Regarding your question: the Guardian does not see how Bahá’í participation with other organizations and religious bodies, in a non‐political meeting to promote civic unity and welfare along some line, can be considered political. Much as the friends must guard against in any way ever seeming to identify themselves or the Cause with any political party, they must also guard against the other extreme of never taking part with other progressive groups, in conferences or committees designed to promote some activity in entire accord with our teachings—such as, for instance, better race relations.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to Mr. Ellsworth Blackwell, dated November 21, 1948; included in compilation: ‘Bahá’í Approach to Non-Involvement in Partisan Political Activity’, prepared by US Bahá’í National Center, October 2022)
