Theocracy

Letters

• https://bahai-library.com/uhj_theocracy
• https://bahai-library.com/uhj_takfir
• https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/the-universal-house-of-justice/messages/20000718_001/1

Rights of minority non-Bahá'í citizens in a future Bahá'í state

"As to your question concerning the rights of the minority of non-Bahá'í citizens in a Bahá'í state, it is clear from the writings of our Faith that under a Bahá'í system the rights of minorities of any type must always be respected and upheld. Just as Bahá'ís today show obedience and loyalty to the government but refuse to bow to the majority if they are asked to deny their faith, so in the future, when the majority is represented by the Faith the Bahá'ís will not force the minority to become followers of Bahá'u'lláh but they will expect the minority to be similarly obedient and loyal. As you indicate the ways of the world are basically and usually at variance with this standard ...

"The ultimate safeguard in the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh to ensure that this principle and all its other fundamental tenets are not violated is the Universal House of Justice, which, as its Constitution clearly stipulates, is charged with the responsibility of maintaining the integrity of the teachings and of safeguarding their inviolability."

(9 March 1977, written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer, in Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity, no. 181)

See also

• State religion
• Bahá'í State
• Minorities within a future Bahá'í state
• Separation of church and state

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