The analysis of secret documents of the proselytizing hidden strategies and the expansion of influence networks in aiming
communities:
Bahaism has always tried to penetrate into cultural, social and political structures of countries using special proselytizing strategies. Contrary to claiming for this cult to be non-political, various documents and evidence indicate that Bahaism is an organized movement having aims beyond a religious movement and is in accordance with cultural and political influence projects.
This movement is going to change the beliefs of communities gradually and to create intellectual and social bases for itself supported by aliens overtly or covertly.
One of the main strategies of Bahaism is influencing on aiming countries including Iran, China and the Islamic countries gradually and carefully. This strategy has been planned based on concepts like “gradual change”, ” harvesting at suitable time” and “creating native humane nets”. It shows that the Baha’is focus on the indirect strategies such as entering into scientific cultural and social foundations instead of overt advertisements for developing their organization.
Studying the interior documents of Bahaism such as the instructions related to being active in China shows that this cult not only is going to expand its beliefs, but also is proceeding its aims using the methods to influence on scientific centers, universities and even decision making foundations.
This report is investigating these hidden policies and their destructive effects on various communities using analytical and documented approach and shows that how Bahaism is active as a means for cultural and social projects.
“The investigated document shows an organized and long-termed program to expand the Baha’i organization in China. This program has been set to program on power centers and educating native humane forces ones in gradual and step by step manner. Here are some main issues to criticize this approach:
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Gradual influence instead of direct proselytizing:
In the context, it is stressed on the Baha’is aim to be overt proselytizing, but, they must approach the Chinese Community via friendships, academic communications and scientific and cultural projects. This is the very policy of gradual tiring influence applied in many secret proselytizing strategies, Stressing on the lack of establishing public meetings and avoiding using terms such as “educational programs” or “pioneers” to prevent the Chinese officials to be sensitive show that this is a continuous, exact and gradual movement.
The text of page 14 of the document points out the natural proselytizing strategy of the Baha’is:
“Believers are encouraged to share the Teachings with others in a natural way, usually as one friend sharing his beliefs and convictions with another.”
March 1995 letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Baha’i Committee for China
Misusing the cultural and social conditions of China:
The Baha’is are misusing factors like the Chinese’s interest in international communications, ideological weakness among young generation and requiring social reforms. It is stated in the text that China is in the manner of “periods of time of “disappointment and confusion” and this opportunity can be used for presenting the Baha’i teachings. On the other hand, not only the Baha’is pretend to sympathy with Chinese people, but also they try to pretend that the mere way to save China culturally and socially is accepting the principles of Bahaism. This kind of disdainful viewpoint towards Chinese culture resemble to cultural strategies of colonialism, more. This section has been stated on page 8 of the document:
The Chinese, in particular, who possess remarkable receptivity to this Divine Message, are in a period of disillusionment and confusion and are searching for the solutions which can advance their people May 1990 message of the Universal House of Justice to the Participants in the International Chinese Teaching Symposium in Paraguay.
Stressing an educating native human force to influence more:
In the text, it is repeatedly mentioned that one of the main priorities is recruiting Chinese people as active forces in proselytizing Bahaism. A policy which is used in most influential colonial programs; that is raising people inside an aiming community which are able to transfer the foreign discourse without creating sensitivity.
This issue has been stated on page 12 of the document.
The highest priority of the Faith in China is the raising up of confirmed Baha’i teachers from its own population. Pioneers can serve an invaluable role in this process through their contacts with the Chinese, and by especially nurturing individuals who are disposed to becoming active teachers of the Cause.
June 1991 letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an institution.
Penetrating into universities and scientific foundations:
In this program, universities and research centers of China have been introduced as the key places to expand Bahaism. The Baha’is ask their specialists to be active in these centers, offer scientific articles to relate deeply via scientific transactions. Such strategy not only eases the path of proselytizing, but also becomes the forerunner to be influential in decision making centers.
Pages 10 and 11 of the document stress on creating relationships among the Baha’i specialists and scientific foundations of China:
Another major component of the plan is the fostering of relations between Baha’i professionals in as many fields of human endeavor as possible and their colleagues in China. As first step, Baha’i professionals are urged to visit Chinese universities, institutes and other organizations. If consistently pursued, some of the connections made during these visits can lead to joint research and action projects that offer the opportunity to analyze issues of great concern to Chinese society in the light of Baha’u’llah’s Revelation.
August 1993 letter from the Universal House of Justice to selected National Spiritual Assemblies.
Contradiction over the claiming for being impartial and non-political:
In these documents, the Baha’is have over and over claimed for their organization not to be political and to be loyal to local governments. However, they have used terms like “gradual change”, ” harvesting” and “using opportunities” to describe influence on China. This shows that they are looking for creating community which is parallel to be influential politically in the future. These concepts have been stated on page 1 of the document:
There is one season to harrow the ground, another season to scatter the seeds, still another season to irrigate the fields and still another to harvest the crop. We must attend to these various kinds of activities in their proper seasons in order to become successful. Now is the time of seed-sowing, but it seems to me some of the believers are thinking about crop-getting. This will give them no results. Whosoever is thinking of any other thing, is wasting his time.
Bahaism policy in China is a long-termed project to influence culturally and socially more than being a religious movement which can have political dimension in the future. This strategy resemble the methods applied by some western powers in other countries to influence: Gradual entrance, educating interior forces and creating an independent base to gain power gradually.
Source: the report by Mafaz news website
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