Sohrab > A Dangerous Doctrine (409-410)
"A Dangerous Doctrine. In considering the problem of fear, let us for a
while study the writings of Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Cause, and
see how he handles this vital subject.... The three published volumes of
Shoghi Effendi are *Baha'i Administration, The World Order of Baha'u'llah*
and *The Advent of Divine Justice*, which works consist of the letters
which
he has addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly in the course of the
last 20 years. Now, I have read these three books and find that the words
*enemies* and *adversaries* are greatly featured. Baha-O-Llah has said:
*Consort with all men with joy and fragarance, yet Shoghi Effendi, in his
very first letter, dated January 21, 1992, written after his assumption of
the guardianship, recommends *the absolute shunning of whomsoever we feel
to
be an enemy of the Cause. (*Bahai Administration, page 16.) Now, I cannot
bring myself to the point of believing that *absolute shunning* of
whomsoever we *feel* to be the enemy of the Cause is a principle of
Baha-O-Llah. Is every one going to let his *feelings* guide him in the
matter? Can we not take for granted that frail human beings as we are, a
great deal of personal caprice and spite may enter into our calculations
as
to *who* is the enemy of the Bahai Cause? This is a very dangerous
doctrine,
and yet one finds it in different forms throughout Shoghi Effendi's
communications. He practically never mentions the names of the *enemies*
or
*adversaries* to whom he constantly refers. He simply creates ogres and
bogey men, and fills the hearts of the Bahais with apprehension and fear.
In
this way, the fountain-head of free and open comradeship is dried up and
the
flowers of loving-kindness wither away" (409-410).
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EXCERPTS from Mirza Ahmad Sohrab. Broken Silence:
The Story of Today's Struggle for Religious Freedom.
New York: Universal Publishing, 1942.
Reprinted. H-Bahai: Lansing, Michigan, 2004.
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