Excommunication for associating with a Covenant-breaker

Parvine Afnan Shahid, the daughter of the marriage between two grand-children of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was determined by the Universal House of Justice to be a covenant-breaker in 1996, since by virtue of her continued association with this lady, another Bahá’í was declared a covenant-breaker. (Letter of Universal House of Justice to National Spiritual Assembly...

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Baha'i issue in Iran explained by a former Persian Baha'i

In Iran, Baha'i faith is mostly frowned upon for the following reasons:1- It is viewed as a cult. Whether some people feel offended by the word 'cult' or not, that is how most Iranians see them. You can also see the testimonies of people on /r/exbahai for more info.2- Historically, the leaders have flourished under the protection of Iran's...

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Udo Schaefer about Law on Property Inheritance in the Baha'i faith

Legal succession is based on quotas or shares (as is also the case in the estate laws of Islam). The decedent’s estate (al-mawarith) is divided into two thousand five hundred and twenty parts and shared among seven categories of heirs, namely the children, spouse, father, mother, brothers, sisters and teachers of the deceased. Persons who are not Baha’is...

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Excommunication under Baha’i law by Udo Schaefer

The divine law does not contain a legal definition of this offense, but from the scriptural passages, it is clear that only exponents of subversion and sedition are covenant-breakers (naqidu'l-mithaq): they who "sow the seeds of doubt in the hearts of men" and promote "discord" and bring about "division." 'Abdu'l-Baha calls them "mischief-makers" who...

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Can a Christian Become a Baha'i?

William Miller says that the Bahá'ís have stolen their theology from Christianity. He writes:[n]o religion has been so widely misrepresented in its presentation in the West... voluntary missionaries have represented the faith as an enlightened humanism with a new and original message of universal peace. As a matter of fact, there is not one truth in...

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Articles 13 and 14 of the Iranian Constitution

Articles 13 and 14 of the Iranian Constitution.Article 13 [Recognized Religious Minorities]Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian Iranians are the only recognized religious minorities, who, within the limits of the law, are free to perform their religious rites and ceremonies, and to act according to their own canon in matters of personal affairs and religious...

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Baha'i faith "resembles other esoteric offshoots of Shi'ite Islam"

Former Baha'i, Historian and Scholar, Juan Cole says that the Baha'i faith "resembles other esoteric offshoots of Shi'ite Islam such as Ismailism or the Nusayris in having an onion-like series of layers, with an outward one presented to outsiders."https://bahai-library.com/cole_mcmullen_ba...

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"participation in anti-apartheid demonstrations and protest activities could be construed as involvement in politics, and therefore should be avoided."

April 16. On this date in 1985, the Universal House of Justice wrote an NSA "participation in anti-apartheid demonstrations and protest activities could be construed as involvement in politics, and therefore should be avoided."1805. The Bahá'í Must Scrupulously Avoid Involvement in Political Issues Therefore Cannot Participate in Anti-Apartheid Demonstrations"In...

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Babism is abrogated and replaced by the Baha'i faith

Babism and Baha'ism are both correlative and almost inseparable. Both are the part of the same religion, and have almost identical beliefs and doctrines, with the difference that Babism is considered to be the essential precedent to, and an integral part of Baha'ism. As according to Muslim belief Judaism is considered to have been abrogated and replaced by...

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"Tablet explaining this existed but had been stolen by Covenant-breakers."

The obligatory prayer should be said facing the qiblih (point of adoration, i.e. the direction to face in prayer). The Báb had specified that in prayer believers should face Him Whom God shall make manifest. Thus during His lifetime Bahá'ís prayed facing the person of Bahá'u'lláh. `Abdu'l-Bahá later explained that after Bahá'u'lláh's death, the qiblih...

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Recantation of the Bab

To appease the 'ulama and calm public excitement, he was then brought to the Friday congregation in the Vakil mosque and urged by Shaykh Abu Turab, the imam jum'a of Shiraz (and a friend of the Bab’s uncles), to renounce claims made by or attributed to him. In conformity with his own policy of prudence, in his statement from the pulpit the Bab denied...

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The glory of Sunni and Shia Islam shall be turned into the most abject abasement - Abdul Baha

The voice of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Center of the Covenant of God, has, likewise, been raised, announcing the dire misfortunes which were to overtake, soon after His passing, the ecclesiastical hierarchies of both Sunní and Shí’ih Islám. “This glory,” He has written, “shall be turned into the most abject abasement, and this pomp and might converted into...

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