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There are no rules about when a National Spiritual Assembly can be established in a country by the Baha'is, but generally speaking it is a statement of the complexity of the community - that there are enough Bahá'ís in the country, enough Local Spiritual Assemblies , a need for the Bahá'ís in the country to own properties beyond the jurisdiction of any particular Local Spiritual Assembly, and that a National Assembly with jurisdiction across the whole country from a Bahá'í organizational point of view is required. TOTALS CHRONOLOGY Below are dates of the establishment and recognition of National Spiritual Assemblies from the Bahá'í point of view. Other than in predominantly Muslim counties, countries where there are no NSAs include most where most any religious institution is illegal such as in Residing in the Holy Land, pages 22 and 46. 1923: British Isles, Germany, India 1924: Egypt 1925: United States of America and Canada 1931: Iraq 1934: Australia and New Zealand, Persia 1948: Canada 1953: Italy and Switzerland 1956: Central & East Africa, North West Africa, South & West Africa 1957: Alaska; Arabia; New Zealand; North East Asia (Japan), Pakistan, South East Asia; Mexico and the Republics of Central America; The Greater Antilles; The Republics of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela; The Republics of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay & Bolivia; Scandinavia and Finland; the Benelux Countries; The Iberian Peninsula. 1958: France 1959: Austria, Burma, South Pacific, Turkey, 1961: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Brazil. 1962: Belgium, Ceylon, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Switzerland 1964 Korea, Thailand, Vietnam 1967 Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Laos, Belize, Sikkim Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986 : the third epoch of the formative age compiled by Geoffry W. Marks. ISBN 0-87743-239-2 1969 Papua New Guinea 1972 Singapore 1974 Hong Kong, South East Arabia[http://bahai-library.com/index.php5?file=uhj_naw-ruz_1974 Naw Rúz 1974, Baha'i Era 131] by Universal House of Justice 1977 Greece 1978 Burundi, Mauritania, the Bahamas, Oman, Qatar, the Mariana Islands, Cyprus Ridvan 1978, Baha'i Era 135 by Universal House of Justice 1980: Transkei 1981 Namibia, and Bophuthatswana; the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, and Bermuda; Tuvalu. re-formation in Uganda Ridván 1980, Baha'i Era 137 by Universal House of Justice 1984: Cape Verde Islands, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, French Guiana, Grenada, Martinique, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Yemen, Canary Islands 1990: Macau Ridván 1990, Baha'i Era 147 by Universal House of Justice 1991 Czechoslovakia, Romania & Soviet Union 1992: Greenland, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Bielarus & Moldavia; Russia, Georgia & Armenia; Central Asia, Bulgaria, Baltic States, Albania, Poland, Hungary (as many new NSAs came into existence in this one year as all the NSAs that existed in 1953. Ridván 1992 by the Universal House of Justice 1994: Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Slovenia & Croatia, 1995 Eritrea, Armenia, Georgia, Belarus, Sicily. 1996 Sao Tome & Principe, Moldova, Nigeria Letter To all National Spiritual Assemblies by the Universal House of Justice 1999 Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia 2004 Iraq reformed Ridvan 2004, Baha'i Era 161 by Universal House of Justice REFERENCES SEE ALSO |
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