“Now we make a similar appeal to the heads of the religion of Islám, not to complain of the government, but to invoke those spiritual powers which have greater influence than civil rule over the thoughts and motives of the heart. Our plea is that you heed the wrongs committed by followers and teachers of Islám in the name of religion. Can anyone still believe that a religion will prosper by drinking the blood of innocent men and women? Do not wise persons in all countries understand that when evil passions are aroused against the alleged enemies of any religion, they invariably, in the providence of God, return to their source and rend the religion itself in twain? Thus it would be a true service to Islám, as well as to humanity, if the chiefs of the religion of Muḥammad should now counsel mercy and give forth teachings of peace.”

Several small Bahá’í communities have been founded among the Islámic populations of the Mediterranean countries of North Africa through the efforts of the Bahá’ís of Egypt. In South Africa the Cause is well established in Capetown, the first believer being a man who received the message from 'Abdu'l-Baha during 1912 in New York City. The first Bahá’í teacher to visit South Africa was Miss Fanny Knobloch, who arrived in 1920 and for two years journeyed to many parts of South Africa. Miss Knobloch is preparing to return to this field with the intention of devoting the rest of her life to the development of the Movement in South Africa.

A notable event in the history of the Cause in Capetown was the brief visit paid by Miss Martha Root during her world tour in 1924. At that time Miss Root was enabled to hold many large public meetings in Capetown, and radio as well as newspaper facilities were placed at her disposal.

The message of Bahá’u’lláh was brought to Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Norfolk Islands and other islands of the Antipodes by Mr. and Mrs. Hyde Dunn, two believers formerly resident in the United States.

By combining his teaching work with a business occupation which caused him to travel throughout the islands, Mr. Dunn in a few years’ time was enabled to lay foundations of interest which have since eventuated in the election of several local Spiritual Assemblies. The believers of Australia and New Zealand at present expect to be able to elect a National Spiritual Assembly within the next two years.

The Australian friends gratefully acknowledge the remarkable help given them by Miss Martha Root in 1924 and by Mr. Siegfried Schopflocher of Montreal, Quebec, in 1927. The believers of Australia and New Zealand publish a quarterly Bahá’í magazine entitled Herald of the South. It is a matter of interesting record to refer to the success with which the Australian believers have combined the Bahá’í teachings with their promotion of Esperanto.

Lacking late reports of activities in India and Burma, it is possible at this time only to make the briefest reference to the Bahá’í work in that country. The Cause has made steady progress in India and Burma, and a National Spiritual Assembly has been elected annually for many years. The special racial and religious difficulties of India provide increasingly a fertile field for the Bahá’í message of religious unity, and the Hindu and Muḥammadan believers by their example of sympathy and co-operation have created a nucleus of religious unity which is beginning, especially in educational centers, to produce far-reaching results. A monthly magazine is published by the believers of India in three languages, Persian, English and Burmese. One example of the penetration of the Bahá’í message in India was published some months ago in the Bahá’í magazine, Star of the West: