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From top, left to right: Malaysian junior youth participate in activities; the former National Office in Kuala Lumpur; Ruhiyyih Khanum with the first National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia, 1964; and participants at the 2018 Winter School in Ipoh.
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| Location of Malaysia
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| National Office | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| National Assembly | Malaysia | |
| Statistics: | ||
| Total Population | ||
| - | UN 2021[1] | 33,573,874 |
| Bahá'í pop. | ||
| - | Bahá'í source | |
| - | Non-Bahá'í source | 76,979 |
| History: Firsts |
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| - | Bahá'í to visit | Shirin Fozdar |
| - | Local Bahá'í | Yankee Leong |
| - | Local Assembly | 1953, Kuching |
| - | National Assembly | 1964 |
| How to contact: | ||
| - | Phone | 03-40221175 |
| - | Fax | 03-40226277 |
| - | Address | No.4 Lorong Titiwangsa 5 Setapak, 53200 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia |
| Official Website | http://www.bahai.org.my | |
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The history of the Bahá’í Faith in Malaysia starts during a declared state of emergency in September 1952 when Shirin Fozdar toured the country to give talks about the Faith. These talks received wide publicity in the local media. Shirin Fozdar would travel again to Malaya in December 1953, a tour arranged with the help of Yankee Leong, who would become the first soul to accept the faith in Malaya on December 19, 1953.
The first Local Spiritual Assembly was formed in Kuching, Sarawak, then a British Crown Colony on the island of Borneo, in 1953. This was followed by the formation of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Seremban in Peninsular Malaya in 1954 as well as Malacca (Melaka) and Kuala Lumpur in 1955. The first Local Spiritual Assembly in the Northern states of Malaya was formed in Penang in April, 1958. Malaysia (known as Malaya prior to 1963), would be given its own National Spiritual Assembly in 1964. Until this time the Faith was under the guidance of the NSA of the Baha'is of India, Pakistan and Burma, owing to the fact that the Guardian had entrusted the growth and development of the Faith to that assembly in 1950.
Contact[edit]
Bahá’í National Centre
58, Jalan Bukit Raja, Taman Seputeh, 58000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Phone: 03-79819850 Fax: 03-79819850
See also[edit]
- All articles related to Malaysia
- Bahá’í Centers in Malaysia
- Malaysia National Office
- National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia
References[edit]
- Manisegaran, A. (2003). Jewel Among Nations - An account of the early days of the Bahá’í Faith in West Malaysia. Malaysia: Splendour Publications. ISBN 983-51419-0-9.
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Notes[edit]
- ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
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