Regarding the sale of tea and other refreshments in a cinema
under non-Baha’i ownership; those friends who have hired from the owner of the
cinema a stall for the sale of such refreshments should make every effort to
obtain permission to close on Baha’i holidays. In case, however, the non-Baha’i
owner or partner refuses to grant their request their only alternative is to
obey.
The case is different with a bread bakery owned by a
believer. In this case there can be no excuse whatever why the shop should not
be closed during Baha’i holidays, as there are always non-Baha’i bakers from
whom the public can buy.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 28 February 28,
1937 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi; ‘Dawn of a New Day’)
