TY  - JOUR
ID  - 3564
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/uhj_police_army_weapons
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Police Forces Bearing Arms, Bahá'í Enlistment in
T2  - 
JF  - Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
JA  - BSB
A1  - Universal House of Justice
A2  - 
A3  - 
Y1  - 1995/12
Y2  - 1984
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
SP  - 99
EP  - 100
M2  - 
PB  - 
CY  - 
M1  - 
M3  - UHJ-letters
SN  -         
LA  - English
L3  - 
DO  - 
U1  - 
U2  - 
U3  - 
AB  - Two letters from the House on joining armed police forces, e.g. the Ulster Defence Regiment and the police force in Northern Ireland, and whether they would be allowed to bear arms. Also discussion of consummating marriage, and marrying an atheist.
N1  - First letter includes unrelated mention about the numbers of Bábí martyrs; see more on this topic at uhj_mazandarani_number_martyrs.  Second letter includes unrelated topic: a couple does not have to literally "consummate" their marriage, as long as their intent is to establish a family relationship, and a Bahá'í cannot marry anyone, including an atheist, if he/she refuses to participate in the Bahá'í marriage ceremony.  Both letters published in BSB with permission of recipient.
C1  - 
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Martyrdom
KW  - Military
KW  - Military (armed forces)
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Weapons
ER  -