Copy-pasting a comment I found under this video<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p9oRVywTTsM&lc=Ugz02nDwq0ffZ6XqGrh4AaABAg<\/a><\/p>\n I used to be a Baha\u2019i from aged 13-28 and learned more about it after I reverted to Islam than when I was IN the Faith! I would never treat a Baha\u2019i or any other religious person\/ordinary person in any bad way but the Baha\u2019i faith is what Protestants are to the Catholic Church I guess in a way. Meaning, they got rid of all of the Islamic teachings and doctrines, dogmas, educations, traditions etc, and replaced them with very minimalistic versions of prayers or zikr etc- sometimes getting rid of it altogether, to se-a rate themselves from the Muslims. People used to ask if I were Muslim while I was Baha\u2019i and I couldn’t figure out why. But once I learned about where the Baha\u2019i faith came from, (and they\u2019re part of the twelver group\/waiting for the 12th Imam to appear) and who began it and propagated it and it\u2019s early history until now, I realized that it\u2019s basically a watered down version of Islam and even in this video, this isn\u2019t the standard “noon time Short obligatory prayer” I learned to do. He is adding other things to it and even sujood! That\u2019s new! Normally only the Medium and Long Baha\u2019i prayers has any prostrations in it, not the short obligatory prayer. And I recall wondering why we faced the East like Muslims do- but Baha’is are facing the 2 shrines in Akka Israel where Baha’u’lllah<\/a> and Abdul-Baha are buried.<\/p>\n I learned a lot growing up Baha\u2019i as we were exposed to all faiths, major ones at least during monthly “Devotions” but we never ever prayed together as Baha’is unless someone died. I kept thinking to myself that something just doesn\u2019t feel right. Baha\u2019i center uses Arabic for the Baha\u2019i calendar month names, the 95 names of God\/Allah, they use Arabic in the greeting of “Allah\u2019u\u2019Abha\/Glory of God.”when you greet each other at the center, to having fasts and feast days. I used to love the monthly feasts as the whole community got together but the one thing missing was Salah\/prayer and there was never an appointed leader or someone of knowledge that could lead our group. I was the music “minister” if you will at my Baha\u2019i center. It was random people with a varying range of knowledge and practice of Baha\u2019i faith & knowledge. It\u2019s basically Islam watered down to being very minimal in prayer (choose 1 of the 3 obligatory prayers alone with ablutions), monthly devotions at the center, 19-day fasting during the month of “A\u2019la-March 1-19 or 2-21st” ending with Naw-Ruz” New Day\/years”\/Start of Spring. It was started by the B\u00e0b<\/a> but accepted by Baha\u2019u\u2019llah! So the very person who believed he was receiving revelation wasn\u2019t the one to know there should be a fasting season but his Son thought to add it. You have 3 central figures who are all family who established the faith and Baha’u’llah one day in the garden claimed himself to be a prophet! But yet the Qu\u2019ran states there will not be another prophet for humanity. Baha’is believe that every 1000 years, someone new will come but they\u2019re waiting for the Mahdi though\u2026<\/p>\n So many confusion and interesting takes from Islam to create a peaceful, ever caring faith that wants men and women to be equals but all 9 members of the UHJ are men. Even the LSAs\/local spiritual assemblies felt odd to me. I was Vice President once of it and I did not have proper knowledge of the faith to take on that role but because I was the only one left to do it, I was chosen! Lol<\/p>\n They talk a lot about humanity being equals but men are the only decision makers when it came to the Baha\u2019i faith. I always got the impression that when Baha\u2019i, I was a new and improved peaceful Muslim-like religion. But really, Baha\u2019i Faith stripped Islam of so many things and renamed it after a human being; “Bah\u2019u\u2019llah”\/Baha\u2019i Faith\/the Baha\u2019is.<\/p>\n I learned a lot while being a Baha\u2019i but feel like it misleads so many people to think that it\u2019s just going along with all the religions of the world but Baha\u2019i faith goes against so many aspects of most religions that I can think of, the major ones that are Abrahamic at least, and that nothing is wrong in the slightest- but they\u2019ll read previous scripture each devotion but somehow have their own which is the Kitab\u2019i\u2019Aqdas (Book of Laws), Tablets written by any of the 3 co-founders directly to people, kings, queens etc.. So it\u2019s confusing because either they\u2019re infallible or not. They were Muslim at one point and Baha’u’llah’s father was a famous Imam and his father sort of disowned him when he realized that his son Mirza Hosein Ali (Baha’u’llah later on) was no longer following Islam. They either want to keep it safe and be close to Islamic faith, but only take what they like out of it and leave the rest, or identify themselves as a whole new religion (New World Order) that is not based in Islam at all. I can remember people asking me if I were Muslim and I used to harshly say “no! I am a Baha\u2019i!- but but but \u2026 it\u2019s sort of like Islam but not? And no one could understand much of what the deal was.<\/p>\n There is only One God for all of Creation from the beginning of time. How can it be that we have all these previous faiths that still exists and are practiced but somehow the majority of people didn\u2019t get the message that the Baha\u2019i faith really is what is for “The modern time we are in now.”?<\/p>\n The Baha\u2019i temple is even open to any religious person and has 9 doors to it. You can be Muslim and pray there or Christian and pray they\u2019re. But I highly doubt that happens very often. I always wondered about that with the big Baha\u2019i temple in Wilmette IL that resembles an Islamic building or even a Masjid!<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure that most people of other faiths have no idea that Baha’is would except them into the Baha\u2019i faith center or temples around the world. It isn\u2019t widely known at all.<\/p>\n There are no proofs or previous revelations that Baha’u’llah was to come. There isn\u2019t proof that he is who he said or was meant to be. It was like a family owned business that turned into a faith I guess. I felt like God was seeking me (Allah) from age 12, but I thought u had to be born overseas or be of Muslim decent to practice Islam. So anytime I had questions on why Baha\u2019i faith looks and feels identical to Islam, minus the more active parts such as Jumah and many others, no one would ever answer me. Baha’is feel like they\u2019re the best thing out there as they\u2019re all loving but one you\u2019re a “Covenant-Breaker” then you\u2019re no long loved or accepted but yet they want you to think that. This NWO thing became creepy to me as I became older and started to learn more from outside of the Baha\u2019i faith and I felt just like a cult but in a bigger scale. You won\u2019t see negativity or anything or forcing this or that- but you literally have to take a Shahadah of sorts but it does not include Muhammad PBUH – and if you look up the Arabic or English copy of the short daily prayer, it\u2019s basically the Shahadah!<\/p>\n Anyhow, sorry for the rant- but the Baha\u2019i faith led me to Islam Alhamdullilah and I feel like I am on the path that is for me. I still have many Baha\u2019i friends and love their kindness. But the NWO, UHJ and governmental buildings really did it for me once I realized that Baha\u2019is are trained to believe that one day, all the religions will fall away and the Baha\u2019i faith will be the religion of the world or humanity and the UHJ not even in the USA will control things! Your money is supposed to go to them too! So many things I found out once I was no longer a Baha\u2019i. It\u2019s so so interesting how now it\u2019s even changing more so to people inventing new ways to perform prayer even dressing like a Muslim to using a janamaz\/prayer rug etc when none of that is required of Baha\u2019is not even in the writings.<\/p>\n As salam alaikum \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0643\u0645 everyone. Peace be upon everyone and I hope that the Baha\u2019i faith one day won\u2019t become the main super power over the world because it\u2019s definitely not what it seems to be from their websites to books, and publications etc. it\u2019s just so so odd when I reverted to Islam and saw how much the Baha\u2019i faith had taken of Islam and what they left out or changed or claimed this or that. It\u2019s truly amazing to me.<\/p>\n Ma asalama.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Copy-pasting a comment I found under this video https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p9oRVywTTsM&lc=Ugz02nDwq0ffZ6XqGrh4AaABAg I used to be a Baha\u2019i from aged 13-28 and learned more about it after I reverted to Islam than when I was IN the Faith! 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