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87. Should ye condemn the arsonist and the murderer to life imprisonment, it would be permissible according to the provisions of the Book. # 62 |
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Shoghi Effendi, in response to a question about this verse of
the Aqdas, affirmed that while capital punishment is
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permitted, an alternative, “life imprisonment”, has been
provided “whereby the rigours of such a condemnation can
be seriously mitigated”. He states that “Bahá’u’lláh has
given us a choice and has, therefore, left us free to use our
own discretion within certain limitations imposed by His
law”. In the absence of specific guidance concerning the
application of this aspect of Bahá’í law, it remains for the
Universal House of Justice to legislate on the matter in the
future.
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