“He is, in truth, the Omnipotent, the Unconstrained!
O Lord of Names and Fashioner of the Heavens!
Free Thy lovers from the prison of the enemy.
Verily, Thou art the Sovereign Ordainer of Thine irrevocable decree,
He Who alone shineth resplendent on the horizon of creation.
O Everlasting Root! By the life of the All-Glorious,
deprive them not of hope, nay rather aid and assist them.
Verily, Thou rulest as Thou pleasest and within Thy grasp lie the kingdoms of creation.
The fangs of Thine enemies have been whetted, ready to bite into the flesh of Thy lovers.
Protect these companions,
O Thou Who rulest over all humankind and art the Judge on the Day of Judgment…”
– Baha’u’llah
For the past 2 years, 7 Bahai leaders in Iran have been put on trial by the Iranian government without any charges given.
They are : Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadir, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie ,Mrs. Mahvash Sabet, Mr. Behrouz Tavakkoli, Mr. Vahid Tizfahm.
You may ask what their crime was, well it was simply their religion, the Baha’i Faith.
The trial of the seven Baha’i leaders ended on 14 June 2010 after six brief sessions, characterized by their lack of due legal process.
The trial of the seven Bahai’s was in many ways the trial of an entire community of more than 300,000 Iranian Baha’is. Over the last 30 years, more than 200 Baha’is have been killed, hundreds more imprisoned, and thousands deprived of jobs, education, and the freedom to worship.
The charges against the seven reflects the kinds of false accusations and campaign of misinformation that Iran’s regime has used to defame Baha’is for decades.
The initial sentence of 20 years imprisonment for each of the defendants, met with outrage and condemnation throughout the world. The jail terms were later reduced to 10 years, according to information conveyed orally to their lawyers.
We pray for their strength and courage throughout this time, and hope that their jail terms will decrease even more.
He is the All-Glorious!
O God, my God! Verily, Thou seest Thy servants acting with sincerity toward the whole of mankind, even the ill-disposed enemy. They are serving the entire human race with pure hearts and sanctified breasts and are exposed to grave danger. Darts are aimed at them, arrows directed towards them. Spears are pointed at them, swords drawn against them.
-Abdu’l-Baha
