http://iranian.com/main/2009/oct/farid-khavari
In the mid 1990s this gentleman had a huge falling out with the North American and international Baha’i administration. He was de-fellowshipped (i.e. excommunicated) and thrown off the Baha’i roles for calling the Baha’i authorities a bunch of crooks..He specifically accused the North American Baha’i authorities of corruption and nepotism, and circulated a series of indicting letters together with a whole range of documents supporting his allegations to every Baha’i LSA (Local Spiritual Assembly) in the United States and Canada he could get the address for. I also received his letters but wish I had kept the file since there was some really good material in it.
Given his positions in the past, this is a man with rock solid integrity who is not afraid to stand up to bullies and entrenched elites. He is anti-Islamic, probably due to his Zoroastrian Baha’i pedigree, and his father was murdered by the mullahs in the early years of the revolution. But all the same, he is a good man! Mehdi Abedi and Michael Fischer include a chapter in their *DEBATING MUSLIMS: Cultural Dialogues in Post- Modernity and Tradition (1990) * about his father:
http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/1139.htm
I hope he wins the Florida gubernatorial race – next year (2010?). He would be good, and also a win by him would be a providential slap in the face to the Haifan Baha’i fascists who de-fellowshipped him for rightfully calling them a bunch of crooks!
KHAVARI FOR FLORIDA!
