Bibliography: 3H62Z2SU

key	3H62Z2SU
title	Deriding Revealed Religions? : Baha'is in Egypt
author	Pink, Johanna
authority control	Johanna Pink
item type	Journal article
publication year	2002
date	2002-10
publication title	ISIM Newsletter
abstract note	When on 10 May 1925, the appellate shari'a court of Biba annulled the marriages of three Upper Egyptian Baha'is to their Muslim wives, declaring that the Baha'i faith was not part of Islam and therefore Muslims embracing it were to be considered apostates, this verdict was, paradoxically, hailed by the international Baha'i community as 'the first Charter of the emancipation of the Cause of Baha'u'llah from the fetters of Islamic orthodoxy'. The National Spiritual Assembly (NSA) of the Baha'is of Egypt and the Sudan, one of the first NSAs to be founded worldwide, felt inspired by the verdict that finally made the Egyptian public aware of the existence of an active Baha'i community in their country. It was clear to everyone now that the Baha'i faith could no longer be regarded as an Islamic reform movement, as had been the case before World War I, when Abd'ul'baha's visits to Alexandria had caused a first wave of interest in the new religion.
pages	30
publisher	International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World
place	Leiden
language	English
manual tags	EGYPT; PERSECUTION; LAW