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Also see US District Court of Northern Illinois rules against Haifan Baha'is
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April 23, 2008
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| Jeffrey Goldberg in his Response to the lawsuit that is currently being brought against other Bahai denominations in the Courts of Illinois rightly points out that there are now NINE denominations of the Bahai Faith: "There are at least nine organizations now existing and operating at some level that practice a denomination of the "Bahá'í" religion (Goldberg Decl., Para. 51; Schlatter Decl., Para. 18-21). One is not a Bahá'í because of which denomination one belongs to, one is a Bahá'í because of the system of set of beliefs and doctrines one holds. The NSA's own web site defines a Bahá'í in this manner (Schlatter Decl., Para. 43)." http://www.truebahai.com/court/ .... "1) Orthodox Bahá'í Faith (the OBF Respondents, following Joel B. Marangella); http://www.rt66.com/~obfusa/council.htm 2) Bahá'ís Under Provisions of the Covenant (the other Respondents, following Leland Jensen); http://www.bupc.org/ 3)The Bahá'í Faith or Bahá'í World Faith (the Movant NSA); 4) Tarbiyat Bahá'í Community (formerly known as Orthodox Bahá'ís Under the Regency) (Rex King group); www.tarbiyatcenter.org 5) Bahá'ís Under the living Guardianship http://guardianshipofthebahaifaith.org/index.htm (Donald Harvey as the third Guardian and Jacques Soghomonian as the fourth Guardian), an organization that is the successor to the Remey NSA; www.Bahai-Guardian.com 6) Reform Baha'is http://www.reformbahai.org/ 7) Free Baha'is http://freebahais.com/freebahai.htm; 8) Unitarian Baha'is http://members.tripod.com/ninetin/abdulbaha/contents.htm 9) John Carre (followers of Alif a Third Manifestation of God - the third letter of the Greatest Name) http://www.metavergence.com/john/ " For those unfamiliar with the Haifan nsa's attempt to deprive other Bahais of their first amendment rights of liberty and freedom of religious conviction, I urge you to read the documents involved on both sides at http://www.truebahai.com/court/ " [some URLs added] For a historical perspective, see the documents at Lawsuit by Wilmette NSA Against Other Denominations http://www.fglaysher.com/bahaicensorship/ One can only hope the Court will be wise enough to understand what is truly involved. -- Frederick Glaysher The Baha'i Faith & Religious Freedom of Conscience http://www.fglaysher.com/bahaicensorship/ See 2007 - Lawsuit by Wilmette NSA Against Other Denominations http://www.fglaysher.com/bahaicensorship/ |