…every organized
community enlisted under the banner of Bahá'u'lláh should feel it to be its
first and inescapable obligation to nurture, encourage, and safeguard every
minority belonging to any faith, race, class, or nation within it.
(The
Universal House of Justice, from a letter dated 22 September 1991; compilation
on ‘Baha’i Elections and Defining a “Minority”’, prepared by the Research
Department of the Universal House of Justice)