As the Bahá'í community continues to emerge inexorably from
obscurity, it will be confronted by enemies, from both within and without,
whose aim will be to malign and misrepresent its principles, so that its
admirers might be disillusioned and the faith of its adherents might be shaken;
Bahá'í scholars have a vital role to play in the defence of the Faith through
their contribution to anticipatory measures and their response to defamatory
accusations levelled against the Faith.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 19 October 1993
written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer;
The Compilation of Compilations, vol. III, Scholarship)
