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Wine is najis in Islam for many schools. And in the Bahai texts
tobacco is described as very filthy and unclean.
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Susan Maneck sman...@gmail.com wrote:
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In regards to this whole najas issue, it is not just
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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Iskandar Hai, M.D.
iskandar@gmail.com wrote:
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I do welcome and appreciate a spiritual and metaphorical
reading of that verse in Surah of Towbeh. I disagree that at the time of its
revelation it was
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Dear Gilberto;
Thanks for your message.
A couple of points, since we are discussing differences:
Cleanliness and litAAfat (both physical purity and cleanliness and
spiritual, mental cleanliness, purity of thought, purity of mind) is
certainly very much encouraged in
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A revelation direct from God? Can there be a revelation indirect from God?
I guess we could give Joseph Smith as an example. He could communicate with
angels and he had the spiritual ability to translate the Book of Mormon. The
prophet was Moroni from the
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Regarding your question about a lying impostor, etc. I would say that if
someone claims to have a Revelation direct from God, then I should do an
unfettered and independent investigation of the issue and try to determine
with my own judgement if s/he is true or a
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What about the restoration of an existing religion?
According to Abdu'l-Baha's interpretation anyone claiming authority
over the House of Justice would be laying claim to an Amr in that
sense:
The meaning of this is that any individual who, before the expiry of
a
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Doesn't the UHJ only have jurisdiction over Baha'is?
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What about the restoration of an existing religion?
According to Abdu'l-Baha's interpretation anyone claiming authority
over the House of Justice would be laying claim to an Amr in
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Doesn't the UHJ only have jurisdiction over Baha'is?
Of course. And the statement whoso layeth claim to a revelation
direct from God is directed to Baha'is as well.
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Continuing...
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Dear Gilberto;
Thanks for your message.
You are welcome.
A couple of
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So why should non-Baha'is care if Baha'u'llah says there will be no new
prophets for atleast 1000 years? (Some Pilgrim Note say 1000 years is a minimum
and it could be 6000 years to 500,000 years depending on the need of humanity.)
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In regards to this whole najas issue, it is not just that Baha'is
don't regard unbelievers as unclean, we also have no concept of ritual
uncleanliness in regards to certain foods as Muslims do. Of course, we
wash our food, but there are no foods, other than drugs and
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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:53 AM, iskandar@gmail.com wrote:
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As I said, I was trying to wrap up and I am reluctant to make detailed
comments about the following. It looks like Matt Haase understood at least
some of the points I
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On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:43 AM, iskandar@gmail.com wrote:
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Much thanks, dear Gilberto for your comments.
Baha'is believe that Muhammad is the last Prophet
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On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:43 AM, iskandar@gmail.com wrote:
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Much thanks, dear Gilberto for your comments.
Baha'is believe that Muhammad is the last Prophet in the same sense that
Jesus
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and now I am a Baha'i. When I was a
Catholic boy, I was taught
to despise Muhammad and to look on the Qur'an as a strange book that should be
avoided.
Now *because* of accepting Baha'i teachings, I believe Muhammad was a
Messenger
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and now I am a Baha'i. When I was a
Catholic boy, I was taught
to despise Muhammad and to look on the Qur'an as a strange book that
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Regarding the 19-day feast: it is open to non-Baha'is. During the
consultation period of the 19-day feast, if a vote is going to be taken, then
the votes of Baha'is are counted, naturally.
Dear Iskandar,
My understanding is that we are still not suppose to be
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There are definitely historical
examples of Bahai missionaries using hikmat to pretend to be Sufis and
claimed Bahaullah was a Sufi Shaykh in order to get converts.
Where that has happened, it was almost never to get converts, in fact
it was done usually in areas
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Much thanks, dear Gilberto for your comments.
Baha'is believe that Muhammad
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