[14]
  • February 21: A symposium on global unity organized by the Mariana Islands Bahá’í Office of External Affairs is held at the University of Guam.[15]
  • Mehrangiz Munsiff facilitates two weekend courses at the Bermuda Bahá’í Permanent Institute.[16]
  • The Bahá’í International Community's Office of the Environment participates in the World Faiths and Development Dialogue held in London, England.[17]
  • Representatives of the Bahá’í International Community participate in the United Nations Session of Consultations in Prepration for the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth held in Seoul, South Korea.[14]

March[edit]

  • March 1 - 8: The Bahá’í Women's Group of N'Djamena man a booth to commemorate International Women's Week in the gardens of Chad's Foreign Affairs Ministry.[18]
  • March 6 - 8: The Bahá’í community of Mongolia participates in the Women’s Non-Governmental Organization Forum held to commemorate International Women's Day and presents a compilation of Bahá’í writings on women to the Mongolian Minister of Health during the event.[18]
  • March 7: Bahá’í women take part in a march for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[18]
  • March 16 - April 24: The Fifty-Fourth Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights is held in Geneva, Switzerland, during which Professor Maurice D. Copithome makes a statement on the persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran. On April 22 the Commssion adopted a strongly worded resolution on Iran which included three paragraphs on the Bahá’í community.[19]
  • March 28 - April 8: The programme The Power of Race Unity developed by independent Bahá’í producers and the National Teaching Committee of the United States results in broadcast six times on the Odyssey Interfaith Network.[20]
  • A race unity event is held by the Bahá’í community of Iceland in Tsatjbrdhur.[21]

April[edit]

  • April 1: A Bahá’í representative takes part in a radio broadcast on Austrian Radio presenting the Bahá’í view on the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.[22]
  • April 2: A commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Bahá’í Faith in Luxembourg is held at the Cercle Municipal in Luxembourg-Ville.[23]
  • April 21 - 24: Dr. Arthur Dahl and two other Bahá’ís represent the Bahá’í International Community at the International Ecology Congress in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[24]
  • April 22: A commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the first formation of a Bahá’í Institution in Ireland is held at Dublin Castle. Mary McAleese, the President of Ireland, attends.[25]
  • April 29 - May 2: The Eighth International Convention takes place at the Bahá'í World Center.
  • The Bahá’í inspired Riḍván School in Colon, El Salvador, celebrates its ninth year since being recognized as an official school.[26]
  • A five day workshop titled Traditional Media as Change Agent is held in Kenya which aimed to train Bahá’ís to promote the equality of men and women using the arts.[27]
  • A new National Bahá’í Center for the West Leeward Islands in Trinidad is commemorated.[28]

May[edit]

June[edit]

  • June 20: The Bahá’í community of Saint Helena commemorates the opening of a new Bahá’í Center.[28]
  • The first national meeting in Italy of the Rom and Sint Gypsy peoples is held in Lanciano Terme with the Bahá’í community participating at the invitation of participants.[31]

July[edit]

  • The first Bahá’í Summer School of the Caroline Islands is held.[32]
  • The Bahá’í community of Spain organizes an academic course on the music of Gypsy peoples in collaboration with Miguel Hernandez University.[33]
  • The Bahá’í community of the Northwest Territories of Canada present a CD of Bahá’í sacred writings in the Innuinaqtun language to an Inuit elder.[33]
  • A teaching campaign is launched in Bangladesh which lasts until September and results in six hundred and twenty declarations.[34]
  • A travel teaching team begins a campaign in Haiti which lasts until August and secures sixty-four declarations.[34]

August[edit]

  • August 5 - 8: The first Bahá’í Summer School of the Czech Republic is held in Trojanovice.[35]
  • The Malaysian Bahá’í community holds a Mid-Point Congress to mark the middle of the Four Year Plan which is attended by one thousand three hundred people.[36]

September[edit]

  • September 2: Members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Hong Kong meet with the Hong Kong Secretary for Home Affairs.[37]
  • Over four hundred Bahá’ís attend a conference in Sarawak held to dedicate the Apau Institute building.[38]
  • Twenty people become Bahá’ís in the Seychelles due to a nine day teaching campaign.[39]

October[edit]

  • The Bahá’í community of Honduras assist in providing aid to individuals impacted by Hurricane Mitch.[40]
  • The European Bahá’í Business Forum participates in the Sixth International Conference on Moral and Ethical Principles in a Social Market Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria.[41]
  • The Bahá’í community of South Africa is represented at a Moral Summit at which members of several religious groups signed a collective code of conduct. President Nelson Mandela attended the event.[42]

November[edit]

December[edit]

  • December 17: Sacramento Bahá’í Martha Forgeur-Henkart is awarded the Yad Vashem award for providing shelter for Jews fleeing the Nazi regime when she lived in Belgium during the Second World War.[47]

Establishments[edit]

National Spiritual Assemblies[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Publications[edit]

Compilations[edit]

  • Bahá’í Marriage and Family Life: Selections from the Writings of the Bahá’í Faith compiled by Bahá’í Publishing.[48]

Books[edit]

  • Written in Light: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the American Bahá’í Community, 1898-1921 by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram.[49]
  • Firesides by Catherine Brooker.
  • Leroy Ioas: Hand of the Cause of God by Anita Ioas Chapman.
  • A Companion to the Study of the Kitab-i-Iqan by Hooper Dunbar.
  • A Study Course on Teaching Muslims by Jabbar Eidelkhani.[50]
  • The Holy Passions by Michael Fitzgerald.
  • Love, Power, and Justice: The Dynamics of Authentic Morality by William S. Hatcher.[51]
  • Advancement of Women by Janet Khan and Peter Khan.
  • Daybreak: Studying the Bahá'í Teachings Day by Day compiled by Christine Kurzius-Krug.
  • The Servant, the General and Armageddon by Roderick Maude and Derwent Maude.
  • Coral and Pearls: Some Thoughts on the Art of Marriage by Mehri Sofidvash.
  • Unlocking the Gate of the Heart by Lasse Thoresen.
  • Mahmud's Diary by Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání, translated by Mohi Sobhani.

Albums[edit]

Videos[edit]

  • Reflections of Unity: Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith released by Anisa Productions.[54][55]
  • Symbols of the Spirit released by the Satellite Initiative Development Corporation.[56]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 111. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 131. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 141. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 96. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 94. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 51. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 101. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 104. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 91. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 100. View as PDF.
  11. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 59. View as PDF.
  12. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 120. View as PDF.
  13. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 126. View as PDF.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 44. View as PDF.
  15. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 117. View as PDF.
  16. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 93. View as PDF.
  17. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 43. View as PDF.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 137. View as PDF.
  19. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 54. View as PDF.
  20. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 127. View as PDF.
  21. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 127. View as PDF.
  22. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 125. View as PDF.
  23. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 77. View as PDF.
  24. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1999). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 26 (1997-1998), Pg(s) 43. View as PDF.
  25. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 126. View as PDF.
  26. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 76. View as PDF.
  27. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 84. View as PDF.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 111. View as PDF.
  29. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 49. View as PDF.
  30. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 129. View as PDF.
  31. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 92. View as PDF.
  32. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 78. View as PDF.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 92. View as PDF.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 118. View as PDF.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 78. View as PDF.
  36. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 107. View as PDF.
  37. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 114. View as PDF.
  38. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 82. View as PDF.
  39. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 120. View as PDF.
  40. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 100. View as PDF.
  41. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 104. View as PDF.
  42. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 101. View as PDF.
  43. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 116. View as PDF.
  44. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 93. View as PDF.
  45. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 123. View as PDF.
  46. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 114. View as PDF.
  47. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2000). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 27 (1998-1999), Pg(s) 117. View as PDF.
  48. ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12316781-baha-i-marriage-and-family-life
  49. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Written-Light-AbduL-Baha-Community-1898-1921/dp/1890688029/ref=sr_1_84?dchild=1&keywords=Abdu%27l-Baha&qid=1608100952&s=books&sr=1-84
  50. ↑ https://books.google.com.au/books/about/A_Study_Course_on_Teaching_Muslims.html?id=AgXuoQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
  51. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Love-Power-Justice-Dynamics-Authentic/dp/0877432627
  52. ↑ https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21534755?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcreator%5D=Miller%2C+Grant+Hindin%2C+1950-&search%5Bpath%5D=items
  53. ↑ https://bahaimusicstore.com/gwendolyn-watson-love-letters
  54. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ9Yj92jpBU&ab_channel=Baha%27iVision
  55. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsrdnfQ4K_4&t=739s&ab_channel=Baha%27iVision
  56. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J1PxbdxsKc&ab_channel=Baha%27iVision
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