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June 21

Were ye to refer to history, ye would find countless similar instances, each and all due to the interference of religious leaders in political affairs. These souls are meant to issue the ordinances of God, not to enforce them. That is, whenever the government inquireth of them, in matters of greater or lesser consequence, concerning the exigencies of the law of God and the true purport of His ordinances, they should set forth that which hath been deduced from His laws and is consonant with His religion. Beyond this, what can they know of political matters, of the protection of the subjects, the management of important affairs, the welfare and prosperity of the nation, the administration of the laws and statutes of the realm, and of internal and external issues? 
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha  (Extract from Risaliy-i-Siyasiyyih, authorized translation by the Baha’i World Center; included in a letter dated 18 April 2001 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer)