Baha’ism in view of the western researchers

Bahaismiran:

From the beginning of its appearance till now, the Baha’i organization has been investigated and searched by the Iranian thinkers from different aspects including religion and policy and etc. various books have also been written criticizing Baha’i organization and faith. Contrary to its superficial claim, the Baha’i deviant cult is a political one and it hasn’t been criticized by just Muslim and Iranian scholars; but it has also been criticized by some western scholar such as Dr. Juan Cole, the master of the Middle East studies in Michigan university the ex-chairman of the Middle East studies “Dr. Denis McQueen and Fichikia.

Dr. Juan Cole

Having done extensive studies regarding Baha’ism, these scholars have concluded that the structure of the universal organization of Baha’ism consisting 9 people has the sever tendency towards fundamentalism rather than liberalism. They also believe that the cultive characteristic are increasing in it severely. According to Dr. Firouz Kazem Zadeh the master of the Russian history at Yale University and the spokesman of the American Baha’is, the structure of the Baha’i organization isn’t necessarily based on democracy American; but it is obliged to obey the theocracy.

Denis Mcqueen points out the dictatorial theocracy in the Baha’i bureaucracy system. Dr. Udoschaefer, one of the great Baha’i scholars and an ex-member of national assembly of Baha’ism in Germany considers Baha’i views toward the Baha’i universal center (the UHJ) whose members are assumed as innocent one as the Delfi temple. Like other researchers, he believes that Baha’is assume “the holy spirit” as a mechanical god for guiding and directing the universal house of justice.

Dr. Udoschaefer

The westerns consider Baha’ism as an eastern semi-mystical creed which has worn a modern cloth and it tries to have a western and intellectual appearance.

“Herman Roemer, a German scholar, believes that Baha’ism is a dervish like creed. It has worn a modern cloth due to being close to the cultural movements inspired by the west.

Herman Roemer

“Professor Carlo Alfonso Nallino”, the master of Rome University introduces Baha’ism as a mixture of the eastern illusion with the western ideas and considers it as a mask for the religious carelessness which Baha’ism is going to expand it.

Carlo Alfonso Nallino

Dr. Udoschaefer believes that Baha’ism is too weak to present its teachings. Baha’ism believes that it is in its infancy stage. He believes that the crown commandments of the Aqdas book are totally against the values dominated on the western world and are against the willings of modern judicial experts.

Dr. Udoschaefer believe that Bahaullah (Hussein Ali Nouri) has stated everything and a person doesn’t need any philosophy to reveal and discover the truth; consequently the Baha’i community is moving toward the cultive views.