Ali Murad Davudi was a distinguished scholar, researcher and prolific author who taught philosophy in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tehran. Many of his talks-on topics such as non-involvement in politics, the true nature of freedom, and life after death, for example- were recorded and widely distributed among the Baha'is in Iran. On November 11, 1979, Dr. Davudi was kidnapped while walking alone in a park. His body was never recovered.