On the News Comes in: Baha’is elect Universal House of Justice
By george wesley dannells on Apr 30, 2008 in All categories
The news comes in. Great news! -gw
30 April 2008 (BWNS)
HAIFA, Israel – The results of the election of the nine members of the Universal House of Justice, the governing body of the Baha’i Faith, have been announced.
Delegates to the Tenth International Baha’i Convention cast ballots yesterday for membership in the council that serves as the head of the religion.
Those elected are Farzam Arbab, Kiser Barnes, Peter Khan, Hooper Dunbar, Firaydoun Javaheri, Paul Lample, Payman Mohajer, Shahriar Razavi, and Gustavo Correa.
On Apr 30, 2008, Barmak Kusha said:
Look at their faces, they look not like “victors” in a “contest,” but rather like losers don’t they? That is if we consider what goes for elections in the world as the norm. No, “humbly, [they] accept the verdict of the delegates,” as a dear former member of this body once said. The “verdict!” God does of course protect them all, but what a burden….