In Kashan a police inspector bought and carried to
headquarters a Baha’i calendar printed in Tihran and sold at the
Hazirat’ul-Quds in Kashan. The believer who sold the calendar was summoned and
interrogated, and afterward taken to the Department of Justice, where among
other matters he was questioned as to his religion. Infuriated at the reply
that he was a Baha’i, the examiner stated that there are only four recognized
religions in Persia (probably Islam, Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Judaism
-- Editor) and asked to which of these he belonged. The believer repeated that
he was a Baha’i, whereupon the examiner wrote in the registry ‘I have no
religion -- I am a Baha’i,’ and told the believer to sign this statement. The
believer thereupon wrote: ‘I did not say that I have no religion -- I am a
Baha’i’ and to this signed his name. After further investigation a case has
been filed against this believer, the outcome of which is not yet known.
(Baha’i News, no. 81, February 1934)
