1972-1973

• “A group… is not an administrative body” - October 31, 1972
• A warm social activity before the start of a Nineteen Day Feast - 21 January 1973
• “although divorce is permitted in Bahá'í Law, it is nevertheless condemned” - 15 February 1973
• Baha’i divorce - May 24, 1972
• Bahá'í psychologists will “make great strides in the development” of the science of psychology - 6 February 1973
• Believer should ensure that he will be buried according to Bahá'í law - 31 December 1972
• Birth control - 27 February 1973
• Breaking a tie vote in LSA election - July 4, 1972
• Choice of headstone on graves and inscription - May 4, 1972
• Civil suit for divorce and Baha’i divorce - 18 July 18 1973
• conditions for imposing limited sanctions - January 31, 1972
• Consent of natural parents by foster children - 11 December 1973
• Contributing to charity – as individuals and as Spiritual Assembly - 19 March 1973
• Death: “a gate-way to a realm immeasurably higher and nobler” - 6 September 1973
• Debarring an individual believer from serving on a Local Spiritual Assembly - January 31, 1972
• Declaration of young people under 18 - March 1, 1972
• Duties of Assembly members - July 30, 1972
• Efforts at reconciliation during the Year of Waiting - May 24, 1972
• Experiments in teaching & deepening methods
• Games & raffles – inappropriate medium to raise funds for the Faith - 29 January 1973
• Holding Nineteen Day Feasts in larger communities - August 21, 1972
• “homosexuality is not a condition to which a person should be reconciled” -12 January 1973
• Horse Racing, Betting and Raffles - June 20, 1972
• How a Baha’i may help his needy fellow-believer though the Spiritual Assembly - 9 April 1973
• Huququ’llah – “obedience to this Law is a matter of conscience” - 26 February 1973
• Huququ’llah – paying the amount due on one’s inheritance - 21 January 1973
• Huququ'lláh is now offered through the Universal House of Justice - March 2, 1972
• Influence of the Faith on arts - 17 January 1973
• Interaction with a believer who has lost his voting rights - 1 November 1973
• “Just as there are laws governing our physical lives… there are laws governing our spiritual lives.” - 6 February 1973
• Labor Strikes - 4 April 1973
• “land from the government to be used as a Temple site” – “not possible” - June 15, 1972
• Local Assemblies cannot be formed in prisons - February 9, 1972
• local Spiritual Assemblies – “nerve centres of the Bahá'í communities” - February 8, 1972
• LSA meeting with new believers - 28 February 1973
• LSA must “uphold the standard of justice”, and “strive to evince the equalities of leadership” - July 30, 1972
• LSA’s are “as yet only embryos of the majestic institutions ordained by Bahá'u'lláh in His writings” - July 30, 1972
• Marriage “is not the central purpose of life” - 6 February 1973
• “marriage is by no means an obligation” - 6 February 1973
• Naturally aborted fetus should be buried - 3 December 3 1973
• "No objection to a Bahá'í being elected as a neighborhood captain serving on a neighborhood council provided…" - April 24, 1972
• Obeying Baha’i laws will “strengthen our own characters” and “influence those around us” - 6 February 1973
• Options open to a believer when facing with a problem 19 March 1973
• Parental marriage consent - July 19, 1972
• Payment of Huququ’llah - July 12, 1972
• “permissible for the pioneer family to keep a weapon in the house” - March 20, 1972
• Persian writings of Shoghi Effendi during spiritual part of Bahá'í Feasts - October 15, 1972
• Portrayal of any Manifestation of God Forbidden - 3 December 1972
• Portrayals of Holy Figures - 3 December 1972
• Prohibition on drinking - 21 December 1972
• Reading prayers on the radio - 8 July 8 1973
• Rendering into simple English quotes from the Writings in English - 7 October 1973
• Replacement of a delegate - 3 July 1973
• Restoration of Administrative rights without prior Baha’i marriage ceremony - April 27, 1972
• Setting prayers to music - 6 February 1973
• Setting retroactively the date for the beginning of the year of waiting - September 26, 1972
• Setting the date for the beginning of the Year of Waiting - May 24, 1972
• Sexual intercourse “permissible only between a man and the woman who is his wife” - 6 February 1973
• Sexual morality -14 March 1973
• Singing or chanting prayers in unison - 6 February 1973
• Smoking in relation to the fast - March 15, 1972
• Standard English for Sacred Writings – if needed, accompanied by Simple English - 20 September 1973
• Sterilization - 25 July 1973
• Taking “an oath, if required, on any sacred book” - 20 September 20 1973
• Termination of year of waiting - 20 September 20 1973
• The “purpose of this life is to prepare the soul for the next” - 6 February 1973
• The “use of the Greatest Name, the names of the Manifestations of God or the names of the Central Figures of our Faith in the lyrics of music” - March 20, 1972
• The institution of the Hands of the Cause – “an auxiliary institution of the Guardianship” - 24 April 1972
• The purpose of Baha’i administration -12 November 1973
• “to guide and teach the friends in proper Bahá'í administrative procedures” - throughout the year - 24 September 1973
• To specify in one’s will about Baha’i funeral - August 18, 1972
• Two signatures are required for the withdrawal of funds -26 August 1973
• use of alcohol for common home illness remedies - 21 December 1973
• Use of non-Assembly member to record Minutes - 20 November 1973
• Use of the Persian writings of the Guardian during the devotional portion of Nineteen Day Feasts - 15 October 1972
• Voting procedure - 21 January 1973
• What is "a functioning Local Spiritual Assembly"? - July 30, 1972
• What to do when joining a political party is a requirement of employment - 28 December 1973
• When a believer's name can be removed from the membership list - 25 September 1973
• When parents of a youth who has accepted Baha’u’llah, oppose his/her withdrawal from the Church - 6 November 1972
• Writings of the Guardian at Nineteen Day Feasts – can be used following devotional readings, and not “part of an arranged devotional programme” - 15 October 1972
• Youth should avoid “any behaviour which would arouse passions which would tempt them to violate them.” - 9 July 1973