The Bahá’ís are free to greet each other with Alláh-u-Abhá
when they meet, if they want to, but they should avoid anything which to
outsiders, in a western country, might seem like some strange Oriental
password. We must be very firm on principles and laws, but very normal and
natural in our ways, so as to attract strangers.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter written on
behalf of Shoghi Effendi, ‘Directives from the Guardian')
