Comments on: The Terraces in the Jerusalem Post http://www.bahaiblog.net/2005/05/18/the-terraces-in-the-jerusalem-post/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:45:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Matarael http://www.bahaiblog.net/2005/05/18/the-terraces-in-the-jerusalem-post/#comment-21 Matarael Wed, 18 May 2005 11:33:53 +0000 http://www.bahaiblog.net/?p=51#comment-21 >Although many of the Baha'i's expatriate community, including Smith, have >lived in Israel for upwards of a decade, there is no such thing as a Baha'i >local community. Under the agreement that Baha'i has with the government >of Israel, it does not engage in proselyting activities. That agreement has >been scrupulously honored. Just for the sake of accuracy, it should be noted that there is no such agreement with the government of Israel, this is actually misreporting. Bahá’ís do not teach in Israel because of a verbal command of Bahá’u’lláh, which was upheld by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá then Shoghi Effendi and now the Universal House of Justice. >Although many of the Baha’i’s expatriate community, including Smith, have >lived in Israel for upwards of a decade, there is no such thing as a Baha’i >local community. Under the agreement that Baha’i has with the government >of Israel, it does not engage in proselyting activities. That agreement has >been scrupulously honored.

Just for the sake of accuracy, it should be noted that there is no such agreement with the government of Israel, this is actually misreporting. Bahá’ís do not teach in Israel because of a verbal command of Bahá’u’lláh, which was upheld by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá then Shoghi Effendi and now the Universal House of Justice.

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