Free Baha'is of Azerbaijan

The Baha’i Faith the youngest of all the Faiths and supposedly the most united is now suffering from an existential crisis. Already divided into many factions and sects, the Faith is now faced with the existential threat of a power struggle between the Persian Baha’is and the rest. This crisis may lead to the already decimated Faith into a vertical split shaking the roots of the faith. There is no denying the fact that the Baha’i Faith is born in Persia and Persians have had a great sacrifice in spreading the Faith across the globe. We will have to go back into the history to recollect that the Persian Baha’is pioneered to places far and wide and have devotedly served the faith. The progress of the faith in the golden era from 1970 to 2010 was mainly due to the efforts of Eidelkhanis, Nakhjawanis, Razavis, Afshins, Rouhanis, Mohajers, Azadis and so on. All familiar names to the Baha’i community, known for their selfless services. While these individuals offered their service they also

  Today, Humanity is at a critical juncture faced with the unprecedented and unexpected calamity in the form of the Covid-19 Pandemic. In the face of this crisis, Nations, Organisations, communities and even individuals are engaged in selfless service trying to help their fellow human beings’ tide over the devastating effects of this pandemic. Nations are rising over past rivalries and animosities, and people are rising over racism and xenophobia to help each other. However, in the face of all of this, the “Baha’i Administration” is doing, as usual, NOTHING MEANINGFUL. The “Administration”, as always, in this time of crisis is bent on paying lip service and nothing more. This way of dumb and mute service is the innate nature of the “Baha’i Administration” and is in perfect alignment with the past set precedents of service of the “Administration”. Allow me to enumerate the various “Powerful” (read: self-serving and futile; Lip Service) steps which the “Administration” will take at this

  It is now a well-known and widely accepted fact that Shoghi Effendi acquired the position of Guardianship solely based on the forged Will and Testaments of Abdu’l Baha and by np other official introductions or prior appointments. The strongest evidence of the will of Abdu’l Baha (as released by Shoghi Effendi) comes from the then leading forensics expert Dr. Ainsworth Mitchel who’s forte as the lead consultant for the Scotland Yard providing expert witness on issues of the written word and handwriting. He has said as part of his investigation into the Will and Testament of Abdu’l Baha that the document provided is a forgery. This report is widely published on the internet. Apart from this expert opinion let us take a critical look at the supposed guardianship of Shoghi Effendi from other perspectives. After the ascension of Baha’u’llah, Abdu’l Baha was widely accepted as His successor since the community at large understood Abdu’l Baha would succeed Baha’u’llah as he had in the past

Azerbaijan being Iran's neighbourhood country, has a close connection with the Baha'I faith since the time of the Bab. The impact of the teachings of the Bab was seen in Azerbaijan, as much as it was witnessed in Iran. Since 1850, small Baha'i communities established themselves in different parts of Azerbaijan, namely Ordubad, Baku, Balakhani, Ganja, Barda, Goychay, Salyan, Khilli (present day Neftchala), Shaki, Shamakhy, etc. Soon, the community of Baku counted the largest number of faithful in the region and in 1860 obtained official acknowledgement from the authorities. These small communities also recognized the newly proclaimed position of Baha'u'llah. Soon there was more public awareness and some favour from leaders of the wider community. At the same time, the Baha'i community of Baku broadened its communication with other Baha'is in Russia, Turkey and Ashkhabad and did much work printing materials in Turkish. Around 1902, relations with the gover