The Captain of Titanic has given a signal of distress to
the Bahá'ís of the world in the form of organizing 95 youth conferences across
the globe. The UHJ will pump dollars to make these conferences a success. As
usual, the youth will come to make merry and play music, as at the last moments
of Titanic people aboard were singing and dancing.
So threatened is the faith with danger of extinction due
to Bahá'í Faith's administration being infiltrated with pretenders and
gangsters who 'claim' to be Bahá'ís, but lack faithfulness in their hearts.
Their aim is to keep the ark 'motionless' and focus on 'fancies' such as
over-administration, a social-club-like mentality, backbiting, passing time
over trivial issues, more importantly, ridiculing those who lack it, instead of
effectively teaching, sharing & reaching the highest realms of the spirit.
The Bahá'í Faith is suffering from Ideological and
Administrative and social turmoil.
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| Ali Nakhjavani (Former UHJ Member and Staunch opponent of Ruhi Curriculum) |
While the matter of Guardianship sprang-up many other
issues surfaced like:
a. authenticity of Will and Testament of Abdul Baha,
b. who was the real successor of Bab - Subh-e Azal or Baha'u'llah?
c. Baha'u'llah's sister Aziziya (or Izziyih) Khanum disclosing
viceful personal life of Baha'u'llah.
d. The Unitarian Bahá'ís bringing all sorts of Holy writings against
Abdul Baha.
e. number of ideological questions were raised by the Knowledgeable
Ex Bahá'ís, who were shown the gate, over the internet. They launched a full
attack on the History of Bahá'í Faith. The Ex Bahá'ís proved that the Pen is
mightier than sword (Excommunication).
The UHJ found itself incapable to give any logical answer
to these questions and went on damage control mode asking NSA to take back all
the Bahá'ís whose voting rights were taken. They absolutely erased the concept
of Sanctions of Administrative Rights. And now, finally, 95 conferences are
being arranged as a part of damage control strategy.
Administrative turmoil
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| The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Beverly Hills (2013). Fred Jafari, Keyvan Khadem, Farid Holakouee, Behzad Faridian, Parsa Zadeh, Payam Afsharian, Annie Pirmoradi, Hamid Mashhoudy, Malihe Jafari (100% Persian) |
On the other hand there were many Administrative questions
surrounding UHJ regarding its legality, its infallibility and the extra
ordinary higher percentage of Iranian Bahá'ís on it. The Bahá'í scholars have
been openly objecting to the high level of intolerance shown by UHJ, use of
derogatory languages for respected Bahá'ís, threat of excommunication, election
process of UHJ and its interference in election of the other countries.
Even the various methods of propagation are so frequently
being changed that it gives a sign of uncertainty. Earlier it was fireside and
then Mass teaching. The Social Economic Development has failed to give any
serious acceptability to the Bahá'í Faith.
The worst failure was Ruhi curriculum which divided the
Bahá'í Faith diagonally into the Persian and Non Persian Bahá'ís - finally
resulting in outburst of a former UHJ Member against not just the Ruhi
curriculum but the UHJ itself. Certain reactions are indeed eye openers, e.g.
after a deepening session by a so called Bahá'í scholar, a Persian Bahá'í
remarked that let us congratulate UHJ for successfully confusing the Bahá'ís.
The Volunteers who served on the world centers in the
prime of the youth age, when asked to return as they had lost their youth,
started openly criticizing the UHJ members
The attack of former UHJ member on Ruhi curriculum and a
humiliating court case defeat has instilled shame in every Bahá'í. Bahá'í now
care a damn about the claims of UHJ asking Bahá'ís to be patient that it is
doing everything to reverse the case.
Moral Turmoil
Since the advent of Ruhi system, the deepened Bahá'ís who
were always ahead in activities felt betrayed by the UHJ for side tracking them
in every field. Capable Bahá'ís having knowledge of Bahá'í Faith and Holy
writings were left for job of travel teachers and useless and incompetent
Bahá'í who did not know the difference between Baha'u'llah and Allah'u'Abha
were made counselors.
Bahá'í culture can hardly be called as a Religious
culture. The ultra modern culture resembles MTV pop culture and not at all a
sober religion.
The rate of divorce, rate of elopement, infighting amongst
the Bahá'í officials and an emerging trend of resignation of Bahá'í officials
from Administration and their refusal to take up any responsibility whether it
is paid or voluntary, are all signs of steep downfall.
Preoccupation with Iran
The UHJ's preoccupation with Iran is not proving to be a good
omen for the Bahá'ís. The Bahá'í sites of every country contain more anti
Iranian material than Holy writings. It seems that it is made for the purpose
of instilling Anti Iranian feelings.
The Universal House of Justice is discussing how to
contact the political leaders to defame Iran (in the matter of Yaran) and
at the same time utilizing the meeting for Bahá'í propaganda by gifting some
Bahá'í Books. The UHJ members are openly
talking with the Bahá'ís that Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran is a
blessing for them as it gave them the opportunity to meet different political
leaders. In fact one of the UHJ members remarked that 'if the Iran problem is
solved, then what?'
Further, it has antagonized many Persian Bahá'ís as
nationalism is more important for them than faith.
This obsession with the Anti Iran Govt propaganda leaves
little time for other activities. A typical Bahá'í LSA member apart from anti Iran propaganda
has local politics, defaming other Bahá'ís, gossiping and merry making in the
agenda. No wonder the faith has lost whatever spirituality it had.
Conclusion
It is clear that turmoil in the faith is deep. Relating
the situation to the Titanic is not uncalled for. Most Bahá'ís can now see
through the deception. Only hindrance is that they can't find a better social
club to give allegiance. The current UHJ message is understood by many Bahá'ís
as:
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Message of 'Universal House of Justice'
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Ground Reality
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Within communities of
every size and strength, we are glad to see the processes of the Five Year
Plan kindling the spirit of service and stimulating purposeful action.
Examples appear every
day of how the act of reaching out to touch individual hearts, acquainting
souls with the Word of God, and inviting them to contribute to the betterment
of society can, in time, tend to the advancement of a people. This collective
movement becomes discernible when the Plan's elements are combined into a
well-coordinated cluster-wide effort, the dynamics of which are becoming
increasingly familiar. Such a cluster becomes the setting for experienced
believers as much as those newly introduced to the Faith, whatever
their age or background, to work side by side, accompanying one another in
their service, enabling everyone to participate
in the unfoldment of
the Plan.
From the panorama of
the Bahá'í world engaged in earnest activity, one phenomenon strikes us
especially: the decisive contribution made by youth on every continent. In
this phenomenon we see the vindication of the hopes the beloved Guardian
invested in them "forthe future progress and expansion of the
Cause" and of the confidence with which he laid upon their shoulders
"all the responsibility for the upkeep of the spirit of selfless service
among their fellow-believers". We are struck, too, by the number of
youth who, after only a brief association with the Bahá'í community, commit
themselves to meaningful acts of service and quickly discover their affinity
with the Faith's community-building Endeavour. Indeed, in contemplating both
the Bahá'í youth and their like-minded peers, we cannot but rejoice at their
eagerness to take on a measure of responsibility to aid the spiritual and
social development of those around them, especially ones younger than
themselves. In an age consumed by selfinterest,in which even spiritual affiliation is weighed in the scales
of reward and personal satisfaction,
it is heartening to encounter individuals from their mid-teens to their
twenties— those upon whom the
sights of an aggressive materialism are decidedly trained—who are galvanized by the
vision of Baha'u'llah and are ready to put the needs of others before their Own. That such
high-minded youth, by dint of their own exertions as well as the momentum they lend to the whole
community, should be contributing so effectively to efforts everywhere under way bodes well
for the anticipated acceleration of these efforts.
What has been
accomplished in the past two years will, surely, be far surpassed, not just
in the concluding
years of this present Plan but in the remaining years of the first century of The Formative Age. To
spur on this mighty enterprise and to summon today's youth to fully assume the
responsibilities they must discharge in this fast-contracting interval, we
announce the convocation of 95
youth conferences, between July and October, planned for locations that span
the globe:
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There is no community of
Bahá'ís. Bahá'í Faith is an NGO, which pays its officers to work
The Bahá'í contribution
for betterment of society is NIL.
There are no believers in
Bahá'í Faith only officers and workers. And they are paid for it.
“Guardian”, please
explain which Guardian? there are multitudes of Guardians in Bahá'í Faith
If it is selfless
service, stop the remuneration given to counselors, ABMs, NSA members and to
the Bahá'ís for attending the conference. Ask them to pay for their lodging
and boarding then see the attendance
It is a great lie.
You have accomplished
some statistics which are falsely written by Persians
When the officers and
workers get together, in language of NGO is called as PARTY, and in Bahá'í
Faith it is called as Conference
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