Experiencing and investigating socially and historically have indicated that those religious cults which have been focused on the new era thoughts and the issues related to social relations and programs have been welcomed more. Thus, the Baha’i organization tried to create new ways to attract and recruit by making some transformations in the appearance and proselytizing for the cult since Abbas Effendi’s trip to Europe and America (Abbas Effendi: the second head of Baha’ism). Abbas Effendi set a mixture of Baha’i mainstream in such a way that is concordant with modern East and addressee and offered the Baha’i twelve principles; the principle which haven’t been new claimed by Baha’ism and are antithetical with the cult function! However, using these principles, the Baha’is proselytized extensively to consider the Baha’ism cult up-to-date. “General peace” is of the 12 principles which is going to be criticized and investigate in this article.
First, what does “general peace” mean?
In this regard Abbas Effendi sys: “As long as the general peace isn’t raised and the greatest court of the humane world isn’t established and also all our affairs which differ from countries and nations aren’t resolved, the creation world won’t be eased… The representatives of governments and nations who are gathered in the court should consider themselves as the real representatives of human kind without paying attention to nationality.[1]” he continued: “in addition to forming national and local governments, it is necessary for the universal one to be established to fulfill the oneness of humane world.[2]”
It is remarkable to be mentioned that the lack of paying attention to homeland and the lack of commitment towards country are being mentioned: “A person who loves the world must pride himself/herself not the one who loves his/her homeland.[3]”
One of the key notes in these statements is mentioning the concept of the lack of paying attention to homeland. This concept possesses various aspects. Universalizing has dangerous consequences despite of its benevolent appearance. Nowadays, the specialists believe that: “Universalizing instead of making governments and businesses free made them web. Following the expansion of digital nets and financial movements and supplying chains all over the world, the countries -specially in America- started to use such events as traps[4].”
Thus, the important note is that which group is addressed by speaking about the lack of paying attention to homeland? The tyrant or oppressed country? Because this phenomenon can be changed into an element with anti-tyranny nature and can cause struggle for freedom from imperialism and acquiring national independence which is definitely defendable. Due to secret tampers with the universal imperialism, Baha’ism can’t stand this nationalism.
Although this concept has fared with failure and universalizing has prove for powerful countries that there isn’t any force for making free and it is a new supply for vulnerability, competition and control; the networks have shown that they provide less courses for freedom comparing with new chains… In the chain universalizing will be bonded with each other due to corresponding dependence. This dependence will temptate them to put their rivals’ corresponding attacks… Universalizing itself can be ended in conflict in a new version[5].
On the other side, Baha’ism believes that its principles are new; while concerning peace such claim is quite facetious; because in divine religions and last moral and sociology books, this concept has been mentioned, too.
Anyway, Baha’ism wants to introduce itself as the forerunner of peace in the world; but has it be able to be bound with its claim even in the slightest social aspects? To answer to this question, we will investigate the cult text and their function in this field. At first, it is necessary to know what we are searching for. There are many cases of immorality and fighting among cults in this group and today Baha’ism measures confirm that the Baha’ism organization isn’t merited for claiming for peace and even speaking about that.
Baha’ism was one of the branches of Babism whose heads considered themselves as Babis for years. Even today, Baha’ism commemorates Babism and its founder Ali Muhammad Shirazi as good; a person whose teachings are full of savagery and bloodshed. He calls his followers to behead the opponents, to burn non-Babi books, to prevent having social intercourses with other nations[6] and to destroy non-Bab tombs and to massacre all those who don’t believe in Babism.[7] He orders to the Babi ruler to kill every non-Babi![8] Orders which lead Babi followers towards savagery and extensive massacre.
Being aware of this black and full of assassination history, Baha’ism tried to conceal or reject some Bab’s orders to show itself as progressed and different. Anyway, Baha’is can’t resort anything but Ali Muhammad Shirazi’s cult to officiate and to have historical background. Especially when the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’is has been shared with all the crimes and savageries of this tribe.
Another instance of Baha’ism’s anti-peace activities can be observed during World War I when the British troops were going to destroy the Muslim government and then to conquer Palestine in order to provide the opportunities for founding the forged government of Israel. Abbas Effendi gave his provisions to the Colonialists’ troops. He was bestowed the knight medal by the British emperor due to his betrayal.
In 1934 A.D. when Nazi party gained power and Hitler started his crimes, Shoqi Effendi (the third leader of Baha’ism) issued a statement addressing the German Baha’is and emphasized the necessity for obeying Nazi government and backing up its policies by the Baha’is.[9]
Obeying a criminal like Hitler means confirming Baha’is contribution in his warmongerings.
Speaking about the general peace is a slogan in which the Baha’is themselves don’t believe and its heads are certain that they aren’t able to fulfill it. Since, they consider their fellow sectarian as terrorists. To such an extent that Shoqi Effendi didn’t eat anything in the Baha’is hoses for the fear of being killed.[10]
These peace claimants have continually created hunger mugger social economic conditions along with smuggling and hoarding gangs. During the Corona epidemic days, the crimes of elements related to Baha’ism in hoarding health and medical items, at the height of the need for these items causes the Iranian people of become ill and eventually die. Perhaps this malice, apart from extravagance and greed, is rooted in the cult’s hatred and enmity towards non-natives.
[۱] A collection of Baha’i religion matters, the faith publishing house, 131 Badi’a.
[۲] Ibid.
[۳] Ibid.
[۴] Farrell Henry and Newman Abraham, “universalizing was the forerunner of peace; but it became the battlefield”, human sciences translation site, Isfand, 3, 1398.
[۵] Farrell Henry and Newman Abraham, “universalizing was the forerunner of peace; but it became the battlefield”, human sciences translation site, Isfand, 3, 1398.
[۶] Effendi, Abbas, tablets and wills, p. 294.
[۷] Effendi, Abbas, Makatib, Vol. 2, p. 266.
[۸] Hosseini Tabatabaee, Mostafa, Bab and Baha adventure, Tehran: Rah-e-Nikan, 1393, p. 90.
[۱۰] Maxwell, Rouhieh, the unique gem (Rouhieh Maxwell’s memoirs), London, p. 340.
