The Baha'is claim: One of the twelve principles of Baha'is which is new is the equality between men and women as the condition for prosperity to be achieved by human being: "The tenth teaching of the Excellency Bahaullah is the equality between men and women… The prosperity of human world can't be quite achieved without the equality between men and women.[1]"

Answering to the claim: contrary to the slogan and based on the rules by the Baha'ism leaders, why are the highest members and leaders of the Baha'ism organization (including the guardian of the faith who is the chairman of the male members of the universal house of justice) from men?! As according to the will attributed to Abdul Baha he has considered Shoqi Effendi as the first guardian of the faith and the guardians of the faith are from the male offspring

"وَ مِن بَعدِهِ بکراً بَعد بکر"

"After the guardian of the faith, the sons of his generation will be his successors.[2]"