“orders had been given to beat me and throw me out”

"According to Ruhi Afhan, he was even banned from visiting Baha’u’llah’s tomb, and threatened by Shoghi Effendi’s wife, who informed him that “orders had been given to beat me and throw me out” if he ever went to the Shrine. This only changed as a result of a lawsuit by Kamar Bahai in 1952."

(Letter by Ruhi Mohsen Afnan to the Baha’i Spiritual Assembly of Iran, 1970)

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