Excommunication in the Baha’i Faith

These series of articles are an attempt to uncover the mystery behind the act of excommunications or more popularly known as boycott, carried out by a so called democratic and community organization (Baha’i Administration) in civilized societies of the world and through every times.

The Baha’i Faith prides itself on its principles, key amongst which is the unity of religion. Sadly, the Baha’i Faith, while it makes grandoise statements on this count, in reality, it has failed miserably on this front. These articles will reveal how close family members of the Baha’i Faith were excommunicated, shunned and ostracized from mainstream Baha’i community, only because they dared to go against the \"democratic\" Baha’i Administration.

After the fatal blow of divisions within the Baha’i Faith within a short span of 200 years, this is another eye-opener for those who believe that the Baha’i Faith is all sugar and sweet. It is web of deceit, lies and slander and shunning. These articles have been sourced fromhttp://exbahai.webs.com and are irrefutable.

I have one question - when the Baha’is cannot keep their own flock together, then why are they trying to unite the world.

Here is another question - when the founder figures of the Baha’i Faith, right from Bahaullah to Abdul Baha to Shoghi and in modern days, the Universal House of Justice, are unable to show love to their own blood (read that as family members), what love should external people expect. Read on to see how each and every one of them systematically eliminated those who dared to oppose their authority and challenge their leadership - both in thought and spirit.

The articles contain real life stories of Baha’is who were excommunicated. The values and beliefs which they upheld for substantial part of their life were negated in few moments of time. ironically, they were boycotted by the same community members whom they befriended and admired through major part of life. They ate and drank together, were part of each others’ sufferings and difficulties, were moving together and now they are alien to each other, do you know why? Relationships soured, ill feelings and rancor developed, they are on no talking terms. Do you know why?

it is because the views of the some of them do not match with the organizations dogmas, or actually contradicts the established, though false, claims of the community and its leaders. I use the words false because the essence of truth is that it will be in conformity with human nature and beliefs, truth never lead to discords, truth will rule on the heart of the people. It is falsehoods which creates non-conformities and anomalies which further lead to discords, disputes and damages the ethos and peace of civilizations.

The Baha’i Faith is no different. In its short history of 160 years, its founders have been foremost and leading in this act of excommunicating its own followers. Very strange, as it was supposed to be a new religion which had come to replace all preceding faiths, claiming to be most modern, most conformity with science, laying down principle of most equality, universality, most humane, most social, et al.

From Ahmed Sohrab to modern day’s Juan Cole, Baha’i history has witnessed multitudes of mankind being humbled and distressed by the very same organization which they upheld so profoundly, served them with their best of capacity and then ostracized for no significant reason.

This treatise is an independent investigation and attempt to study the cause of excommunications in Baha’i Faith and the human predicament of those who are affected by it.

EXCOMMUNICATION BY ABDUL BAHA

1. Mirza Muhammad Ali 
2. Ibrahim George Khayrullah 
3. Mirza Abd-al-Husayn Ayati 
4. Mirza Aqa Jan of Kashan (Baha\'s Close Companion) 
5. Yar Muhammad (Nabil) 
6. Mirza Muhammad Jawad of Qazwin 
7. Rosamand Dale Owen 
8. Mirza Asadullah, his son Dr Farid and his daughter Mrs Sprague

EXCOMMUNICATION BY SHOGHI EFFENDI

Excommunication of the major part of Abdul Baha\'s family; those who have lately been swept out of the Cause at the order of the Guardian are:

(a) Direct Excommunications.

1. Ruhi Effendi Afnan: Grandson of Abdul Baha. 
2. Zahra Khanum: Grand-daughter of Abdul Baha and wife of Ruhi Effendi Afnan. 
3. Soraya Khanum: Grand-daughter of Abdul Baha and wife of Feyzi Effendi Afnan. 
4. Foad Effendi Afnan: Grandson of Abdul Baha. 
5. Mehr-Angiz: Grand-daughter of Abdul Baha and sister of Shoghi Effendi. 
6. Feyzi Effendi Afnan; Grandson of Bahaullah.

(b) Indirect Excommunications.

7. Touba Khanum; Second daughter of Abdul Baha. 
8. Rouha Khanum; Third daughter of Abdul Baha. 
9. Mirza Jalal Shahid: Son of the King of the Martyrs and husband of Rouha Khanum.

(c) Posthumous Excommunications.

10. Furighyyeh Khanum! Daughter of Bahaullah. 
11. Aga Sayyed Ali Afnan: Husband of Furighyyeb Khanum. 
12. Lady Munira(Wife of Abdul Baha) 
13. Mirza Ahmad Sohrab 
14. Mirza Subhi Fazlullah 
15. Ruth White and Zimmer Hermann

EXCOMMUNICATION BY HANDS OF BAHAI FAITH

1. Charles Mason Remy 
2. John Carré, 
3. Bernard Fillon, 
4. Monir Derakhchan, 
5. Joel Marangella, 
6. Jacques Soghomonian, 
7. Donald Harvey, 
8. John Byers in France 
9. Marie Wilkin in the United States 
10. All those (who) associate with (these) persons or who support (the) claim (of) Remey, are considered Covenant- Breakers as well.

EXCOMMUNICATION BY UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

1. Frederick Glaysher 
2. Professor Juan Cole 
3. Nosrat’u’llah Bahremand 
4. Enayatullah (Zabih) Yazdani 
5. Sen McGlinn 
6. Michael McKenny 
7. Alison Marshall 
8. Mr. Mohammad (Yusuf) Muquit

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