…Bahá’ís… know well that the principles of their Faith
require them to refrain from involvement in political controversies and
conflicts of all kinds. “Speak thou no word of politics” was the counsel of
‘Abdu’l-Bahá to one believer, adding, “Except to speak well of them, make thou
no mention of the earth’s kings, and the worldly governments thereof.” Shoghi
Effendi warned against allowing our vision of the Cause to be clouded “by the
stain and dust of worldly happenings, which, no matter how glittering and
far-reaching in their immediate effects, are but the fleeting shadows of an
imperfect world”
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 1
December 2019 to all National Spiritual Assemblies; Online Baha’i Reference
Library of the Baha’i World Centre)
