The Baha'i Studies Listserv I might want to clarify that, even though the Babi and Baha'i Faiths were born in a Shi`ah culture, yet Babi-Baha'i theology in some important areas rejects and condemns certain Shi`ah positions. For instance, Baha'u'llah rejects the Shi`ah notion of considering the Imams as co-equals with the Prophet Muhammad. Also, many abrogations in the Aqdas refer to abrogations of Shi`ah fiqh/law/shari`ah. In the case of the Promised Mahdi, Baha'u'llah clearly endorses the Sunni expectation that the Promised Mahdi would be born and Baha'u'llah rejects the Shi`ah notion that the Promised Mahdi was born in the year 255A.H. and is still physically alive and well.
Best regards, Iskandar On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Gilberto Simpson < gilberto.simp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Um.. because in spite of the direction the discussion has taken I > actually didn't want to rehash the entire history of Sunni-Shia > polemics on a Bahai list. I suppose it is arguably relevant since the > Bahais come out of the Shia side and obviously adopt many of their > positions. My main goal was to just point out that your initial > description of the Umayyads followed the Shia perspective, and I > wanted to give a contrasting view. > > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-534890-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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
