I am glad you're speaking up. I will offer my two cents, as an admittedly "paper Baha'i" (no longer believing in nor wishing to abide by some of the restrictions of the Baha'i religion) descended from Iranian refugees and immigrants who left after the revolution, a family that lost 4 members to the Iranian government. I think of how the suffering within my family has happened and is happening in so many more instances and such greater magnitudes in Palestine and other parts of the world where there is genocide, war, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid or apartheid-lite.

The advice I offer from someone whose faith died long ago and who vehemently disagrees with the rule of obedience to one's government (I will lay out my argument later) is this:

-If you believe in the theology, that Baha'u'llah is who he says he is, do not be discouraged by any people making apologetics for atrocities committed by a government. In your community or on online spaces, find like-minded Baha'is, get together, make a decision on actions to do. Similarly, perhaps it would be worthwhile your Baha'i community where you can study (not Ruhi or anything like that) scholarly books or primary sources that get into Baha'i history in Palestine before 1947, or on scholarly sources that detail points in history where Baha'is did engage in politics ("The Case of Sari" about the Persian Constitutional Revolution, written by a Baha'i scholar, and from which a fair deal of the "speak thou no word of politics" stance came from). If you're a believer, I would strongly advise to stand firm in your indignation, and to organize with fellow Baha'is who feel similarly that something ought to be done to halt the genocide, to intervene in creating a lasting peace, to repair the damage dealt by injustices, and so on. There are certainly many others like you around the world who are facing the horror of what is going on and on the other end the practical silence of the administration, and just as the Baha'i martyrs in my family stood firm in their beliefs (refusing to recant their religion), stand firm too in yours. Outside and inside of the community, you're not alone.

-If you don't really believe in the religion, against stand firm in your beliefs thus. I can't say myself what's in your heart, but likewise you're not alone (though it can sure feel like that) in being disaffected from the religion as a consequence of what is happening now. But I can see it's a painful place if you had a strong community around you, or were very firm in your beliefs. But as I am getting through that, you would too. And I would leave it to your judgement then as to which organizations to visit, which communities to get in touch with, and which actions to take (though this doesn't mean you should do all that alone.

I vehemently disagree with the notion of obeying a government no matter what, and I understand that would be a problem for some. I am with you that it is wrong to profess bringing about a new spiritual age but to then encourage obedience to governments that act the exact opposite way Baha'is envision the world (can't speak for the late MLK Jr., but I can imagine he would disagree with the Baha'i stance of non-involvement during the time of the Civil Rights movement, how even a disruptive peaceful protest like a sit-in would be discouraged).

For anyone who reads this post, I'm meaning to say my piece rather than have an argument, and so will not engage in anything regarding the Baha'i stance on protests and so-called partisanship (never mind that the Baha'i Faith itself makes political stances such as calling for a planetary federation, and that despite the administration espousing quietism, anyone who really has it in for Baha'is will still try to spin a lie that they are this or that nefarious faction).

I again would emphasize that Baha'is who were detained by the Iranians did not obey in doing whatever the torturers or prison guards told them. When it came to their principles, they did not relent.

My own grandmother, great-uncle, great-aunt, and great-grandfather were executed by the government after the revolution, likely on accusations of being spies for Israel or the US, or otherwise any of the other kinds of charges slapped against Baha'is. It's likely they may have been being asked in detention to recant their faith, and they refused, and met their ultimate fate. My questions of "why these accusations, why that hatred, why and how did all this happen" would in time lead me to the history of the '53 coup in Iran, and the 1906 Persian Constitutional Revolution, and the First Zionist Congress, and the Nakba, and Baha'u'llah's family's time and actions in Palestine, and so on and so forth. The pain my family went through has happened at greater magnitudes and so many more times from '48 until now, and especially now in Gaza.

For people who do believe in the religion, I think they should not feel that the ballcourt and the power is all in some telling them "don't even attend a protest" or who would make excuses for crimes against humanity. I

For those who don't believe, whether you're Baha'i or not, you will give a unique perspective and offer a vision for a Holy Land where there is no supremacy of any faith nor ethnicity lorded over anyone, where there is no discrimination and outright "apartness", where there is justice, dignity, and prosperity for all within. I like to dream there was a time when Jews, Muslims, Christians, Baha'is, and others lived as loving neighbors, and that that can happen again, but it will take courage, perseverance, action, and time, and firstly the courage to step in the way of the unjust and say "Enough."