Re: Bahai jihad? Re: Men and Women equal?

[Popeyesays]

In a message dated 1/21/2005 9:40:41 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What practice is a part of proper "holy war" (not its distortions) which would be absolutely ruled out by the Bahai concepts of collective security, "righteous" warfare, and hikmat. In particular, why would the application of hikmat by limited to exclude the possibility of "holy war"? Let's look for a clear example:   Years ago Hindus were attacking mosques and vice versa in India. Here we have a case of one community attacking another for religous purposes. Both sides felt perfectly comnfortable taking up arms to defendthe faith. Baha`u'llah would not allow Baha`i's to take up arms in defense from an attack based on religious grounds.   Note there is another difference here. No political state is involved. It is NOT a case of one nation invading another.   THe international peace described by Baha`u'llah is nations coming together to find ways to support one another in the face of bloody agression. Nations are composed of believers of many faiths in most instances. Here clearly one nation invades another and religious reasons are not the root cause - the root cause is belligerence and a desire to acheive nationalistic goals.   Under the guidance of Baha`u'llah the aggressing nation is committing a crime against peace and ALL the nations are required to come to the aid of the nation invaded. Why? Because such a common defense would deter warfare after the first time it was successfully invoked. Aggressors would realize there is no profit in aggression.   This has very little to do with religion.   Regards,   Scott     __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu