Directives From the Guardian

9 ALLÁH-U-ABHÁ (Bahá'í Greeting)

"The Bahá'ís are free to greet each other with Alláh-u-Abha when they meet, if they want to, but they should avoid anything which to outsiders, in a western country, might seem like some strange Oriental password. We must be very firm on principles and laws, but very normal and natural in our ways, so as to attract strangers."