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TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX TERRITORIES NOW OPENED TO THE FAITH- The number of the virgin territories of the globe opened to the Faith has, since the inauguration, and in direct consequence of the vigorous prosecution, of this stupendous undertaking, been raised to one hundred and eight, swelling the number of the sovereign states and chief dependencies included within the pale of the Faith of Baha'u'llah to two hundred and thirty-six, above two hundred of which have been enlisted under His banner since the ascension of the Center of His Covenant. (76:4) All the territories within the confines of the American, the European, the Asiatic and the African continents, assigned to ten Baha'i National Assemblies, have, with the exception of Soviet-controlled territories, been opened. Of the seventy-two islands allocated to eleven Baha'i National Assemblies no less than sixty-four have opened their doors to the vanguard of Baha'i Crusaders, leaving Spitzbergen and Anticosti Island, situated respectively in the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, Nicobar Islands, Cocos Island and Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, and Loyalty Islands, Sakhalin Island and Hainan Island in the Pacific Ocean - one of which is a native reserve, two of which are within the Soviet Orbit, while four others are either privately owned or controlled by private companies - as yet unopened by the heroic band battling for the Faith of Baha'u'llah.
(76:5)
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