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

[Rich Ater]

Gilberto,     I don't think so. Hikmat, from my understasnding means presenting the Faith from the point of view of timliness and capacity of the listener, as well as using tact. You brought this up earlier yourself, in terms of dialogue with other religions. Holy War is forbidden to Baha'is period. By Holy War is meant the violent spread of the Faith or fighting physically against others who attack us for our faith. Rich Gilberto Simpson wrote: On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:46:07 -0800 (PST), John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You have brought up hikmat a number of times. How does hikmat come into play in this regard? Others might be able to explain it as well, but basically "hikmat" is somtimes invoke a sometimes pragmatic suspension of a certain Bahai principle in order to defend or promote the faith. So that whatever restrictions Bahais put on killing, it still might include holy war in some extreme situation. PEace Gilberto __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 __________________________________________________ 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