The Baha'i Studies Listserv Anyone who used to be a member of religion A but isn't anymore is an apostate from religion A. So Nima is an apostate from the Bahai faith. If I remember correctly you are an apostate from Christianity. Spinoza was arguably an apostate from Judaism. And if a person was Muslim at one point but is no longer Muslim now then they are an apostate from Islam. That';s just what the word means.
Similarly, in terms of Islamic law, kaffir means "non-Muslim". Calling a Bahai an apostate or a kaffir either applies or doesn't. The important thing isn't the term. It is the treatment (which is the point you ignored from my response). __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-510892-274...@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
