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670:"In brief, this world-consuming war has set such a conflagration to the hearts that no word can describe it. In all the countries of the world the longing for universal peace is taking possession of the consciousness of men. There is not a soul who does not yearn for concord and peace. A most wonderful state of receptivity is being realized.… Therefore, O ye believers of God! Show ye an effort and after this war spread ye the synopsis of the divine teachings in the British Isles, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Portugal, Rumania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, San Marino, Balearic Isles, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Malta, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Shetland Islands, Hebrides and Orkney Islands." 624:(10th, 12th). Among the meetings there was a singular moment of the high Cathnolic priest - Canon Alexander Geisswein - and a famous Jewish professor - Ingác Goldziher - and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá all on stage holding hands at a public meeting of 500 to 1000 people. Several of these individuals also received a letter after ʻAbdu'l-Bahá returned to Egypt. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá spoke at various public and private meetings of societies and organizations - Peace Society, Theosophists, Esperantists as well as Turkish societies. During this trip he also corresponded with Baha'is elsewhere and wrote a noteworthy tablet to America mentioning that monogamy was preferable to be just. Also during the trip 636: 600:. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion after the death of his father, visited Hungary in early April 1913. Accounts of the period include a diary taken at the time, interviews years later of eyewitnesses, and newspaper stories. He arrived the afternoon of April 9 and later that afternoon gave his first talk which was on themes of universal peace, harmony of science and religion, equality of sexes and races, the right of women to vote, international law and an auxiliary language. In Budapest ʻAbdu'l-Bahá met with a number of Hungarian leaders, including both Arabs and Turks: 709: 806:
Meséd is an acronym for "Mesélő Édesanyak," which means "storytelling mothers"; the acronym itself means "your tale". In 2003, Meséd was selected as one of the five projects that were presented at the European Parliament presentations for the UNESCO Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World, and has drawn local attention from government officials as well.
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The Meséd Project begun in 2003 and some 40 participants in 2006 with the goal of teaching reading and writing to disadvantaged Roma women. In 2006 it was operating in eight towns and cities, and was reported as distinctive for its use of storytelling in the teaching of reading and writing. The word
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Before the 1980s there were never more than a dozen Baháʼís at any one time in Hungary and from 1937 to 1988 there was no press coverage of the religion. Around 1965 Etelka (Eta) Szász of Budapest became a Baháʼí, after visiting an Esperanto Conference in Vienna. However, in the 1980s Baháʼís are
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television, giving concerts for ambassadors and high school students. In summer 1992, the musical group Light in the Darkness from Italy, had concerts in various cities across the country which resulted in various articles and TV broadcasting. The group returned in Hungary also in 1993 and 1995.
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Baháʼís were among those sent to concentration camps. as many of its early converts were from Jewish background. In 1946 two Baha'is are listed with a mailing address in Budapest - Jenny Komlos and Vilma Kiralynö. By Feb 1947 a letter was received in the US indicating the Baháʼís of Budapest had
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According to reports of the time dozens of people associated themselves with the religion during his stay. Among them was Arminius Vambery though later that year he died. However, there is little record of this group of people aside from Vambery continuing to associate himself with the religion.
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toured the country investigating growth of the religion which was followed by a new round of newspaper stories and the opening of an information center in 1989. In January 1990 a Baha'i singing group, El Viento Canta, was able to tour Hungary and meet Baha'is in various homes, be interviewed on
531:'s trip to Hungary in 1913 when Hungary's first Baháʼí joined the religion. The community suffered from World War II and communist rule until the 1980s. The National Assembly was elected in 1992 and in 2002 Baháʼí sources claimed 1100 and 1200 Baháʼís in Hungary, many of which are 870:
In accordance with a 2011 religion law 82 religious groups, including the Baháʼís, asked to be officially recognized by the parliament. In February 2012 this registration was established for the Baháʼís among others though some were excluded.
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The Baháʼí administrative system outgrew its old rented administrative headquarters, the Baháʼí community of Hungary inaugurated its new national Center with a reception on 27 November 2002 with civic and religious dignitaries attending.
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The Hungarian government voted in favor of a UN resolution expressed concern over a wide range of human rights violations in Iran in a resolution adopted by roll-call vote after last-minute negotiations failed to achieve consensus.
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later mentioned the religion in an article reviewing Islam in 1913, and read western newspaper accounts on the religion but did not sustain an interest in it as he personally identified with Islam and Judaism.
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remembers in an interview that it was worth raising up his voice in the European Parliament for the human rights of the Baháʼís in Iran. There were two speeches in the Hungarian Parliament about the
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elected in 1939 in Hungary despite increasing surveillance by national police. In 1940 Petersham Seredy was listed as having published two books relating to the religion in Hungary. However, during
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suffered with destroyed homes and in need of clothing, shoes and food with some improvement in conditions by August. After the war the assembly was re-elected in 1948 just before the
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The first re-election of the local assembly of Budapest took place in early 1990. Later in 1990 the Hungarian Ambassador to India made an official visit to the
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In 1932 two Baháʼís are noted in Hungary suggesting they are undertaking translating materials into Hungarian - Nicholas Erdelyi and George Steiner, both from
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Shoghi Effendi advised Baháʼís to remain in Budapest though many left. By 1963 there was only a smaller group of Baháʼís, failing to elect an assembly. See
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participated in the Baha'i Chant Project, aimed at cultivating enthusiasm for collective (group) chant. The group recorded their performance for the
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Various Baháʼís traveled there from the 1930s (lecturing together with Prof. R. Vambery on the Baháʼí outlook on peace in 1932) and since.
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known to have traveled to Hungary. At least one Hungarian Baháʼí attended an Austrian winter school in Dec. 1985. In 1986
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in his book, "Meine Wanderungen und Erlebnisse in Persien", published in 1867, explored Persia incognito and speaks of the
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Inner front page of the first Baháʼí book in Hungarian: Esslemont J. E.: Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era (1933)
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attended the founding national convention to elect the National Spiritual Assembly of Hungary in 1992.
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Plaque in the park of the National Museum, in memory of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's visit to Budapest 80 years ago
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referring to the latter's visit to Jerusalem while he was in Akka and prophesied his fall in the
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Perhaps the first mention of the religion in Hungary was newspaper coverage of events in the
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A Draft Summary of the History and International Character of the Hungarian Baháʼí Community
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asked ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to sit for a portrait, which was sold to Baháʼís in 1972 and now in the
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and His followers who are associated with the beginnings of the Baháʼí Faith.
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from 1949 and subsequently the organization was dissolved by police action.
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started in various mentions of the religion in the 19th century followed by
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gave a public talk on the religion and this same individual invited
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Hungarians play an active role in protecting human rights in Iran.
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Arminius Vambery's grandson, George Vambery, twenty years old when
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Commission expresses concern over human rights violations in Iran
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visited Budapest in 1926, was very interested in the study of
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Official English news page of the Baháʼí Community of Hungary
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The Baháʼís are spread among some 65 localities in Hungary.
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Hungarian personalities speak out for human rights in Iran
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Ridván 1992: Baháʼí Era 149 by Universal House of Justice
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magazine on December 12, 1919. One tablet says in part:
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Post-orientalism: knowledge and power in time of terror
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The Unfolding Destiny of the British Baha'i Community
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Since the inception of the Baháʼí Faith, its founder
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Baháʼí Faith

Baháʼu'lláh
The Báb
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Teachings
Unity of God
Unity of humanity
Unity of religion
Laws
Prayer
Calendar
Nineteen Day Feast
Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-Íqán
The Hidden Words
Some Answered Questions
Other Texts
Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh
Administrative Order
The Guardianship
Universal House of Justice
Spiritual Assemblies
Baháʼí history
Timeline
Bábism
Persecution
Shoghi Effendi
Hands of the Cause

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