The people of Baha are required to obey their respective
governments, and to demonstrate their truthfulness and good will towards the
authorities. ... Baha'is, in every land and without any exception, should ...
be obedient and bow to the clear instructions and the declared decrees issued
by the authorities. They must faithfully carry out such directives.
- Shoghi
Effendi (Excerpt quoted in an open letter from the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of Iran about the Banning of the Baha'i Administration;
included in Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986’)
