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anching subsets that serve particular needs. 129 Shoghi Effendi, _God Passes By_, _op. cit._, p. xiii. 130 'Abdu'l-Baha, _The Promulgation of Universal Peace,_ _op. cit._, pp. 43-44. 131 Moojan Momen, _The Babi and Baha'i Religions, 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts_, _op. cit._, pp. 186-187. _ 132 The Baha'i World_, vol. XV, _op. cit._, pp. 29, 36. _ 133 The Baha'i World_, vol. IV (New York City: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 1933), pp. 257-261. Provides a short history of the bureau's founding and operations. _ 134 The Baha'i World_, vol. III (New York City: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 1930), pp. 198-206. Contains the text of a formal Petition to the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League from the Baha'is of Iraq, that summarizes the history of the case. 135 Shoghi Effendi, _God Passes By_, _op. cit._, p. 360. 136 The full text of the Declaration may be found in _World Order Magazine_, April 1947, vol. XIII, No. 1. _ 137 The Baha'i Question, Iran's Secret Blueprint for the Destruction of a Religious Community, An Examination of the Persecution of the Baha'is of Iran_ (New York: Baha'i International Community, 1999), prepared by the Baha'i International Community United Nations' Office for distribution to members of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. 138 Excerpt from an address by Edward Granville Browne, published in_ Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative Religion_, 3rd ed. (New York: Macmillan, 1892), pp. 352-353. 139 During the nine years of its existence, the office was responsible for settling an estimated 10,000 Iranian Baha'i refugees in twenty-seven countries. 140 To date, ninety-nine National Spiritual Assemblies have received intensive training in the programme. 141 The Beijing Conference on Women would have permitted fifty out of the two thousand non-governmental organizations involved to present their statements orally. Because the Baha'i International Community had received this privilege at previous conferences, most notably that in Rio de Janeiro on the environment and that in Copenhagen on social and economic development, the Community's representatives yielded the slot that had been accorded them, in favour of the Moscow Centre for
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