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

12/18/2016

Enlisting in Armed Forces - August 2, 1971

Bahá'ís cannot voluntarily enlist in any branch of the Armed Forces where they would be subject to orders to engage in the taking of human life. 
- The Universal House of Justice  (From the letter dated 2 August, 1971 to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Fiji Islands; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)