Our first and sacred obligation: Non-involvement in politics and obedience to government
Channel: Association for Bahá’í Studies
Date: 2022-09-21

Rolando Aguilera - 2022 ABS Conference

As the Bahá’í community increasingly adopts an outward-looking orientation and takes steps to bring Bahá'u'lláh's teachings to bear on the pressing issues of the day, individual members of the community and the institutions of the Faith are drawn into discursive spaces that can be characterized by partisanship. This presentation seeks to demonstrate the liberating effects of the principle of non-involvement in politics and obedience to government through an examination of guidance from Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice. Finally, this presentation will briefly touch upon some examples of the principle in action.