A Refutation of the Claim that Racism is Okay
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:56 pm
Some people of late have been making the claim that Racist views are supported in the Baha'i faith. I have created this topic to end this once and for all.
Points made by myself are bolded
As you can see, the claim that Racism is supported by the Baha'i faith is absurd. [/url]
Points made by myself are bolded
Posted by Darrick Evenson on July 07, 2001 at 23:30:32:
"If man is left in his natural state, he will become lower than the
animal and continue to grow more ignorant and imperfect. The
savage African tribes are evidence of this." (Promulgation p.111)
Clearly not in reference to Africans as a whole, but only to certain tribes
"The inhabitants of a country like Africa are all as wandering
savages and wild animals. They lack intelligence and knowledge; all are uncivilized; not one civilized and wise man is to be found
among them." (Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha, p.576)
Not that this is refering not to the race, but the people of a certian area. Not a comment of Racial inferiority, but on the sad state of african povery
"A man who had not a spiritual education is a brute. Like
the savages of Africa, whose actions, habits, and morals are
purely sensual, they act according to the demands of nature
to such a degree that they rent and eat each other." (Some
Answered Questions 29:5)
Not the race as a whole, but just the uncivilized
"Consider how often murder occurs among the barbarians of
Africa; they even kill one another to eat each other's
flesh and blood." (Some Answered Questions 77:13)
Again, not all Africans
August Forel:
"...the brain of the Negro is weaker than that of the white.
Even for their own good blacks must be treated as what they
are, an absolutely subordinate, inferior, lower type of man,
incapable themselves of cultrue. That must once and for
all be clearly and openly stated." (Foundations of the
Nineteenth Century, p.241)
'Abdu'l-Baha to August Forel:
"O reverend personage, lover of Truth!***Thy works are
no doubt of great benefit and if they are published send
us a copy!" (Tablet to August Forel)
This claim is very deceitful. One only needs to look at the Wikipedia artilce ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Forel ) To see that his Racist views are not as significant as any of his other achievements. These views did not even have as much significance to warrant inclusion on wikipedia!
Darrick Evenson
As you can see, the claim that Racism is supported by the Baha'i faith is absurd. [/url]