International Survey of Current Bahá'í Activities

Contents: 1. SURVEY BY CONTINENTS. A. Africa. -- B. The Americas. -- C. Asia. -- D. Australasia and the Pacific Islands. -- E. Europe. 2. THE PERSECUTION OF THE BAHA'I COMMUNITY OF IRAN. A. Survey of Events. -- B. Bahá'ís Killed in Irán. -- C. Bahá'ís Who Disappeared without Trace in Irán and Are Presumed Dead. [Photographs of Martyrs] -- D. A Representative Selection of Documents Illustrating the Persecution of the Bahá'í Community of Irán. -- E. Bahá'í Children and Youth in Time of Persecution. -- F. The Persecution of the Bahá'í Faith in Iran: A Partial Bibliography of References from Books and Pamphelts, Journals, Newspaper Articles and Official Documents in Some European Languages, 1983-1986. 3. THE PERSECUTION OF THE BAHA'I COMMUNITY OF EGYPT, 1985-1986. A. Survey of Events, February 1985-20 April 1986. -- B. A Commentary on the Azhar's Statement Regarding "Bahá'ís and Bahá'ísm." 4. BAHA'I COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS' INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, 1985. A. We Cannot Fail Them. -- B. Participation in International Youth Year. -- C. Letters from the Universal House of Justice. 5. THE PROMISE OF WORLD PEACE. A. Text of a statement issued by the Universal House of Justice. -- B. Dissemination of The Promise of World Peace October 1985 to 20 April 1986. 6. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. A. Social and Economic Development Activities: A New Stage in the Evolution of Bahá'u'lláh's World Order / Holly Hanson Vick. -- B. A Summary of Social and Economic Development Activities. 7. BAHA'I SCHOLARSHIP, 1983-1986. A. Associations for Bahá'í Studies. -- B. The West African Centre for Bahá'í Studies, Lagos, Nigeria. -- C. Bahá'í and Bábí-Bahá'í Scholarship Seminars, United Kingdom. -- D. Bahá'í History Conferences, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. 8. STATEMENT ON THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF BAHA'I SCHOLARSHIP / issued by the International Teaching Centre. 9. THE VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY CHAIM HERZOG, PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL, TO THE BAHA'I WORLD CENTRE.