The first guardian of Bahaism, the Excellency shogi Effendi has described the Iranian people and has considered them as bigoted, ignorant, forgetful, and tyrant and said:” This blessed faith was born in a country whose people are extremely bigoted, ignorant, forgetful and tyrant…”. He continued: “The Iranian people are bloodthirsty and tyrant. It is not necessary for me to say that those tyrannies created hate in others.”[۱] To criticize this claim, it is necessary for three notes to be mentioned:
۱) The addressees of these statements are the Iranian people not Shia scholars, rulers or the Iranian governmental agents!
۲) Shogi Effendi didn’t point out his ancestors’ riots and fighting in the Iranian country and didn’t speak about the crimes committed by the Babis and Baha’is against the Iranian people.[2]
۳) Abdul Baha has said about the Baha’is: “They are injured, but they kiss the killer’s hand?”[۳] So, why were they committed too many crimes ?!!
[۱] Houshmand Fath, A’zam, the Baha’s universal discipline, (the excerpts of Shoqi Effendi the blessed writings by Shoqi Effendi)
[۲] For more studies refer to the article: The Babis seditions in Iran
[۳] Abbas Effendi, Makatib, Egypt, attempted by Farajullah Zaki Al-Kurdi, 1921 A.D., 1st edition, vol.3, pp. 123- 124.
