On 10/26/05, Susan Maneck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gilberto:
> >>I've wondered about some of the passages I've seen from Bahai sources.
> Would it be fair to say that the Bahai faith is Zionist. (Believes that
> Israel should be a Jewish state)?<<
Mark:
> Neither Shoghi Effendi nor the Universal House of Justice have taken a
> position on that issue.
>
What about the central figures? I understand they predated Israel but
not necessarily the Zionist movement. And they could have made
references to prophecy in ways which had implications for Zionism
and/or Israel.
> Of course, there are different types of Zionism. The great neo-Chasidic
> existentialist, Martin Buber, who actually lived in the Holy Land, was
> strongly opposed to political Zionism - to the establishment of a Jewish
> state in Palestine - but he supported cultural Zionism and the right of
> Jews, as well as anyone else, to move to Palestine."
>
> Dear Mark,
>
> I think there is evidence that Abdu'l-Baha took this position. He urged His
> fellow Palestinians to accept the immigration of Jews. At the same time He
> said that if Jews attempted to take it all "there would be trouble."
>
Gilberto:
Do you know where one could read that?
Peace
gilberto
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