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Baha'i
Official Recognition
"The National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles attained legal status by its incorporation, in 1939, under the Companies' Act, as an Unlimited Company without Share Capital. Bahá'ís were able to obtain exemption from combative military service during World War II (BW 8:84-85). In the autumn of 1990, the British passport office accepted the signature of the chairman of a Bahá'í local spiritual assembly as a validation of the identity of the applicant on a passport application. Bahá'í marriage is recognized only in Scotland (since 1978), and Bahá'í Holy Days are recognized by local education authorities throughout the United Kingdom.
"During the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley, London, in 1924, the Bahá'í Faith was represented at the conference on "Living Religions within the British Empire." At the World Congress of Faiths, held at University College in London in July 1936, Viscount Samuel (the British High Commissioner for Palestine) presided over a Bahá'í session at which Canon Townshend presented a paper on behalf of Shoghi Effendi. The British Bahá'í are currently represented on numerous national bodies such as the National Council of Women and the World Congress of Faiths."
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Baha'i History of the United Kingdom
"The National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles attained legal status by its incorporation, in 1939, under the Companies' Act, as an Unlimited Company without Share Capital. Bahá'ís were able to obtain exemption from combative military service during World War II (BW 8:84-85). In the autumn of 1990, the British passport office accepted the signature of the chairman of a Bahá'í local spiritual assembly as a validation of the identity of the applicant on a passport application. Bahá'í marriage is recognized only in Scotland (since 1978), and Bahá'í Holy Days are recognized by local education authorities throughout the United Kingdom.
"During the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley, London, in 1924, the Bahá'í Faith was represented at the conference on "Living Religions within the British Empire." At the World Congress of Faiths, held at University College in London in July 1936, Viscount Samuel (the British High Commissioner for Palestine) presided over a Bahá'í session at which Canon Townshend presented a paper on behalf of Shoghi Effendi. The British Bahá'í are currently represented on numerous national bodies such as the National Council of Women and the World Congress of Faiths."
Read more at
Baha'i History of the United Kingdom
