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Posted: 21 May 2009
Posted: 21 May 2009
This surely is a time for the gallantry of illumined souls. Very dear friends, we pray that you can be counted among this noble company.
Video at: http://www.vimeo.com/4604825
On May 14, 2008, six of the seven members of the ad-hoc governing body of the Bahá'ís of Iran were arrested and taken to the notorious Evin Prison. Last week marked the one-year anniversary of their arrests (the seventh had been arrested on March 5, 2008). Since then, they have been held without access to their legal counsel, Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi.
They have been charged on the baseless accusations of "espionage for Israel, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic Republic" and, most recently, "spreading corruption on earth."
They are men and women, mothers and fathers, some of whom have a history of persecution in their families. Among them are: a developmental psychologist, an agricultural engineer, an educator and school principal, a social worker, an optometrist, an industrialist, and a factory owner.
In a letter written on September 9, 2007 to Bahá'í students deprived of access to higher education in Iran, the Universal House of Justice wrote:
Service to others to others is the way. Let it be your watchword, 'Abdu'l-Bahá being your exemplar. Like Him, you can find practical ways of serving your fellow citizens. Strive to work hand-in-hand, shoulder-to-shoulder, with your fellow citizens in your efforts to promote the common good.
As we keep them in our thoughts and prayers, and as we work, in whatever way we can, to speak out against this injustice, let us remember the poignant words of the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá'ís in Iran, in a letter written on November 26, 2003:
Your long night will end, and you will have the joy of witnessing with your own eyes the might structures your sacrifices have raised.
Source: http://www.bahaiperspectives.com/current-affairs/2009/05/21/the-gallantry-of-illumined-souls/
