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I was not yet born in 1980, when the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Iran was arrested under similar circumstances, and disappeared. Assuredly those dear friends were executed. If history is any indication, the Baha’is who were arrested on Wednesday, May 14th 2008 will be imprisoned, threatened, told that if they would only recant their faith in Baha’u'llah as the Promised One of all ages all of the abuse would stop, and then either imprisoned indefinitely or executed. Either way, these women and men are heroes who have placed their lives in danger for upholding a remarkable belief in the absolute unity of humankind.
In their radiance, their detachment and courage, they call to mind those early heroes of the Baha’i Faith recounted in Nabil’s Narrative: The Dawnbreakers.
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We are all praying for those wonderful brave souls!
Puerto Rico
The University of Washington Baha’i club has initiated a month long prayer campaign to aid and comfort them. The prayers for protection I say on their behalf are invested with new meaning to me.
“Armed with the power of Thy name, nothing can ever hurt me, and with Thy love in my heart all the world’s afflictions can in no wise alarm me.”
- Baha’u'llah