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2010 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE), the 10th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade. 2010 corresponds to the years 166–167 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Events

• Praveen Kumar Mallik is appointed to serve as a member of the International Teaching Center.
• January 6: The Universal House of Justice accepts the resignation of Hooper Dunbar and Peter Khan owing to their advanced age.
• March 20: In a by-election to replace Hooper Dunbar and Peter Khan, who resigned from the institution in January, Stephen Birkland and Stephen Hall are elected to serve as new members of the Universal House of Justice.
• October 29: The Ridván Garden in ‘Akká reopens to pilgrims after more than three years of restoration and conservation work.
• November 26: The Universal House of Justice announces that excavation work has commenced in Chile for the construction of the Bahá’í House of Worship in Santiago.
• December 28: The conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors begins at the Bahá’í World Centre.

Persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran

Main article: Persecution

• After a wave of arson attacks on a dozen Bahá’í-owned businesses in Rafsanjan, Iran, some 20 homes and businesses are sent a warning letter demanding that Bahá’ís sign an undertaking to "refrain from forming contacts or friendships with Muslims" and from "using or hiring Muslim trainees."
• January 3: Thirteen Bahá’ís are arrested in early morning raids on their homes in Tehran. Tehran's general prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, claims that they "were arrested because they played a role in organizing the Ashura protests and namely for having sent abroad pictures of the unrest"; allegations are also levelled claiming that arms and ammunition were found in their homes. The Bahá’í International Community categorically rejects all of Dolatabadi's claims. The Bahá’ís are pressured to sign documents saying that they would not engage in any future demonstrations.
• May: The Bahá’í cemetery in Mashhad is vandalized at night using a front-end loader and other heavy machinery. The cemetery's walls, the mortuary, and the place where prayers are recited are severely damaged.
• June 28: Homes belonging to some 50 Bahá’í families in Ivel, a remote village in Iran's Mazindaran province, are burned or demolished as part of a long-running campaign to expel them from the region.
• July: Graves in the Baha'i cemetery of Jiroft, Kerman Province, are destroyed by unknown intruders using bulldozers.
• August: Although Bahá’ís have been allowed access to the city's public cemetery for years, the family of a recently deceased Bahá’í woman of Tabriz is told that she would have to be interred with Muslim rites. The woman's remains had to be buried in a Bahá’í cemetery in another town.
• August 27: The United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expresses concern over Iran’s continued repression of ethnic and religious minorities, including members of the Bahá’í Faith.
• October: The body of a Bahá’í man is taken from Tabriz to a Bahá’í cemetery some 100 kilometers away and buried without his family being informed.

Imprisonment of the seven Bahá’í leaders

The seven Bahá’í leaders known as the Friends in Iran, imprisoned since 2008.

Main article: Friends in Iran

• January 12: The trial of the seven Bahá’í leaders begins in Iran, marked by numerous violations of legal due process, sparking widespread international condemnation. In a closed session, the defendants are formally charged with espionage, propaganda activities against the Islamic order, the establishment of an illegal administration, cooperation with Israel, sending secret documents outside the country, acting against the security of the country, and corruption on earth. They deny all the charges. No date is given for future sessions.
• January 20: Lawyers of the seven Bahá’í leaders are notified that the next session of their trial will be held on February 7.
• February 7: A second, closed court hearing takes place, lasting just over one hour; this hearing does not go beyond procedural issues. No date is given for future sessions.
• February 19: Lawyers of the seven Bahá’í leaders are notified orally that the next session of their trial will be held on April 11.
• February 22: Lawyers of the seven Bahá’í leaders receive written notification that the next session of their trial will be held on April 10, rather than April 11.
• April 10: Due to a miscommunication, the court date of the seven Bahá’í leaders is revised to April 12.
• April 12: A third, closed court hearing takes place; however, inside the courtroom are numerous officials and interrogators from the Ministry of Intelligence – along with a film crew which had already set up its cameras. Concerned over the presence of non-judicial personnel in a supposedly closed hearing, the Bahá’ís – with the agreement of their attorneys – decline to be party to the proceedings. The judge adjourns the session.
• May 10: The Bahá’í International Community releases further details about the harsh conditions of the imprisonment of the seven Bahá’í leaders in Tehran's Evin Prison.
• June 12–14: The seven Bahá’í leaders appear in court on three successive mornings, before the trial concludes. No further information is available.
• August 5: The Bahá’í International Community reports that the imprisonment of the seven Bahá’í leaders has been extended for a further two months. No verdict has yet been given following the conclusion of their trial in June.
• August 8: The Bahá’í International Community reports that the seven Bahá’í leaders have each received jail sentences of twenty years, the longest sentence ever given to any prisoners of conscience in Iran. The report is quickly followed by an international outcry from governments, human rights groups and prominent individuals.
• September 16: Lawyers of the seven Bahá’í leaders are notified that the sentence given to each of the seven Bahá’í leaders has been reduced to ten years.

Establishments

Publishers

• Esslemont Verlag
• One Voice Press

Buildings

• Bahá’í Centre of Learning in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Births

• January 28: Tina Rose Wome is born in a makeshift clinic set up in a classroom at Anis Zunuzi Bahá‘í School on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, following the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12.

Publications

Compilations

• Ḥuqúqu’lláh: The Right of God compiled by Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
• Illumine My Being: Bahá’í Prayers and Meditations for Health published by Bahá’í Publishing.
• The Oneness of God published by Bahá’í Publishing.
• Historical Consciousness and the Divine Plan compiled by Douglas Martin.

Books

• All-in-One Marriage Prep: 75 Experts Share Tips & Wisdom to Help You Get Ready Now by Susanne M. Alexander.
• Hasten Forth: The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh by Gigi Alford and Anis Mungapen.
• A Magic Night of Peace by Kiser Barnes.
• Stories from Pioneer Post compiled by Thelma Batchelor.
• The Adventures of Mali & Keela: A Virtues Book for Children by Jonathan Collins and Janice Healey, illustrated by Jenny Cooper.
• Materialism: Moral and Social Consequences by Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian.
• In Search of Immortality: The Journey and the Goal by Geoffrey Gore.
• Promises Fulfilled: Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá’í Faith by Nabil I. Hanna.
• The Face of God Among Us: How the Creator Educates Humanity by John S. Hatcher.
• Images of America: Bahá'í Temple by Candace Moore Hill.
• Daily Reflections and Stories for Children: Book 1, Stories of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá compiled by Munirih Hodge and Margo Styan.
• Lighting the Western Sky: The Hearst Pilgrimage and the Establishment of the Bahá’í Faith in the West by Kathryn Jewett Hogenson.
• Animator's Toolkit by Darren Howell.
• Discovering Your Gems by Darren Howell.
• Shaping Our Future by Darren Howell.
• The Game by Michael Karlberg, illustrated by Craig Howarth.
• Revelation & Social Reality: Learning to Translate What Is Written into Reality by Paul Lample.
• Children of the Kingdom: A Bahá’í Approach to Spiritual Parenting by Daun E. Miller.
• Serpent of the Sun by Kamal Khalessi-Rad.
• Voyage of Love: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in North America by Amy Renshaw.
• Founders of Faith: The Parallel Lives of God's Messengers by Harold Rosen.
• Gate of the Heart: Understanding of the Writings of the Báb by Nader Saiedi.
• Gardens of the Spirit: The History of the Gardens at the Bahá’í Holy Places in Haifa and 'Akka, Israel by Anita Showers.
• Change Your Life, One Thought at a Time: Spiritual Principles for Becoming your True Self by Patricia Wilcox.
• Words of Love by Michael Zadeh.

Albums

• Sacred Songs IV by Bahá’í Choral Festival.
• Sparks by JB Eckl.
• Eric Harper by Eric Harper.
• Seed by Richard Leigh.
• 15 Canciones Para Clases De Ninos by KC Porter.
• In His Flow by Mo Shref.
• Garden of Sweet Fragrance by Lisa Haese Smith.
• In the Path of Love by Sonbol Taefi.
• Strive by Anthony & Michael Zemke.

References

• GR publications listed in Jan Jasion's George Ronald: A Bibliographic History, accessed online April 30, 2019.
• 2010 Publications at BahaiBooks.com.au