“There are many other avenues through which the believers can assist in times of war by enlisting in services of a non-combatant nature — services that do not involve the direct shedding of blood — such as ambulance work, anti-air raid precaution service, office and administrative works, and it is for such types of national service that they should volunteer.”
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 406)
“The Bahá’í Teachings, indeed, condemn, emphatically and unequivocally, any form of physical violence, and warfare in the battlefield is obviously a form, and perhaps the worst form which such violence can assume.”
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 406)
Yes. “The question is basically a matter of conscience, and in each case the Bahá’í involved must use his judgment in determining when to stop in self-defense lest his action deteriorate into retaliation.”
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 116)
“It is true that Bahá’ís are not pacifists since we uphold the use of force in the service of justice and upholding the law. But we do not believe that war is very necessary and its abolition is one of the essential purposes and brightest promises of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation.” – Lights of Guidance, p. 436
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