Exaggeration in stating the statistics and the number of population
In their extensive advertisement, the Baha’is usually exaggerate and try to show Bahaism contrary to what it is.
“Dr. Graham Wilson” has pointed out some of these bombasts in his book ” Bahaism and its claims” including: The Baha’is are stating exaggerative and shocking materials about Baha’i population in the world such as: Mr. Phelps has announced the number of the Baha’is in Iran in nearly 1923 A.D. (Nearly 1302 S.H.) as millions of people in his book called “Abdul Baha’s biography and teachings”, p.100. Or Mr. Mc Nutt mentions millions of followers of Abdul Baha among the followers of other religious system in the world in his book called “unity via love and kindness 3 which has been written in 1905 A.D.
Ibrahim Kheirullah , one of the Baha’is who is contemporary to Abdul Baha and the conqueror of Bahaism in America says: Abdul Karim Tehrani, one of the Baha’i proselytizers in 1896 A.D. announced the number of Baha’is as 50 million! I wasn’t sure about this statistics, so I wrote a letter to Acre to become certain about this issue. Sayyed Muhammad, Abbas Effendi’s secretary answered: The number of the Baha’is of Iran is 55 million people.[1]
Mr. Dreyfus[2] mentions half of the population of Iran as Babi, while several authors and missionaries from America in Iran such as Dr. Samuel Jordan resided in Tehran city or the Excellency Frame in Rasht city and the Excellency Shed in Urmia believe that the number of the Baha’is hasn’t been more than 100 thousand people in Iran.
Concerning the statistics of the Baha’is among other tribes, there isn’t any harmony between claims and realities.
Abul Fadhl Golpaigani, the famous Baha’i proselytizer writes in the book “Al Estedlalieh” in 1903 A.D. when Abdul Baha was alive: I sincerely say that all Zoroastrians have turned to Bahaism.” While professor Browne declares in his itinerary in 1889 A.D.: “After speaking with the Zoroastrians of Yard and Kerman cities very much during a three and a half period of time, I concluded that if there are those who have turned to Bahaism among the Zoroastrians, their numbers will be low.”
Mason Remey who was an American active Baha’i and was typical in Abdul Baha’s period of time claims that in Hamadan city a large number of Jewish people have turned to Bahaism, while among the population of 6000 Jewish people in Hamadan, merely nearly 194 people turned to Bahaism having various motives.
Mr. Phelps (the Baha’i and the author of Abdul Baha’s biography writes: All the Baha’is residing in Acre are Iranian. There isn’t anybody from other nations.” It is simply concluded that during 40 years, the native people of Acre resided and had social contacts with Abdul Baha and 70 people of his intimates, but nobody was recruited by Bahaism.
The Baha’i Iranians residing in Turkmenistan, Russia when Bahaism was in power weren’t more than 5000 ones.
Bahaullah had claimed that the Christians residing in Iran will all become Baha’is while Dr. Shed one of the Christian missionaries residing in Iran announced: I haven’t heard any case in which Christians change their religion into Bahaism.
Also, Dr. “J.V. Holmes” wrote in 1903 A.D.: “I don’t know even a Christian person who turns to Bahaism across Iran. I just know several Baha’is who have turned to Bahaism and performed baptism and turned to Bahaism again.”
Dr. Holmes announced that during his study period of time, no one from Syria churches (Nastouri) and Armenian have turned to Bahaism.[3]
It is interesting to be said that although the Pahlavi regimes, the west world and Zionism have supported Bahaism, the then population of Bahaism across the world hasn’t been 6 million people after passing 180 years of its lifetime. This shows the obvious failure of Colonial Zionistic idea. This population can be seen in poor countries such as India and African continent.
Source: Hamid, Farnagh, Bahaism from Christian critics and open-minded views, Hamid, 1402, Tehran, Goi publishing house, p.136-146.
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[۱] Three Questions, p.22.
[۲] L’affaire Dreyfus, the fist French Baha’i who was appointed as one of 19 disciples of Abdul Baha by Shogi Effendi
[۳] R.E. Sper’s, Missions and Modern Hist, pp. 157-181.
