Bahaism cult is of the baseless humane creed which is in lack of religious strong and documented principles and criteria. Its intellectual beliefs and principles are in lack of strong heavenly base, but its primary principles and criteria are quite weak and non-scientific. For this reason, it is impossible for this cult to be criticized in the form of common criticisms in sciences related to religions. On the other side, the deviant cult of Bahaism doesn’t possess coherent and independent intellectual structure and cannot be documented and defended because it has been vague and in comprehensible in theological issues. Consequently, it can’t persuade curious and aware people and its attendants just try to deceive the naive people in the society and to recruit them using proselytizing and political, social and economic tricks. Some of these problems and criticisms are as follows:
The interior contradictions:
Coherence, coordination and lack of contradictions in teachings are of the important features of the divine religions. A glance and review of Bahaism teachings and books reveal various internal contradictions in Bahaism created many unanswered questions by researchers and even believers of the deviant cult Bahaism to such an extent that this issue is considered as one the main characteristics of Bahaism and the basic challenge of its leaders and followers. For example:
- Changing claim
Confessed by the Babi’s and Baha’is, Ali Muhammad Shirazi, the founder of Babism cult changed his claim six times.
Late Hussein Mahboubi Ardakani writes: “In 1260, Bab claimed for being the interpreter of the holy Quran. In 1261, he claimed for being the gate to keep in touch with Imam of the Time. In 1262, he claimed for being Mahdi, Imam of the Time. In 1363, he claimed for being the prophet; that is, I am a prophet. In 1264, he claimed for divinity; that is, I am the lord of the world. In 1265, he claimed for divinity. In 1266, he rejected all of his claims and repented and sent a letter of repentance for the prince”[1].
Mirza Hussein Ali Nouri (Bahaullah) claimed for many positions for himself; sometimes he was claiming for inspiration sent on him. sometimes, he announced that I am nothing even more than nothing and sometime he was claiming for divinity, the God of gods and the creator of the world, the one who neither begat nor was begotten.[2]
In his will, he has encouraged his followers to obey his successors![3] While the Baha’is call themselves as atheists and Abbas Effendi tries to prove Hussein Ali’s prophethood.
- The oneness humane world
The Baha’is claim for the oneness of humane world and the equality of human beings while in the book Aghdas every one who doesn’t believe in Bahaism has been considered as misled one.[4]
Also, Abdul Baha believes: “The African black people are created in the form of cows!”[۵] And he also believes: “Non-Baha’is are in the form of animals in the presence of God.”[۶] Bahaullah himself showed discriminative and very different behavior confronting the Iranian people and the foreigners.[7] How do they speak about the oneness of the world having all these contradictions in their creed?! A glance at the biographies the leaders of the deviant cult of Baha’ism reveals that of they themselves were the violators of this slogan although they were claiming for the oneness of humane world. They cursed each other to gain the power of the leadership of the Baha’i community. Although Bahaullah claims: “Politeness is my shirt”, he says to his brother: “Yahya is dog, wolf, crow, snake, donkey, fly and frog.”[۸]
- The proselytizing and preaching the fait.
In Bahaism, proselytizing is a necessary job everywhere, everywhere, every time and for everybody.
Abdul Baha says: “It is the divine disciple’s duty not to be relaxed in the day and at night except thinking of preaching God’s faith.”[9] So, they encouraged other people to proselytize the Baha’i faith in far lands, but proselytizing Bahaism is forbidden in Israel.[10]
- The equality between men and women’s rights:
The equality between men and women’s rights are of the teachings and claims of Baha’ism by which they attack the divine religions while women are not allowed to participate or be the members of the universal house justice. Also, a rural woman’s dowry is 19 methqals of is Silver and the urban woman’s one is 19 methqals of gold. According to the Aghdas book, a man can get married with two women and a virgin one, but a woman can’t get married with three husbands. A man can divorce his wife but a woman can’t. The female offspring cannot inherit house and cloth. The members of the universal house of justice must be men. [11]
- The periodic religion;
To prove its legitimacy, Bahaism reasons that religion must be changed continually because each new period possesses new expediencies. In this way, it doubts the immorality of Islam and proves the new creed of Bahaism. However surprisingly, the Baha’i creed itself has not made such an argument or it postpones it to the passing of many years.
The fact is that because the beliefs of Bahaism cult are not based on revelation and are just based on remarks of its heads, it has many contradictions in various levels.
[۱] ۴۰ years of the history of Iran during Naseruddin Shal’s period of time, attempted by Iraj Afshar, 2.629; Bahaism in Iran; pp. 104-105; the book, the Baha’is, pp. 214-216.
[۲] Makatib, vol. 2, p. 254.
[۳]Mirza Hussein Ali Nouri, the collection of tablets, Cairo, Sa’adat publishing house, 1338 A.H. pp. 400-403
[۴] Mirza Hussein Ali Nouri, Badia’, Tehran: Azadegan publishing house, p. 140.
[۵] The great sermons, p. 119.
[۶] Badi’a, p. 213.
[۷] He states many cases in his diary.
[۸] Mirza Hussein Ali Nouri, The heavenly food, Tehran; the national institute for the faith press, the first part, p.40.
[۹] The tablets of the wills, Abbas Effendi, Egypt, p.13.
[۱۰] The book “the Baha’is”, Seyyed Muhammad Bager Najafi, Qom; Mash’ar, 1383 S.H.
[۱۱] Sobhi memoirs
