Since the emergence of the appearance and emergence of the deviant movement of Babism and Baha’ism, there have been a close relationship between them. There are various materials written about the relationship between Baha’ism movement and the occupier regime of Qods which carries the symbol and brand of Judaism which is also existent in the historical documents. Those who turned to Babism and Baha’ism were Jewish. Basically, some researchers and thinkers believe that the Jewish people caused the deviant thought of Babism and Baha’ism to be durable and permanent in the Qajar dynasty and in the 1at and 2nd Pahlavi regimes.
Shortly after the establishment of Sasoon company in Bamby and Boushehr and before the emergence of Babism in 1839 A.D., a group of Jewish people residing in Iran turned to Islam without any pressure in a group. The majority of these people turned to the central cores of the supporters of Babism and Baha’ism. Consequently, it can be said that forming Bab’ism and Baha’ism has been done involved directly by Judaism.
A group of Jewish people who newly got Muslims turned to Suffism movement and preached Abul Qasem Sokout Shirazi’s thoughts and another group joined that cult by the emergence of Babism and played influential role in expanding Baha’ism.[1]
For instance, the first person who preached Babism in Siahkal, Gilan province was Mirza Ebrahim Jadid (one the Jewish people who had newly got Muslim in Rasht city[2]. Also, Mullah Abdul Khaleq Yazdi (one of Baha’ism dignitaries) was one of the Jewish scholar of Yazd city who had turned to Islam and was one of the pupils of Sheikh Ahmad Ehsaee’s school and got Babi by the emergence of Babism.[3] Mullah Abdul Khaleq possessed a position in the presence of Muhammad Shah Qajar. Ali Muhammad Bab asked the king to ask Seyyed Yahya Darabi and him about his legitimacy.[4]
Also, one of such people was Natan who was the British government’s spy in the region and according to Jewish encyclopedia who was the leader of the Jewish from Bokhara, Afghanistan and Iran who were living in Mombey.[5]
Thus, Ismaeel Raeen writes about those who turned to Babism and Baha’ism first: “Most of them are the Iranian, Jewish and Zoroasterian Baha’is and also the Muslims who have turned to this cult are in minority.[6]” consequently, it should be said that forming Babism and Baha’ism was meddled with Judaism. The Jewish people who are the worst enemies of the Muslim according to the holy Quran[7].
[۱] Abdullah Shahbazi, disputes about the history of Baha’ism in Iran, p. 20.
[۲] Fadhel Mazandarani, the history of right emergence, Tehran: Azardegan publishing house, Bita, Vol. 8, p. 894.
[۳] Mirza Jani Kashani, Noqtatul KAff, attempted by Edward Brown, Netherland, Breil Liden publishing house, 1329, p. 104 & 203.
[۴] Seyyed Muhammad Baqer Najafi, the Baha’is, Tehran: Ma’shar publishing house, 1383 S.H., p. 211.
[۵] Abdullah Shahbazi, disputes about the history of Baha’ism in Iran, pp. 20-21.
[۶] Seyyed Muhammad Baqer Najafi, the Baha’is, Tehran: Ma’hshar publishing house, 1383 S.H., p.212.
[۷] “لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَداوَةً لِلَّذينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ…” (مائده/۸۲)
“Thou wilt find the most vehement of mankind in hostility to those who believe (to be) the Jews…” [Al-Maideh/82]
