Is a clergy-dominated leadership also the explanation for this circumstance which we are now observing in America where the leadership of the large body of Bahá’ís in the United States is persecuting Orthodox Bahá’ís by bringing Court action against them in an attempt to stop them legally from practicing their Faith, “framing mischief by decree” (Ps. 94:20), preventing Orthodox Bahá’ís from using the Name of the Founder of their Faith and the symbols of their Faith? How is that attitude and action different from Iranian authorities destroying sacred Bahá’í sites in Iran? The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United states is acting towards Orthodox Bahá’ís with the same attitude as the clergy of the Iranian leadership, classifying Orthodox Bahá’ís as “heretics/Covenant-breakers/apostates.”
It is such a crime that the Iranians do not allow for the free expression of religious beliefs. It is also a crime that the main Baha’i organization is trying to squelch the free speech of Orthodox Baha’is. See the following:
Details of the Court Action:
http://www.truebahai.com/court_case.html
Picture : Charles Mason Remey, Guardian.
