I had the same thought and then I thought, "if all religions are false, what would I have to lose by remaining a Baha'i?"Money. Instead of giving 19% of my surplus (i.e. income after essential expenses) to the UHJ, I could actually help those who are less fortunate with that money. Baha'is have no say on how the UHJ spends huququllah, and there is...
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Bahai is more of a surveillance cult like Scientology and Ahmadiyya.
One exBaha'i claimsBahai is more of a surveillance cult like Scientology and Ahmadiyya. They spy on, track and harass former members of their community, operating like a quasi-intelligence agency.https://redd.it/132f...
Friday, April 28, 2023
Baha'i laws are inconsistent
Oddly enough, there are occasional inconsistencies between the reformist letters of Bahāʾ Allāh’s later period and the legalist text of the Aqdas. The liberalizing emphasis on the equality of men and women is ill-matched by the law of marriage (which allows a man two wives), or regulations such as that awarding a man’s house and clothing to his male,...
Abdul Baha says about the Babi and Baha'i communities and their teachings
Abdul-Baha, Bab, Baha'i Law, Bayan, Denis MacEoin
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ʿAbd al-Bahāʾ stressed even more than did his father the contrast between the Bābī and Bahāʾī communities and their teachings. In one passage, having referred to the Bahāʾī obligation to associate with all men in a spirit of love, he goes on to say that ‘this is one of the religious duties of the Bahāʾī community, not of the Bayānīs (i.e. Bābīs). The...
Dayyan established his own sect
Bayan, Denis MacEoin, Izziyyih Khanum, Subh-i-Azal
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In her well-known risāla written in reply to a letter from
ʿAbbās Effendi, ʿIzziyya Khānum (Sultān Khānum), a sister of Subh-i Azal,
states that Dayyān “openly and in public apostatized from the faith of the
Bayān, and in numerous gatherings spoke without concealment in refutation of
his holiness the Primal Point” and says that he even burned a large...
offensive holy war was ordained by the Bab, and the Baha'i representation of the Bab and His message is inaccurate.
In various places MacEoin has argued that an offensive, and not merely a defensive, holy war was ordained by the Báb, and that the Bahá’í representation of the Báb and His message is inaccurate. MacEoin’s views on this issue are summarized in his 1982 article,“The Babi Concept of Holy War.”(Gate of the Heart by Nader Saiedi)But Nader Saiedi being a...
Denis MacEoin's sources
I must also express my very deep thanks to my supervisor, Professor Laurence Elwell-Sutton, for so kindly undertaking the supervision of my work at a remove of several hundred miles and for his patient understanding of my aims and methods; to the Northern Ireland Department of Education for their financial support during the first three years of my...
mythologizing Baha'i history and modern Baha'is are not accustomed to see these figures
As a simple example of how mythologizing can harm both the truth and people’s ability to hold to a higher truth, I will mention something that is not in these pages. Elsewhere, I have shown calculations, based on original histories, that demonstrate beyond a shadow of doubt that the number of Babis killed between 1844 and the early 1850s amounted to...
Most of Qurrat al-'Ayn's considerable output of apologetic writing has been destroyed or lost.
Azali, Denis MacEoin, History, Subh-i-Azal, Tahirih
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Unfortunately, there is good reason to believe that most of Qurrat al-'Ayn's considerable output of apologetic writing has been destroyed or lost. Something of the extent of this output is indicated by Muḥammad Muṣṭafá al-Baghdádí. He says that, when she was in Kirmánsháh in 1263/1847, letters would arrive for her every day from ulama and other enquirers....
Nabil Zarandi's history (The Dawn-Breakers) is partisan, hagiographic, and frequently mistaken about dates and other vital details.
A further difficulty with Zarandi's text lies in the rather late date of its composition. The author, originally known as Mullá Muḥammad and later as Nabíl-i Zarandí or Nabíl-i A'zam, was born in the village of Zarand on 18 Şafar 1247/29 July 1831. He himself states that he became a Bábí in 1265/1848-49.684 His history of the sect up to 1853 was begun...
Baha'u'llah must have mistaken these words as part of the Bab's original text.
In fact, two sections from the Panj sha'n in INBMC 64 more or less equal what we may presume to have been the text of the Lawḥ-i hurúfát. This, in turn, would explain a passage reading: 'What was sent down for his excellency al-Asad, the single, the unique, illumined with the eternal light, the name of God, ad-Dayyán, quoted by Bahá' Alláh in the letters...
Abdul Baha mistakenly describes it as the first book written by the Bab
The Qayyúm al-asmá’ is generally agreed to have been the first work written by Shírází after 22 May 1844. We have already quoted (Abbás Effendi, who mistakenly describes it as ‘the first book (nakhustín kitáb) ever written by the Báb. He may very well have taken the idea from a passage in his father’s Kitáb-i íqán, where the Qayyúm al-asmá’ is described...
Baha'i scholar Nader Saiedi about the claims of the Bab
In those texts, written during the first three years of
His ministry (May 1844–May 1847), the Báb claims to be the Gate to the hidden
Twelfth Imám. He also frequently refers to Himself as the “Remembrance of God”
(Dhikru’lláh). However, in His later writings, those set down during the last
three years of His life (May 1847–July 1850), the Báb declares...
It is incumbent upon every one not to take any step without consulting the Spiritual Assembly
‘Abdu’l-Bahá says:“It is incumbent upon every one not to take any step without consulting the Spiritual Assembly, and they must assuredly obey with heart and soul its bidding and be submissive unto it, that things may be properly ordered and well arranged...”(Bahá’í Administration by Shoghi Effendi published by US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1974...
What is the difference between a Haifan Baha'i and a Unitarian Baha'i?
Covenant, House of Justice (UHJ), Muhammed Ali (Ghusn)
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If you ask a Haifan Baha'i why they believe the UHJ is infallible, it will not happen that they pull out a single verse or paragraph by Baha'u'llah and say "this is why". No, instead they will say "Let me tell you about The Covenant". They believe the UHJ is infallible not because of some concrete writing by Baha'u'llah, but instead because of the...
Thursday, April 27, 2023
One exBaha'i shares his experience.
One God known by many names beyond human understanding - YesUnity- By eliminating racial inequality? YesBy eliminating social inequality? Yes…and No. The presented idea is that, in the future when the world is mostly Baha’i, that there will be social strata, but without the extremes of social injustice.By equalizing men & women? Yes…and No. Women...
Regarding the Baha'is of Iran one Muslim shared his observation.
America (United States), Persian-speaking Baha'is, Personal Observations
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Regarding the Baha'is of Iran one Muslim wrote the following:As for Iran, the world is against Iran. I have serious doubts about the veracity of news reports about Iran, especially related to the treatment of Iranian Baha’is. A coworker of mine is an Iranian Baha’i. He is living in Canada for more than 35 years. He has visited his family many times...
Monday, April 24, 2023
Friday, April 21, 2023
"he asked the Universal House of Justice for forgiveness"
Covenant, Covenant-Breakers, House of Justice (UHJ)
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When Drs. Leland and Opal Jensen accepted Mason Remey as the second Guardian and wrote letters to the Mauritian Bahá’ís trying to bring them into the Remey camp, Dan was disappointed that he did not get one of these letters. So he wrote to them and Dr Jensen sent him a stack of literature about Mason Remey’s claim to distribute to the ‘waverers’, which...
Thursday, April 20, 2023
"True Religion Means Loving Your Enemy" !
Afterward "The Wolf," whom Bahá’u’lláh condemned in His Lawh-i-Burhán ("Tablet of the Proof") and called "the last trace of sunlight upon the mountain-top," saw the steady decline of his prestige and died miserably, in acute remorse. As for his accomplice Mír Muhammad-Husayn, Bahá’u’lláh stigmatized him as the "She-Serpent," and declared him to be...
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Baha'i terminologies
Bahá'ís use terminology in ways that was not intended. Bahá'ís don't have censorship, they have "review." They don't proselytize, they "teach." They don't have missionaries, they have "pioneers." They don't have prophets, they are called "manifestations." And so for...
"In this Dispensation, divine guidance flows on to us in this world after the Prophet’s ascension, through first the Master, and then the Guardians."
While the Guardianship was to be a perpetual institution of the Administrative Order, it ceased to exist after the death of Shoghi Effendi because he died having violated Bahá'u'lláh's command in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas that "Unto everyone hath been enjoined the writing of a will." Having no children of his own and having declared every living...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Poem on the "Entry by Troops"
Oh Baha'i faithful, hear my taleOf the "Entry by Troops" that did failThe year 2000 was meant to beThe time when hordes would flock to theeBut now the year has come and goneAnd still, we wait for this grand dawnThe disappointment surely stingsAs many Baha'is spread their wingsThey leave the faith they once held dearTheir hopes and dreams crushed by...
Monday, April 17, 2023
only we could not interpret the word "turn towards” as they have done
Abdul-Baha, Covenant-Breakers, Muhammed Ali (Ghusn)
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Where is that freedom of thought which is the cause of the progress of the world, and what became of the commands of the Supreme Pen? He said, “O people of the world! The creed of God is for love and union; make it not the cause of discord and dissension.” Today we hear and observe nothing but malice and hatred, and the condition [of the Baha’i faith]...
Muhammad-‘Ali did not claim special authority or ability
Kheiralla continued to offer his teachings to interested persons. But whereas he had been successful in the 1890s (when he had converted hundreds in a few years), he made few converts as an independent religious teacher. The primary reason for his failure may have been the changes in the “pith” of his teachings: Kheiralla could no longer teach that...
Saturday, April 15, 2023
One of the most irritating things about mainstream Baha'is
House of Justice (UHJ), Muhammed Ali (Ghusn), Personal Observations
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One of the most irritating things about mainstream Baha'is is the dance they do if you ask them why the UHJ is infallible. First they say the UHJ is infallible because Abdul Baha said so. Then you ask them if Abdul Baha is really infallible then they will post quotes by Shoghi Effendi "explaining the station of Abdul Baha". Then if you say Shoghi Effendi...
Forget unity in diversity... Baha'i faith is itself split into different factions and micro factions
Forget unity in diversity, ever since the Bab died, the entire Baha'i faith has been split into different factions and micro factions, so there isn't even unity within the faith! Baha'u'llah was against Azal, Abdul-Baha was against Muhammad Ali, Shoghi was against his family, Maxwell was against Remey... didn't Jesus, who Baha'u'llah is supposed to...
August J. Stenstrand
This was August J. Stenstrand who during the period of Behaist decline became a follower of Subh-i Azal, and having been unanimously voted out of the “First Central Church of the Manifestation” of the “Society of the Behaists of America” in May 1906, proceeded to circulate a series of five ‘Calls of Attention to the Behaists or Babists of America.”...
Thursday, April 13, 2023
friends should shun & avoid him & ignore him altogether.
My dear and precious co-workers:Your last two letters dated June 5, 26 have been carefully read, & I hasten to inform you that regarding Stenstrand, he is an Azalí & the friends should shun & avoid him & ignore him altogether. He is after mischief & dissension. Your true brother, Shoghihttps://bahai.works/Messages_to_the_Antipo...
In the early years of the American Baha’i community, many Baha’is were occultists
Abdul-Baha, America (United States), Covenant-Breakers
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In the early years of the American Baha’i community, many Baha’is were occultists, including those who believed they had acquired special knowledge or instructions through dreams or visions. As the community grew, the number of occultists declined. In 1917-1918, the orthodox Baha’is tried to expunge the esoteric Baha’is from the community. This was...
"Chicago Reading Room Affair"
Abdul-Baha, America (United States), Covenant-Breakers
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In the Chicago community, a few Baha’is started their own group called the “Reading Room” against the wishes of the Chicago House of Spirituality. Several letters among the Hannen papers allude to this situation. One of the people involved with the Reading Room was declared a Covenant-breaker by ‘Abdu'l-Baha, and as a result of this person’s disobedience,...
Baha'u'llah's second and third wives, as well as their children, became the covenant-breakers.
The second wife of Bahá'u'lláh, whom He married in Tihran in 1849, was Fatimih Khanum, usually referred to as Mahd-i-'Ulya. She was a cousin of Bahá'u'lláh and gave birth to six children, of whom four survived. They were one daughter, Samadiyyih, and three sons, Muhammad-'Ali, Diya'u'llah and Badi'u'llah. These four, along with their mother, violated...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Harrison Gray Dyar
Despite the scientific community’s respect for Dyar’s many achievements while employed by the Smithsonian Institute as a leading researcher in the study of insects, his personal behaviour got him into trouble. His infamy increased when a vehicle travelling on a public street in the vicinity of DuPont Circle fell into one of his tunnels. The authorities...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
should they bring sorrow to his holy heart, all their good works and devotions would become as scattered dust.
...during the two last years [of the Bab’s life and mission] all that emanated from the Supreme Pen bore reference to His Highness the Fruit [of the Beyan], whom he [i. e. the Bab] recommended to all the people of the Beyan, saying that should they bring sorrow, even to the extent of the mention of aught, on his holy heart, all their good works and...
Guillermo Sotomayor and Eduardo Gonzalez Expelled from Faith
The following cablegram, dated July 20, from the Hands of the Faith residing in the Holy Land to the National Spiritual Assembly of Ecuador is published here for the information and protection of all Bahá’ís who have had or may in the future have any contact with these two persons:“Owing (to) continuation (of their) activities (in) undermining (the)...
A piece of land owned by the sister of Ameen Farid
The second parcel belonged to the wife of Sydney Sprague, who was also the sister of Ameen Farid, ‘Abdul-Baha’s secretary during His travels in the West who defied the Master in 1914 and had become a Covenant-breaker. When Sydney’s wife supported Farid, Sydney had initially remained loyal to her and was expelled from the Faith. Ultimately, he left...
Monday, April 10, 2023
Husayn Ghani and his son Ruhi
To protect the Faith, the beloved Guardian had instructed the Baha’is of Iran not to go to America even for study or as tourists. The majority of Baha'is obeyed this instruction, but unfortunately a few disobeyed and were expelled from the Faith by the beloved Guardian. One complicated case was that of Husayn Ghani, His son Ruhi, was a registered Baha’i,...
Sunday, April 9, 2023
Red [Marxist] Bahaism
Similarly, with regard to Baha'i theology, Dyar maintained that it was unnecessary to believe in the Manifestations of God, their divinity, or indeed any "cosmic conception."Increasingly using Reality as a vehicle for the promotion of his own ideas, Dyar was still ready to give space to alternative viewpoints related to the Baha’i movement, no matter...
Women will be barred once the NSA are converted to the NHJ
One exBaha'i says:Women are allowed to serve on Spiritual Assemblies. What Baha'i women may not realize is that the Spiritual Assemblies will eventually end (according to Baha'i theory) and then they will be superseded by National and Local Houses of Justice. Only men are allowed on a House of Justice.Baha'i women are working hard for the future subjugation...