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

[Smaneck]

In a message dated 1/21/2005 9:40:43 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You still haven't convincingly explained or shown why there would be any morally significant difference between the "holy wars" carried out under the leadership of the prophet Muhammad or Imam Hussein and the analagous practices permitted in the Bahai. Dear Gilberto,   We do not have analogous practices. "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."   Where did the word 'righteous' come from? As I told you before we do not fight in the defense of our religion, period. "In particular, why would the application of hikmat by limited to exclude the possibility of "holy war"?"   Because Baha'u'llah said so. It is silly to come up with hypothetical to suggest that Baha'i Teachings are no different than Islam in this respect.   warmest, Susan   __________________________________________________ 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