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         While I find the claim of Mason Remey to be weak and poorly supported, it does highlight the weaknesses of the mainstream Baha’is’ claim to administrative authority by the UHJ. For one, the concept of Guardianship was not a…

          The Baha’i Faith has introduced the idea of having an auxiliary language. This is an important Baha’i principle which claims to be a step towards bringing world peace, as ʻAbdu'l-Bahá has been quoted to have said: "One of the…

          The Bahá'í Faith proudly states that it has no priesthood, yet Auxiliary Board Members, Counselors of Continental Boards, individual travel-teaching “stars” and other influential individuals have, to a large extent, either…

           The Bahá'í Faith as it stands today faces a challenge of becoming irrelevant to the sayings of Baha’u’llah and Abdulbaha. Having failed to attract converts and not getting acceptance from the world society, the Bahá'í Faith…

           Ollowing 15 -day jail terms handed down to two Bahá'ís in Tashkent, one of the two, Timur Chekparbayev, who was subsequently expelled from Uzbekistan. The authorities accused the two of missionary activity and proselytism,…

         Recent developments in India regarding the Baha’i Faith may come as an eye-opener for many. For long, I have maintained that the Baha’i Faith is nothing but a front for Zionist activities, directed against Muslims. Ordinary…

          The Baha’is present the personality of Bahaullah in a uniquely flexible manner. Depending upon the faith of the person who is addressed, Bahaullah could be either a prophet, or the promised messiah, or even God Almighty. One…

Abdul-Baha was awarded the title ‘SIR’ by the Britishers for his valuable services. Quote “…Sir ‘Abbas Effendi ‘Abdu’l-Baha had travelled extensively in Europe and America to expound his doctrines, and on the 4th December, 1919 , was…

             The theory of the Manifestation of God - a strange theory quite alien to the Islamic world was concocted by the Bab and refined and supported by Bahaullah. According to this theory, the Divine Being would continue to…

            (Professor of History at the University of Michigan) Originally published in The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 37, No. 2 (June 1998): 234-248. Despite the large literature on American religious bodies,…