Malaysia

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Malaysia
Image from outside the National Office in Kuala Lumpur
National Office		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
National Assembly		Malaysia
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History: Firsts
-	Bahá'í to visit	Shirin Fozdar
-	Local Bahá'í	Yankee Leong
-	Local Assembly	1953, Kuching
-	National Assembly	1964
How to contact:

-	Phone	03-40221175
-	Fax	03-40226277
-	Address	No.4 Lorong Titiwangsa 5 Setapak, 53200 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Official Website		http://www.bahai.org.my

The history of the Bahá'í Faith in Malaysia starts during a declared state of emergency in September 1952 when Shirin Fozdar toured the country to give talks about the Faith. These talks received wide publicity in the local media. Shirin Fozdar would travel again to Malaya in December 1953, a tour arranged with the help of Yankee Leong, who would become the first soul to accept the faith in Malaya on December 19, 1953.

The first Local Spiritual Assembly was formed in Kuching in 1953, followed by Seremban in 1954, and Malacca and Kuala Lumpur in 1955. Malaysia would be given its own National Spiritual Assembly in 1964. Until this time the Faith was under the guidance of the NSA of the Baha'is of India, Pakistan and Burma, owing to the fact that the Guardian had entrusted the growth and development of the Faith to that assembly in 1950.

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[edit] Contact

Bahá'í National Centre
No.4 Lorong Titiwangsa 5
Setapak, 53200 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Phone: 03-40221175
Fax: 03-40226277

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[edit] References

Manisegaran, A. (2003). Jewel Among Nations - An account of the early days of the Bahá'í Faith in West Malaysia. Malaysia: Splendour Publications. ISBN 983-51419-0-9.