Making a secular Iran hasn’t predicted by the Baha’i leaders, but it is planned and aimed by Baha’ism to dominate the Iranian government because Baha’ism knows dominating on liberal Islamic community is impossible except in a secular one in which it can underpin its government.
The second leader of Baha’ism predicted the separation of religion and the political future of Iran and praised secularism[1] and spoke about forgetting religion for a while among the Iranian people. Abdul Baha claimed for a new period of time of believing in religion and expanding of Baha’ism after forgetting religion in Iran[2].
Yes, this prediction became aborted, too. After years, not only the Iranian community didn’t become secular, but also selecting a system of government based on Islam by the Iranian people made Abdul Baha’s claim null. However the topic of our discussion is that why this Baha’i leader wished secularism?!
The Answer
۱) The wish for removing Islam and Shia religion hasn’t just predicted by Abdul Baha, the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism had wished for it before. Hussein Ali Baha was openly asking the Iranian Shias to leave Shia religion at least if they didn’t become Baha’i “Tell, O’ people if you don’t become prosperous due to the faith light (if you don’t become Baha’is) exit yourself out of Shia party rise…[۳]”
The most important reason was that because the Colonialism movement could dominate on the incompetent kings of Iran but Shia scholars were strong dams against them. They could stand against Colonialism in the following adventures: The wars between Iran and Russia, Tangestan movement against Britain, cancelling Reuters contract, Tobacoo movement and etc.
The Shia scholar can’t tolerate the dominance of the disbelievers on the Islamic communities according to the holy Quran verdict:
“وَلَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا” (نساء/۱۴۱).
“… and never will Allah grant to the disbelievers a way [to triumphs] over the believers.
۲) The Baha’ism cult which promises for secularism and the establishment of religion in Iran hasn’t separated religion and policy for itself and wished for the establishment of religious government for itself across the world: “…This formality will change into the establishment of divine kingdom and the emergence of the dominance of this faith. This divine kingdom will end in the foundation and establishment of the universal kingdom of the Baha’i faith…[۴]”
Consequently, making a secular Iran isn’t the prediction of the Baha’i leaders but it is the plan and aim of Baha’ism to seize the Iranian government because it knows that dominating on the Islamic community is impossible except in a secular community.
[۱] Secularism is a thought which negates the presence of religion in various dimensions of human life.
[۲] Ishraq Khawari, the heavenly food, Bija: The national institute of the faith press, 129 Badi’a, Vol. 5, p. 193.
[۳] Ibid, Vol. 4, p. 141.
[۴] Shoqi Effendi, the emergence of the divine justice, the electronic Baha’i library, p. 15.
