Directives From the Guardian
211 UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE, MEMBERSHIP
"As regards your question concerning the membership of
the Universal House of Justice, there is a Tablet from `Abdu'l-Baha
in which He definitely states that the membership of the
Universal House is confined to men and that the wisdom of it
will be fully revealed in the future. In the local, as well as the
National Houses of Justice, however, women have the full right
of membership. It is therefore, only to the International
House that they cannot be elected. The Bahá'ís should accept
this statement of the Master in a spirit of deep faith, confident
that there is a divine guidance and wisdom behind it, which
will be gradually unfolded to the eyes of the world."
"Regarding your question, the Master said the wisdom of
having no women on the International House of Justice, would
become manifest in the future. We have no other indication
than this.
"At present there are women on the International Council,
and this will continue as long as it exists, but when the International
House of Justice is elected, there will only be men on
it, as this is the law of the Aqdas."
Directives From the Guardian
pages 79-80
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