The claims of Bahaullah

• He considers Bab as his heralder. But is he the \"Man Yazharahullaho\"?
• He considered himself a prophet (God Passes By).
• He claims to be God.
• \"There is no God but Me, the Honoured, the Wise.\" (Kitabe Aqdas, page 42)
• \"Take what the Ancient Hand gives you.\"(Kitabe Aqdas, page 96)
• \"There is no God but Me, the securer, the regulator. Certainly We have sent the prophets and revealed the books.\" (Kitabe Aqdas, page 58)
• \"The God of eternity is in the prison.\" (Iqtedarat page 36)
• \"Everything other than Me is created by My command.\" (Kitabe Mobeen)
• \"I am the Greatest Branch (Abdul Baha) without any partners.\" (Behjatus Sudoor)
• \"We Baha’is are certain of the eternal beauty.\" (Behjatus Sudoor page 217)
• \"Surely I am God. There is no God but me, the Lord of all things. Everything other than Me is My creation, then O My creation you worship Me.\" (Tajalliyate Baha, Tajalli 4)
• Baha considers himself to be a Worthless Ant (Asare Kalame Aala vol.4 page 364)

So many personalities in a single person! This is truly fantastic.

Apart from those discussed above there are yet five principles:

Equality between men and women:

This statement is just to please women and in reality is just hogwash.

Let us review some Baha’i rules about gender equality

• No women are included in the 9-member Universal House of Justice (UHJ) with the sole exception of the widow of Shoghi Affendi. Why only this lady is included? Is she not a normal woman!
• The shroud to be given by the eldest male child. Women are disallowed.
• Dower to be given to women only.
• Polygamy is acceptable but polyandry is banned.
• If a man wishes to travel he should inform his wife of the time duration, which if exceeds nine months the lady has right to remarry. Then if the husband does not specify the time of his journey the wife should wait for him all her life.
• Maintenance of women is obligatory on the man.
• Only women should attend to the household chores.
• No Hajj for women. Nor are they expected to keep the fasts lapsed during the days of menstruation. Why? Tahera Qazvini sanctified her life for Bahaullah but her grave is not included in the Hajj. Why was her body not brought to Akka like others?
• The house and the clothes of a deceased are the sole property of the eldest male child and nothing is there for women. Is this not inequality?

Equality and justice for one and all.
Firstly this is not a new principle - rather all religions and societies aim for its achievement. Secondly, it is important to see how have the Baha’is interpreted this.

The Baha’is killed Mohammad Ibrahim by throwing him into the river Tigris for not believing in Bahaullah\'s call. (The Book of Haji Maftoon, page 23).

They tried to assassinate Nasiruddin Shah the king of Iran.

Bahaullah killed one hundred and thirty people in one night and plundered their belongings (Nuktatul Qaf page 161).

Bahaullah ill treated his brother Subhe Azal and Abdul Baha did worse to his brother Mohammad Ali.

Let us now see the Babi teachings in this regard.

· Babis! God has made war obligatory upon you. Capture cities and people for Babism (Bayan chapter 1)

· Do not let those who do not believe in the Bayan remain on the earth (Bayan chapter 1)

· Snatch the wealth of those who do not believe in the Bayan (Bayan Arabic chapter 5)

· Rejectors of Bab! Even if you take bath 1000 times in a day, you shall remain unclean.( (Bayan chapter 2)

· Whatever belongings of the non-Babis come into possession of the Babis they become clean (Bayan chapter 4)

No intelligent person will call this justice.

Everyone should indulge in some work or activity.
Is this not just common sense? Moreover do the Baha’i get wages just idling that they should be exhorted for work. Maybe they mean that even if a person indulges in spying in the guise of a Dervish or murders innocent people to save his skin it is still \"work\".

Removal of excessive richness and abject poverty.
This is aim is reflected in the actions of attempting to murder the ruler of Persia and in decorating monuments in poor countries like India with marble worth more than two million dollars.

Human life should be dispositioned around the Holy Spirit.
In \'Some Answered Questions\', Abdul Baha explains that anything can be deemed from one of the following means

· senses,

· intellect,

· text,

· holy spirit.
Then he goes on to explain that the first 3 ways are deceiving and only the fourth way is reliable This is a classic example of \"If you can’t convince then confuse\". This is just a ploy to make the people disregard apparent facts and leave intellect and adopt a blind faith.

Dear readers look at the above principles. They are frivolous when seen beside the lofty principles of Islam set out by our benevolent prophet Mohammad (SAW). Also there is a fundamental difference here, the laws of Islam are for the betterment of the individual and the mankind as a whole while theses man made rules can’t do this.

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