Even in those countries where the Bahá'í Administration
cannot operate or has had to be disbanded, countries to which have now been
added Afghanistan, the Congo Republic, Niger, Uganda and Vietnam, the
believers, while obedient to their governments, nevertheless staunchly keep
alive the flame of faith.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a message dated
Naw-Ruz 1979; ‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986’)