Publication in Egypt incites hatred against Baha’is
July 10th, 2008 by Admin Islamists in Egypt have long posed a hurdle to efforts aimed at granting Baha’i citizens equal rights. Now a more chilling development has ensued, with the news that the Ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) has begun distributing a book titled “The Baha’i Faith and the Stance of Islam” to all mosques.
This publication has not strayed from its predecessors, with its reiteration of baseless claims of Zionist support and covert attempts at weakening Muslims.
The book further went on stress the importance of meeting the Baha’i faith and all similar “intellectual epidemics” that diverge from Islam with firmness, and called on the state to invest all its efforts in combatting and uprooting them from society.
We at the Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights fervently condemn the publication of this book, that would lead to further violence and hatred against the innocent Baha’i minority in Egypt. It is incumbent on Muslims not only in Egypt, but across the globe to rise and say enough! Enough to all the hatred, enough to all the violence, enough to all the injustice.
Reach out and make an effort to educate yourself on the Baha’is and their faith, and most importantly, respect their humanity.
Can you explain the Baha’ is faith? this reader is upset with any form of persecution against minorities, but as per my question - how does this faith differ from the major faiths in world as Islam, Christianity, Buddhism etc. Or is it a jeopardized sub faith?
You can get some basic information on the Baha’i Faith here:
http://www.bahai.org/
Dear Darell,
All we want is peace.
I applaud the actions and efforts of the Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights. I attend the mosque in Topeka, Kansas. I am delighted to have a mosque in my town. As a child I went to church just down the street from where the mosque is. My father and his family started the church before I was born. I decided I did not believe its doctrines when I was in high school. After high school I found the Baha’i Faith and embraced it. I always considered the Quran to be the Word of God and was delighted to find that Baha’is believed that also. In fact, in order to be Baha’i one has to accept the Quran and Muhammad. Millions of Baha’is around the world who never were Muslim now accept the Quran and Muhammad. What is the problem with that??
The Muslims in Topeka accept me into the Jumah. They come from America, India, Pakistan, Bangaledesh, Eqypt, Afganistan and other places. They are all learning a new way to be Muslim. With an Imam who is an African-American the Jumah is growing in understanding the difference between being Pakistani and being Muslim. One way to be a Muslim in Topeka is to invite the Baha’i to share about the Baha’i Faith. I can’t imagine that happening in many other mosques.
“There should be no compulsion in religion.” That is an ayah that many Muslims seem to ignore. The Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights does not ignore it either. Thank you so very much.
thanks for this article & i wrot about this subject in my blog . bahais in Egypt want to live in peace & nothing else
http://basmagm.wordpress.com/
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It is beyond belief that religious leaders of any religion would engage in promoting hatred instead of promoting the true mission of religion: to bring people together, to unite the children of God under one universal tent, and to serve as instruments of love and brotherhood. What these people are doing is assuredly a shameless violation of their duties.