"she was also expelled and shunned"

In 2009 Jeffery Goldberg and Janice Franco were declared Covenant Breakers after leaving the mainstream Haifan Baha’i community and joining the Orthodox Baha’i Faith.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17555083/bahai-court-case-robert-stockman/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant-breaker#American_oppositionJeffrey Goldberg's history should be very...

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This is the day wherein the "neither born nor begotten" was born

 حضرت بهاء‌الله در يکى از الواح نازله به مناسبت يوم تولّد خودشان فرموده‌اند:"فيه ولد من لم يلد و لم يولد" يعنى امروز روزى است که "لم يلد و لم يولد" در آن متولّد شد.English Translation : 'in it is the one who is neither born nor begotten' [i.e. in reference to the 3rd verse of Quran 112]; meaning, today is the day wherein the "neither born nor...

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Restrictions to be imposed on a Baha'i who has lost his administrative rights.

•  He cannot attend Nineteen Day Feasts or other meetings for Bahá'ís only, including International Conferences, and therefore cannot take part in consultation on the affairs of the community.•  He cannot contribute to the Bahá'í Fund.•  He cannot receive newsletters and other bulletins whose circulation is restricted to Bahá'ís.• ...

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kept his belief a secret, even denying his relationship to Baha'u'llah

Mirza Rida-Quli Hakim Nuri (1242/1846-1312/1894, see fig. 91), the half-brother of Baha'u'llah and a prominent physician in Tehran, believed in Baha'u'llah but kept his belief a secret, even denying his relationship to Baha'u'llah on one occasion in the presence of the shah. When Baha'u'llah had been released from the Siyah Chal in 1853, it was to...

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a young follower of the Shaykhi school

In 1843 (1258–59 A.H.) Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi—a young follower of the Shaykhi school—claimed to be that “perfect Shi’i,” and by doing so he laid the groundwork for the spread of the Babi movement.(Soli Shahvar, The 1892 Persecution of Jews and Baha’is of Jewish Origin in Hamadan, Jewish Quarterly Review, Volume 108, Number 2, Spring 20...

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The Jews of Hamadan who converted to the Baha'i faith

We also learn that most Jews [of Hamadan] were engaged in a somewhat shady antiquities business, fabricating and selling Greek- and Sassanian-style coins....apart from coin producing, the Jews of Hamadan were also involved in various modest trades (among them masonry, blacksmithing, tailoring, and shoemaking), in professions forbidden to Muslims (such...

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"every activity... is for the purpose of teaching the Faith and confirming people."

The all-important thing of course is that every activity... is for the purpose of teaching the Faith and confirming people. Therefore you and the other Bahá'ís should watch the situation very closely. You should study those who attend the meetings, and when you find one who you feel would become a strong and active Bahá'í, then you should concentrate...

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The rudeness of Ruhiyyih Khanum

You may find this story from a devout Baha'i interesting:The Consolation of Dr. Varqá After an Encounter With Rúhíyyih KhánumThe conversation with Dr. Varqá on the Hadden estate, alluded to above, came at moment when I was recovering from what felt like a severe rebuke from ‘Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum. I wrote “what felt like.” Of course, it wasn’t...

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Abdul Baha received an honorary knighthood, after the Occupation, for his service to the Allied cause.

"During one of my early tours of inspection I met in Haifa for the first time Sir Abbas Abdul Baha : (he received an honorary knighthood, after the Occupation, for his service to the Allied cause), the head of the community of the Bahais, who had most of their followers in Persia and in the United States, but their centre at Acre and Haifa. He looked...

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