the Baha'i divorce rate in the United States was above the national average

Typical of the book's uncritical idealizing are the references (pp.158-59, 164, 203) to Baha'i marriage and family life. We are told, for example, that 'the institution of marriage must be restored to its position as the foundation on which civilization can flourish' and that 'the public will be watching to see whether... Baha'i marriages and family life represent a new beginning: whether the teachings of Baha'u'llah give hope that the general trend toward the disintegration of this basic social building block can be reversed' (p.203). What we are not told is that, some years ago at least, the Baha'i divorce rate in the United States was above the national average; or, for that matter, that Baha'i law permits a man to marry two wives (the current ruling that requires monogamy is an administrative, not a spiritual obligation, according to Shoghi Effendi), Or that another law allows a husband to repudiate his wife unilaterally if, on consummation of the marriage, he discovers her not to be a virgin.

(Denis MacEoin (1987) Article, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Bulletin, 13:2, 193-208)

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