In a message dated 1/15/2005 12:54:24 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It seems that the harshness of this punishment is, at least in part, related
to and intended to be a deterrent to acts such as the wholesale genocidal
burning of homes & villages
Dear Patti,
 
That's possible, but in cities like Constantinople at the time of Baha'u'llah a simple act of arson could have catastrophic consequences. As I recall much of the city burnt one year.
 
warmest, Susan
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