The Baha'i Studies Listserv Didn't she disagree with some UHJ decisions, though?
>that's the rumour, but the UHJ has never said so, and I've seen no >evidence for it. It's easy to launch a rumour. I'm fairly sure a while ago I saw a copy of a critical letter to them, probably on her website. Not totally sure. I did speak to a couple family members tonight on the subject, as we used to live in NZ. One said it was common knowledge among NZ Baha'is that she wrote to the UHJ arguing that Shoghi Effendi could not have been the successor of 'Abdu'l-Baha. There wasn't agreement as to whether she had actually criticized the UHJ. > no sense to claim to be Baha'i if you don't support the UHJ, >Agreed I find it interesting you agree with this after what you say below. >Agreed. Being Bahai is a personal committment, not a mere opinion. >Still, so far as I know, Alison is a Bahai. If it's important to you >to know, you can ask her: there a contact form on her site. She's >not enrolled, but then neither are the Bahais in China or Iran. >Neither am I. Neither were all the Bahais who lived before there was >such a thing as enrollment. Vice versa, not every name on the >membership rolls represents a Bahai. Isn't this a bit misleading? Describing Alison as 'not enrolled' hardly sounds accurate. The House decided she wasn't to be counted as a Baha'i. In saying Alison is a Baha'i are you disagreeing with the UHJ decision or are you disputing that they disenrolled her? Unlike the Baha'is in China or Iran, she could be an enrolled Baha'i. I won't ask her if she's a Baha'i because I know she considers herself as such. Iran and China may be exceptions, but in most countries whether a person is classified a Baha'i or not is determined by whether they are enrolled. Hence, I think it is misleading to classify Alison as such. I know you're aware that the House decided to disenroll you, and referring to yourself as a Baha'i seems to tacitly imply criticism of their decision. >The UHJ determines the membership, and sometimes says that certain >people who apply for membership cannot be enrolled, but it does not >say that they are not Bahais. They said you weren't a Baha'i, though. Who is correct, you or them? Regards, David __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-499636-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu