Independent journalist Amy Fallon's report for Religion Unplugged, published 21 April 2023, on the dedication of the first national Baha'i House of Worship in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, drawing on interviews with Baha'i officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Africa and situating the building within the faith's wider history of local and national temples, including the continental Mother Temple of Africa in Uganda and a local House of Worship already opened in Kenya.
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AuthorAmy Fallon
PublisherReligion Unplugged
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://religionunplugged.com/news/2023/4/18/after-pope-francis-visit-drc-opens-bahai-house-of-worship
Source Typenews
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Reliability Tier2
An independent religion news outlet's report by a named journalist based outside the Baha'i community's own institutions, tier 2, used here as an independent cross check on the dedication's date, attendance and its place in the faith's wider temple building history. NotesUsed for the dedication's attendance and its place alongside Uganda's and Kenya's earlier Houses of Worship.
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