…how can the Bahá’í community devote its limited time to
protesting the myriad cases of human rights abuses in the world when it knows
full well that the basic solution to all problems facing society depends on the
extent to which the Bahá’í Faith and its Teachings are spread throughout the
world? It is not that the Bahá’ís are unconcerned about human rights
violations, but rather, that priority must be given to establishing the means
through which problems deeply seated in the disunity of the human race can be
resolved. Only the Cause of God can do this.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter written on behalf
of the Universal House of Justice, dated December 2, 1992; compilation: ‘Involvement
in Political Protests and Demonstrations”, prepared by the Office of Public
Affairs of US National Spiritual Assembly)
