THE ELECTIONS OF UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

There is little or nothing "spiritual" about Baha’i administration. It is simply a "modernist" facade on backwardness!

The Universal House of Justice is head of the Baha’i Faith. Its permanent seat is at the Baha’i World Centre in Haifa, and all members reside here for the duration of their service.

The regular election of the nine members of the House of Justice occurs every five years at an international convention, held in Haifa. The most recent election was in 2008. Till date there have been 10 elections (‘63,’68.’73,’78,’83,’88,’93, 98,’03, and ‘08) of UHJ. There have been five by-elections, in 1982, 1987, 2000, 2005 and 2010.

Amoz Gibson, Charles Wolcott, and Adib Taherzadeh died while serving. The other 13 former members were allowed by the House to resign, presumably for personal reasons of health and/or age. Five members (Hakim, Kavelin, Hofman, Chance, Ruhe and Peter Khan) have died after their retirement, while the other eight former members are alive, as of July 2011.

The previous change in membership was when two other members chose to retire in 2007. There was no by-election since they stayed on until the regular election scheduled for April 2008. Since the House of Justice is elected every 5 years, it seems that Dunbar and Khan decided to leave ‘early’ rather than wait another few years until April 2013.

Hartmut Grossmann and Glenford E. Mitchell were replaced by Shahriar Razavi and Gustavo Correa – both members of the ITC (naturally).

THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT, THOUGH, IS THAT, "THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BODY HAS ONLY SEEN CHANGE DUE TO DEATH OR RETIREMENT: NO MEMBER HAS EVER BEEN ELECTED OFF THE UHJ."

This clearly indicates that a SELECTION PROCESS is operating behind the scene.

A-UHJ membership and International Teaching Centre

1-The most important trend is that we have, since 2008, a membership drawn completely from the ITC – which itself is appointed by the Universal House of Justice. So in essence, there is a closed loop with the UHJ appointing its future candidates. This also shows that ITC acts as screening committee for future UHJ members.

2-By having UHJ members constantly elected from the ITC, it is almost a type of silent campaigning going on. These individuals are given a visible role in front of NSA's whereas any normal Baha’i out there would never stand a chance to be known. This guarantees no fresh blood- new Baha’is who are outside of the loop of administration who could possibly bring in a different perspective. Hence you only get people who are inside the system who will perpetuate the same thought patterns. And you get these people because they are the only ones paraded in front of the NSA's!

3-These special group of people (ITC) are given a platform where they and only they are seen right there and then by a group of people who are about to vote. No other Baha’i, no matter how great his/her service, will ever have that same opportunity to be seen. This is done with a purpose. What happens is that the selection of a group of people that are called future members of House of Justice? This SELECTION PROCESS is called as DIVINELY ORDAINED ELECTION.

4- The members of the ITC are in fact given a geographic mandate, just like the UHJ members themselves, and travel extensively to meet with the NSA's around the world. They also meet with other parts of the administration and the community at times to give speeches, attend events, etc.

5-Being on the ITC gives an unparalleled platform for visibility and access to NSA's – (Vote Bank!!). Appointment on ITC is also an indication to the electors that the House is keen in electing these people only.

6-The UHJ election process is obviously fixed. The ITC members are pre-screened for ideological purity and are then provided with unparalleled exposure which obviates the need for explicit campaigning.

B-UHJ membership and Iranians

Presented below is an interesting piece of statistic:

No.	Name	Years	Total years	Years of Iranians	Nationality
1	Charles Walcott	63-88	25
2	Amoz Gibson	63-83	20
3	Hushmand Fatheazam	63-03	40	40	Iranian
4	Hugh Chance	63-93	30
5	Borrah Kavelin	63-88	25
6	Ian Sample	63-08	45
7	Lutfullah Hakim	63-68	05	05	Iranian
8	David Hofman	63-88	25
9	Ali Nakhjawani	63-03	40	40	Iranian
10	David S. Ruhe	68-93	25
11	Glenford Mitchell	82-08	26
12	Adib Taherzadeh	88-03	15	15	Iranian
13	Hooper Dunbar	88-09	21
14	Peter Khan	87-09	21
15	Douglas Martin	93-99	06
16	Farzam Arbab	93-…	18	18	Iranian
17	Kiser Barnes	00-…	11
18	Harmut Grossman	03-08	05
19	Firayduon Javaheri	03-…	08	08	Iranian
20	Paul Lample	05-…	06
21	Payman Mohajer	05-…	06	06	Iranian
22	Shahriar Razavi	08-…	03	03	Iranian
23	Gustavo Correa	08-…	03
24	Mr. Stephen Birkland	10-…	01
25	Mr. Stephen Hall	10-…	01

TOTAL YEARS                                         431                      135

C-ANALYSIS

1-Till today there are 25 members who have been elected on UHJ for different duration, out of which 8 members are of Iranian origin. This amounts to 31.5% which is reasonable very high for just one country. The Cradle of the Faith gets priority!!The present UHJ has 4 Iranian members and the percentage is 44%.

2-The total number of years by all the 25 members who have served on UHJ is 431 years out of which the 8 Iranian members share is 135 years which comes out to be again     31.3 %. Strange coincidence, isn’t it?

3-When comparison of Iranian Baha’i population with respect to World Baha’i population is done it is again found to be 30%, which puts everything in its proper perspective. (30,000 Iranian Baha’is against 1, 00000 total Baha’i populations.)

Till today there have been 26 members from International Teaching Centre, out of which 6 were Iranians .Percentage 23%.

If we take account of all the members of NSAs of the world, the percentage of Iranian Baha’is on the NSAs of different countries will be approximately between 25% to 30%.

Even for the 85 continental board of Counselors appointed all over the world, the percentage of Iranian counselors will be near the same percentage.

CONCLUSION

This clearly shows that Baha’i Faith is Iranian dominated Faith where the citizens of other countries are enrolled to work under and for the Iranians.

Baha’i administration has a distinct Iranian culture of domination and tendencies toward predatory corporatism. It is deeply anti-democratic and anti-progressive.

In reality these Iranians, who rise to the top of Haifan Baha’i Administration are only proficient and successful at one thing: perpetuating dysfunctional organizational culture, lies and abuse of authority.  For example, Mr.Payman Mohajir (of Iranian background) has propagated that by 2021 there will be 50 million Baha’is all over the world. An extreme case of delusion.

There is little or nothing "spiritual" about Baha’i administration. It is simply a "modernist" facade on backwardness!

19 Terms and Conditions for the Unconditional Surrender of the Haifan Baha'i cult

 Now that the Baha’i cult has been thoroughly weakened, cut to minute size and is therefore hemorrhaging to an assured and well-deserved (and long overdue) death, I am hereby making the following offer to you Haifan Baha’is to unconditionally surrender, walk away, and save whatever you have left of your personal lives. I urge you to seriously consider this offer because if you don't, whatever else shall unfold will be on your own heads personally. Now that this demand has been spelled out, here are the 19 terms for your unconditional surrender:

1) The immediate dissolution of the ITC (international teaching center), the written and unequivocal dismissal of all haifan Baha’i continental board of councilor members and their underlings (Auxiliary board members, etc), to be followed by the immediate resignation without equivocation of all 9 members of the bogus and illegal universal house of justice based in Haifa, Israel;

2) The immediate and unequivocal dissolution of the entire infrastructure of the haifan Baha’i administration and bureaucracy globally - in every capacity and function - and the dismissal/dissolution of every national spiritual assembly, regional council and local assembly tied to your specific organization on the planet; as well as the immediate and unequivocal suspension of all activities under the name and rubric of the haifan Baha’i organization;

3) The immediate and unequivocal dissolution and suspension of all Ruhi Institutes globally;

4) The immediate and unequivocal relinquishment and full disclosure in writing of all assets, chattels, investments, funds, stocks, bonds, monies and otherwise belonging to the haifan Baha’i organization in Israel, North America, the United Arab Emirates, Europe and throughout the rest of the world; whether immediately tied or tangentially;

5) The immediate and unequivocal disclosure in writing of all subsidies and all monies and perquisites received by your organization since 1910 - in any capacity whatsoever - by any individual(s), entities or groups, governments or otherwise, not immediately tied to your organization, and specifically from the state of Israel since 1948;

6) The immediate financial and documentary auditing of your entire organization on all continents, beginning with the Baha’i world centre in Haifa, Palestine;

7) The immediate and unequivocal surrender of all legal and official documentation as well as letters and correspondences of your organization from the dates of 1871 to present;

8) The immediate and unequivocal surrender of all files and archives kept in any policing or surveillance capacities by the haifan Baha’i organization whatsoever upon individuals, whether these be files regarding rank-and-file members of the haifan Baha’i cult or those put out by it as well as those not;

9) The immediate and unequivocal surrender in writing of the full names, addresses, duties and capacities of all those serving under your Internet Committee based in the United States and spread out throughout the globe as well as the full unequivocal disclosure of the date of its establishment and any/all outside aid obtained;

10) The immediate and unequivocal surrender of the entirety of the archives of all texts and source documents (as well as artefacts) of a specifically scriptural and historical nature to a panel consisting of members of the Bayani community, the Reform Baha'i movement, the Orthodox Baha'i Communities - 1) Marangella and 2) Soghomonian -, the Baha'is Under the Provisions of the Covenant, ex-Baha'i academics of a reputable nature such as Denis Maceoin as well as those such as Margrit Warburg etc, and any others determined in consensus by the Panel;

11) The immediate and unequivocal disclosure of the facts regarding the fate of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran circa 1979 and a complete explanation with documentation as to the reasons for the conspicuous silence of the so-called universal house of justice in world fora afterwards regarding the fate of this body;

12) The immediate and unequivocal release and publication of the Will and Testament of Shoghi Effendi to the worldwide Baha'i community;

13) The immediate and unequivocal and unhindered and unimpeded return of all documents, texts, scriptures, histories, papers and effects in your possession belonging to one Mirza Yahya Nuri Subh-i-Azal, which were illegally and fraudulently obtained by one Mirza Husayn 'Ali Nuri Baha'u'llah in Baghdad and Edirne in the 1860s, to the Bayani community;

14) The immediate and unequivocal return of all the properties of Bahji to its rightful owners, namely, the descendents of Mirza Muhammad 'Ali ibn al-Baha' and Mirza Badi'ullah ibn al-Baha';

15) The case one Hozhabr Yazdani (NOW DEAD) to be thoroughly examined for his execution of state sanctioned and protected criminal activities on behalf of your organization in Iran from the years 1953-1979;

16) The immediate and unequivocal disclosure in full regarding the criminal hawala networks operated by members of the haifan Baha’i organization throughout Asia, the Middle East, South America, Europe, North America and elsewhere, and an explanation with documentation regarding the nature of such activities and especially the names, addresses and capacities of those persons involved with these criminal hawala networks;

17) The immediate and unequivocal disclosure of all documents and papers regarding the unexplained murder of one Dan Jordan in New York City in 1982 as well as the immediate and unequivocal disclosure of all documents and papers regarding the suspicious murder of one Hedi Ma'ani in New Zealand;

18) The immediate arrest and criminal prosecution of misters Peter Khan, Alan Waters, Stephan Hall, Manijeh Rayhani, Robert C Henderson, et al., including their various staff, helpers and agents;

19) The immediate opening of the fake and disputed shrine on Mt. Carmel to an independent team of international scientific examiners expert in forensic scientific analysis in a completely uninhibited scientific determination involving the exhumation of the body claimed to be that of Siyyid 'Ali Muhammad Shirazi, the Bab, and its free and unfettered scientific determination as to whether this body in fact be that of the person claimed;

a) No individuals either haifan Baha’i or peripherally tied to the Baha'i religion (from any denomination) may serve on this team of scientific forensic experts;

b) An independent and impartial team shall serve as an oversight committee to the work of the scientific team in question which shall report on a daily basis to the aforementioned panel above on the status of the work;

Wahid Azal

BAHAI’S FOR JUSTICE

A FORUM FOR ASKING QUESTIONS, DOUBTS AND CLARIFICATIONS FROM THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE.

THE UHJ IS SUPPOSED TO ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS/ DOUBTS/CLARIFICATIONS FROM THE BAHAIS ALL OVER THE WORLD, WITHOUT

1-Taking their ADMINSTRATIVE RIGHTS or declaring them as COVENANT BREAKERS.

2-Asking them to forget about the questions and their Answers and do RUHI BOOKS.

3-Calling the questioners as PERSIANS. We are allergic to the word and we are having enough of this species round us in Baha’i Administration. We are fed up of their exaggerated Nationalism and hate for others.

I-THE HYPOCRISY OF UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

                                                      (10 Questions)

II-QUESTIONS REGARDING BAHAI BELIEFS

                                                                                  (9 Questions)

The Bahais are requested to send their questions/doubts/clarifications