True Bahá'í

The Guardian responds to changes to Badi calendar made by bogus UHJ

I am responding to your question about the Baha’i Calendar and the activities of the bogus UHJ, who are intending to make changes in the implementation of the Badi calendar. As the friends are well aware, wherever in the Writings... Read more →

What do Orthodox Bahá'ís believe?

What do Orthodox Bahá'ís believe? 1) We are the "true Bahá'ís" We have not altered the true Faith of God. We believe just the same as all Bahá'ís believed before 1957 that the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh requires obedience to the... Read more →

What goes around comes around: use of the Greatest Name effectively banned in Malaysia

In November, 2006, the heterodox Baha'is, those presently headquartered in Wilmette , Illinois, brought a legal action seeking to prevent the Orthodox Baha'is from using the Greatest Name, among other things. The Greatest Name is "Allah-u-Abha" (God is All-Glorious) and... Read more →

Inquiry from a Baha'i: Give up those "small obscurities" and return to the majority

The following is an email received from a believer from the Bahá'í World Faith or BWF (that is, the large organization presently headquartered in Haifa and Wilmette) Hello loved one: I am deeply saddened to see a sect, regardless of... Read more →

Personal Reflections on the United States NSA's Legal Attack Against the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith

Imagine my dismay when, on November 26, 2006, I received a copy of the "Motion for Rule to Show Cause" filed by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States against the Guardian, Joel B. Marangella, Hand... Read more →

Does belief in Jesus as my Saviour preclude me from being an Orthodox Bahá'í?

From a recent inquiry and response: I believe that Jesus Christ is my Saviour,that He is the Manifestation of God. Does that preclude me from becoming an Orthodox Bahá'í? Perhaps as an Orthodox Bahá'í I will become a better Christian?... Read more →

Orthodox Bahá'í Statement on Persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran

Statement by the National Bahá’í Council for the Orthodox Bahá’ís of the United States Concerning the Persecution of Bahá’ís in Iran: On behalf of the Orthodox Bahá’ís of the United States, we wish to express our dismay at the prison... Read more →

A Brief Review of the Claims of Neal Chase to the Guardianship of the Bahá'í Faith

Few things are so confusing as the situation of having multiple claimants to the Guardianship of the Bahá'í Faith. It is straightforward enough to understand that the larger Bahá'í organization has done away with the Guardianship after the death of... Read more →

Appeals Court rules in favor of Orthodox Bahá'ís

The Court of Appeals for the United States Seventh Circuit issued its ruling on November 23, 2010, in the appeal brought by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States ("Wilmette NSA"). The Wilmette NSA brought the... Read more →

Brief Reflection on the Remembrance of God

In my Commentary on the Short Healing Prayer, I made mention of the Remembrance of God, the power of the Greatest Name as reflected in the Holy Maiden who appeared in and through Bahá'u'lláh. In this brief essay, I thought... Read more →