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Adrian John Worsfold a graduate of a sociology of religion course who is active in the field of art, media and social writing and the cyberspace. He has a background in teaching at high school and university, as being a preacher and orator in the Unitarian and Anglican churches.
More than 120 years have been passed when the first proselytizing Baha’is were present in Britain. Abbas Effendi (Abdul Baha) the prominent leader of Bahaism traveled to western countries including France, Britain, America, Canada, Austria and Germany during the years 1911 to 1913 A.D. During those trips, he has traveled to Britain twice who was welcomed warmly. He has been in Britain for a month on September 1911 A.D. and visited London, Surrey, Bristol cities and etc. Returning from this long 9-month trip to the north America, he resided in Britain Since December 12, 1912 to January 20, 1913 A.D. and during the period of time, he visited A Liverpool, Edinburgh and London cities and made a speech in civil assemblies and local churches. During his trip to the west, he was paid attention as an oriental clergyman by the westerners.
Several years after Abdul Baha, Shoghi Effendi, his grandson who wasn’t successful to study at (American) Christian university of Beirut went to Balliol college to study in England, but he had to quit his B.S. education and headed off towards Palestine on November 1921 A.D. Of course; later on, shogi Effendi died due to a secret sudden event in 1957 A.D. when he was 60 buried in London and was buried in Southgate cemetery of London city!
Famous Baha’is such as Mahmoud Zarghani, Zia’ Baghdadi, Abul Fadhl Golpaygani and Hassan Mouger Balyouzi have resided and lived in Britain; particularly Hassan Mouger Balyouzi was of Afnan descendants (Ali Muhammad Bab’s relatives) and of the prominant proselytizers of Bahaism.
Adrian John Worsfold is an analytical person having good education, communicative skills and developed information technology and communications and education. He is interested in challenging discussions in research and educational fields. He has studied sociology and has Ph.D. degree and now he is teaching this course at university. During the previous decades, he was teaching at high schools and was preaching on Sundays in Unitarian Christian church. He has been in the author of articles and religious columns in periodicals and newspapers of London and religious websites. He has paid special attention to the intellectual challenges and thought of young generation of his country.
He became familiar with Bahaism On the path of his religious studies. Studying academic books of the Baha’i proselytizers and critics, he participated at the proselytizing meetings of the Baha’is and became familiar with the Baha’is and their culture face to face. After this acquaintance, he believes that the main leaders and the proselytizers of Bahaism don’t possess the honesty of the divine elected leaders and the religious agents. Although Bahaism has worn a crust of Christianity, modernism and western modern culture, but; in fact, it is an extremely back warded creed having unchangeable 19th century commandments self-managed by Marxist organizations called Centralism.
Investigating the Babi and war inciting background of Bahaullah and warning about the hypocritical and dishonest function of Abbas Effendi and Shogi Effendi about the Baha’is deception in the Christian communities, he warns people that according to Baha’i teachings, the universal house of justice which is consisted of merely Baha’is, is going to take possession of legislative, executive and judiciary powers is thinking of the unique universal government having really dangerous thought.
Investigating the Baha’i leaders’ functions in censorship and control of the academic works of the Baha’i authors, boycotting the opponents and lack of paying attention to the independent investigation of truth, freedom of thought, the lack of equality between men and women and not paying attention to the Baha’i principle of the compliance between religion and science and wisdom, he advises the Baha’is to listen to the views by opponents and critics and to be patient adopted from the Ibrahimi religions confronting different thoughts; otherwise, they will be afflicted by marginal life and gradual decline. According to him, the small and insignificant population of the Baha’is of Britain indicate this gradual life and decline in spite of their 120-year history and unconventional proselytizing.
Source: Mohtadiyan cultural center site/https:///mohtadyan.com
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