How people are excommunicated in Baha’i Faith

 

 

The Baha’i administration actually spy upon their members to find out their views and any dissenting opinion is dealt with in as per below mentioned ways;

A - By snatching their Administrative rights:

This is usually carried out to silent the dissenting voice at first instance. If the person bows down, then he is reprimanded and restored back to its original membership rights. This is the popular approach also known as carrot or stick method.

B - By boycott or calling them covenant breakers:

This is the ultimate fate of those who differs in their views against the Baha’i Administration. Notwithstanding his services and contribution to the spread of Baha’i faith in different corners of the world, he is thrown out and further calls him by name of covenant breaker. Abdul Baha, and Shoghi Effendi did not spare their family members from calling them as covenant breaker and also name them with the names of Animals. Early Baha’i History is full of such incidences. This list is endless, to name few, Ruth White, Mrs. Chanler, Ahmed Sohrab, Alison, Garlington, Erna Hazini, Frederick Glaysher. In some cases, local assemblies have initiated court cases against these individuals namely Ahmed Sohrab, Jamal Effendi.

C - Voluntary Separation;

Certain Individual who after their own findings conclude about the hollowness of Baha’i Administration and its fallacies, retire to side line themselves without much publicity. Some went on to form their own society like John Carre, etc. Baha’is later on call them also as covenant breaker; this list also seems to be endless. Douglas Martin, Ian Sample, Juan Cole, Nosrat Behremand, to name a few.

D - By removing from their Posts / Responsibilities:

Some persons are simply removed from their posts or they are not selected at the time of re-election. If one probes little deeper, he will find thousands of such cases of harassment being carried out in the name of faith and administration. Remember faith can be sacred but Baha’is are also fond of calling their administration as infallible and their decision sacrosanct.

It is pertinent to note that the Faith which came to restore world peace could not instill peace in the minds of its community members; A faith which talks about Universal Religion and Human freedom, actually spies on its members.

A faith which shouted the slogan of Mankind is one, the world is one country. Is actually divided into So many Sub-groups, all of them calling themselves Sabeteen (true on covenant) and other groups as Naqezeen or Covenant breakers; Why a faith proclaiming to be in favor of independent investigation and broad outlook, have to resort to uncivilized custom of Excommunication to hold tightly its herds of followers;

Why do you need excommunication at all?

DOES IT NOT MEAN THAT FAITH HAS CRUMBLED AND DIED ITS EARLY DEATH? ALL ITS PROCLAMATIONS BEING RENDERED BASELESS. IT’S PRINCIPLES BEING GOOD IN THEORY ONLY. IT’S MEMBERS THEMSELVES FALSIFYING THE PRINCIPLES OF FAITH. AFTER PASSAGE OF JUST OVER 160 YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE, EVERY ASPECT OF FAITH IS BEING VIEWED WITH SUSPICION BY ITS OWN FOLLOWERS, BE IT WILL & TESTAMENT, GUARDIANSHIP, INFALLIBILITY, HUQUQULLAH, EVERY ASPECT IS BEING QUESTIONED.

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