http://www.sarawakbahai.org The Official Website for the Baha'is of Sarawak, Malaysia Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:39:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Address by the NSA for the NDF newsletter (January 2010) Dearly loved friends, The Faith in Sarawak had concluded 2009 with a string of successful events. The first to be made mentioned was our fruitful 8th State Institutional Meeting held in November at Sibu. 160 people came and there were warm participation ... http://www.sarawakbahai.org/2010/01/address-by-the-nsa-for-the-ndf-newsletter-january-2010.html Dear beloved friends, Allah’u’Abha! We are glad to announce that our 12th National Convention was successfully held at Penview Hotel recently in Kuching. The names of the newly elected Assembly Members were already announced in the earlier issue of our newsletter (Azamat). We are very happy indeed to see new faces ... http://www.sarawakbahai.org/2009/07/message-from-the-nsa-of-the-baha%e2%80%99is-of-sarawak.html Our hearts was filled with immense joy and we were spiritually uplifted when we were conducting the class. I felt as though my spirit and determination in teaching these vibrant junior youth could never be dampened. It is an honour for us, animators, to be given the privilege to mould these ... http://www.sarawakbahai.org/2009/07/new-junior-youth-gathering-stutong-kuching.html More than 60 Baha’is gathered in Kuching, the state capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, for a 3-day convention which started on 1 May. Among them were delegates, representing their respective electoral units throughout Sarawak, who came here to elect the 9-member Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Sarawak, ... http://www.sarawakbahai.org/2009/05/12th-sarawak-baha%e2%80%99i-national-convention.html More than 1,320 followers of the Baha’i Faith, gathered in Kuching, the state capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, for a 2-day regional conference that started on 20 Dec, 2008. The gathering is one of the 41 similar regional conferences held, being held or will be held throughout ... http://www.sarawakbahai.org/2009/01/kuching-regional-conference.html Soon Kam has been recently named as the recipient of the Dean’s Excellence Award for the category of Outstanding Higher Degree Research Student at the Faculty of Built Environment & Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane. Awarded to one each year, this award aims to recognize research students with ... http://www.sarawakbahai.org/2008/12/soon-kam-awarded-as-outstanding-phd-scholar.html TAIPING - The International Day of Peace was established In 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly as an effort in “commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace within and among all nations and people”. Twenty years later, the General Assembly set 21 September as the date to observe the ... http://www.sarawakbahai.org/2008/10/the-international-day-of-peace-celebration.html ENGLISH: On the 3rd of August 2008, 22 friends from the Padawan community including 3 children and 2 junior youths met at Mr. Bonaventure’s home to learn more about the recent Ridvan Message 2008. The discussion was initially called a “Retreat” but according to the day’s facilitator ABM Cikgu Bunsie ... http://www.sarawakbahai.org/2008/09/padawan-community-learns-message-from-the-itc.html (BWNS) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam — The government of Vietnam has given full recognition to the Baha’i community as a religious organization. A certificate was presented to representatives of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Vietnam at a ceremony on 25 July. It was the final act in a ... http://www.sarawakbahai.org/2008/09/vietnam-recognizes-baha%e2%80%99is-as-religious-community.html Nelson Évora made a name for himself by winning the gold medal in the Triple Jump event at the recent Beijing Olympics 2008. Born in Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), where his parents had come to live from Cape Verde, Nelson relocated to Portugal when he was five years old. He ... http://www.sarawakbahai.org/2008/09/nelson-evora-wins-gold-medal-in-beijing.html