As followers of God's Holy Faith it is our obligation to
protect the just interests of any minority element within the Baha'i community.
In fact in the administration of our Baha'i affairs, representatives of
minority groups are not only enabled to enjoy equal rights and privileges, but
they are even favoured and accorded priority. Baha'is should be careful never
to deviate from this noble standard, even if the course of events or public
opinion should bring pressure to bear upon them.
- The Universal House of
Justice (From a letter dated 8 February 1970 to National Spiritual Assemblies
in Africa; ‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986’)
