The relationship between the Baha’is and the universal house of justice is a criminal action because the Baha’ism organization has been announced forty years ago to be illegal formally and even before that it is following overthrowing and spying actions and aims.
The media of the Baha’ism organization is considering their relationships with the Baha’is as a natural issue and of their primary rights and stating that it is one of the titles of criminal actions of some accused high-ranking Baha’is. At last, they debate: How aren’t you spies of the Saudi Arabia and Iraq by traveling to Mecca and the holy shrines of Iraq? So, we aren’t criminal due to having relationships with the universal house of justice and travelling to Israel.
The Answer:
۱) in 1362 S.H., the Iranian public prosecutor announced the Iranian Baha’i spiritual assembly as illegal. The Baha’ism organization sent a letter to the public prosecutor, too and accepted the verdict: “All centers of Baha’ism in Iran are cancelled, so nobody is known in Iran as Baha’i…[۱]”, of course, the Baha’ism organization wasn’t bond with acting its commitments. It didn’t stop its organizational activities from proselytizing in Iran to have relationships with the universal house of justice and performing its orders.
Now; instead of shamefulness for violating its commitments and even violating Baha’ism commandments (including obeying the government[2]), it complains about conviction of its organization followers for having relationships with the Baha’ism organization!
۲) According to the first article of the punishment law, the people who are cooperating with the hostile countries or even have relationships with the governments and organizations based in the governments which are the enemies of Iran are criminals on the condition that they hurt the security of the country. So, the relationship with the Baha’ism organization (located at Haifa, Israel) which has a close relationship with the occupied regime of Israel will be a crime.[3]
۳) Because the final goal of the Baha’ism organization is gaining power in the countries[4], the relationship and executing the orders of the Universal House of Justice will be considered as a crime.[5]
۴) When the structure of Baha’ism has been founded based on domineering, it will be obvious that its plans is based on gaining power and overthrowing.
The Baha’ism organization’s spying by its members in one of the betrayals of this organization against the Iranian people. In one of its messages, the Baha’ism organization asks all Baha’is: “Be hidden openly (That is to send the Baha’i spy in the system of the government by the name of Muslim) in order to be aware of the hidden secrets of the faith enemies…[۶].”
[۱] Refer to Zahed Zahedani, Baha’ism in Iran, Bija: the center for the documents of the Islamic Revolution, 1381 S.H., pp. 307-317.
[۲] Refer to Hussein Ali Nouri, the Aqdas, thhe electronic copy, p. 93, paragraph: 95.
[۳] Tasnim Correspodance, the news title: The Parliament plan to punish people who are cooperating with the hostile countries, Khordad 15, 1400 S.H.
[۴] Refer to Shoqi Effendi, the Baha’i period of time, Germany: The national assembly of publishing the faith works, 3rd edition, 1988 A.D., p. 96.
[۵] The social and economic development, a glance at the messages of the highest source and the statements of the office for social and economic development (OSED) 1983 A.D., to Redhvan 2010 A.D.
[۶] The leadership foundation of the universal house of justice, the message of Oct. 7, 2007 A.D.
