A collection of chronologically issued answers to some of the questions submitted by individual believers and institutions

10/20/2016

Ignorance of the Baha’i law and sanctions - May 20, 1971

If the Assembly has reason to suspect that the person concerned was ignorant of Bahá'í Law it will wish to investigate this fact before applying sanctions. . . . This should not involve unreasonable delay, especially if the Assembly is unable to evoke any response from the offender.
- The Universal House of Justice  (From a letter dated May 20, 1971, to a National Spiritual Assembly; Developing Distinctive Baha'i Communities, NSA of USA, 1998 edition)