Abdu’l-Baha: Indigenous Americans are wild savage animals who lack reason…

The most preached and most celebrated teaching of Baha’u’llah is the Oneness of Humanity. In this article we will show using quotes from Abdu’l-Baha how the Oneness of Humanity applies to the Indians of America.

The original Farsi speeches of Abdu’l-Baha which were uttered in America were published by the Iranian National Institute for Baha’i Publications in the Second volume of the book Khatabat (speeches) in the year 127 Badi`. The book can be found on the official Baha’i library at:

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/

and can be downloaded using the following links:

http://reference.bahai.org/download/ka2-fa-pdf.zip

http://reference.bahai.org/download/ka2-fa-doc.zip

On pages 112-113 Abdu’l-Baha is cited as uttering the following statements:

Abdu’l-Baha and native Americans

“You must be very thankful to Columbus for discovering such a great country for you. It is the most strange thing that he discovered it but it became known as America. In reality, it must be called Columbus and this would be right and just.”

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Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa’i and the Penis Tree

Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa’i was regarded a heretic by some Shia scholars. Baha’is try to portray him as one of the forerunners to the Bab and Baha’u’llah who was hated by the Shia clergy because of his connections with the Babi and Baha’i creeds that they claim were prophesized in his writings. He is held with great respect and esteem by Baha’i figures and their followers and is praised greatly in Baha’i literature.

When one reads through the books of Shaykh Ahmad, it becomes evident why he was labeled as a heretic and rejected. Although he was a originally a Shia scholar himself and abided by Shia scripture, he later deviated and started uttering statements that even though were sometimes based on accepted Shia literature, were many times based on his own personal beliefs.

In this article we will translate a section of his book Jawami` al-kalim.

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