CommuNIqué - Newsletter of the Bahá'í Community in Northern Ireland
Issue 82 - 16 ’Azamat 160 BE - 1 June 2003 CE

 

FROM THE BAHÁ'Í COUNCIL

 

Dear Bahá'í Friends,

Important Announcement on Child Protection from the Council

No doubt everyone in the community is, by now, aware of the vital importance of the Child Protection Procedures (up to 18 years old) We must realise that all these procedures, though they have come from the National Spiritual Assembly through the Bahá'í Council they are in response to the legal situation and the times in which we live. All Bahá'ís know that we must, according to Bahá'u'lláh, obey the laws of the country in which we live. So important have been these procedures that the National Spiritual Assembly has released them gradually so that we have time to absorb and implement them. It is to the credit of our community that this whole issue has been 'taken on board' and is being implemented. The Council would like to strongly remind all organisers of Bahá'í events, under the authority of Bahá'í institutions, that these events should not take place without proper Child Protection Procedures in place.

EVERY COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN IRELAND CAN HAVE ITS OWN WEBSITE

Did you know that more than three-quarters of all the enquiries about the Faith received by the National Spiritual Assembly come from the World Wide Web? And if people in your area want to know about the Bahá'ís the Web is likely to be the first place they go to?

With this issue comes a flyer about the Web of Faith Project, a programme of the National Assembly to help every local Bahá'í community develop its own Website. Some communities in Northern Ireland have such a site - but even now the majority do not. Yet all can. As the flyer explains, the NSA's Office of Public Information is there to help. The Council hopes that all - yes all - Bahá'í communities in Northern Ireland will support this project. You don't need the expertise. You just need to want to make it easier for people to learn about the Faith.

With warmest Bahá'í greetings,
BAHÁ'Í COUNCIL FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

 

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