Free from every desire to be offensive or provocative,
without seeking in the least to accuse or denounce any nation or individual, we
should as much as it lies in our power broadcast the true facts of the
situation. [persecution of believers in Persia] We should intelligently
endeavor to enlighten the public opinion of the world on these ugly incidents
and incredible happenings that will stain forever the memory of this twentieth
century civilization.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated March 3, 1925,
addressed to the ‘beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout
the West’; Baha’i News, no. 6, July-August 1925)
