The Baha'i Faith's own international news service account of the 8 July 2008 UNESCO World Heritage Committee decision in Quebec City, Canada, documenting the Shrine of Baha'u'llah near Acre and the Shrine of the Bab in Haifa joining the World Heritage List as the first sites of a religion born in the modern era.
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Reliability Tier2
The faith's own international news service, tier 2, used here for the 8 July 2008 dating and place of the committee decision, corroborated by UNESCO's own World Heritage Centre listing below. NotesUsed for the 8 July 2008 dating and Quebec City location of the committee decision and the first designation claim.
Citation
PublisherBaha'i World News Service
URLhttps://news.bahai.org/story/642
Source Typeorganization primary source
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Acre, Cities This source names Acre directly: "the Shrine of Baha'u'llah near Acre and the Shrine of the Bab in Haifa joining the World Heritage List as the first sites of a religion born in the modern era."
This source names Canada directly: "Committee decision in Quebec City, Canada, documenting the Shrine of Baha'u'llah near Acre and the Shrine of the Bab in Haifa joining the World Heritage List as the first sites of a religion born in..."
Haifa, Cities This source names Haifa directly: "near Acre and the Shrine of the Bab in Haifa joining the World Heritage List as the first sites of a religion born in the modern era."
This source names Shrine of Baha'u'llah directly: "Quebec City, Canada, documenting the Shrine of Baha'u'llah near Acre and the Shrine of the Bab in Haifa joining the World Heritage List as the first sites of a religion born in the modern era."
This source names The Bab directly: "near Acre and the Shrine of the Bab in Haifa joining the World Heritage List as the first sites of a religion born in the modern era."
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This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 5 holds.
- Spread Events, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
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