نشریه بهائی شناسی
پیاپی 11 (پاییز 1398)

Dale Husband is one of the leading Bahai writers and researchers who learned about the Baha'i teachings during his nine years of membership in the Baha'i community and organization, and after a while observed many weaknesses, mistakes, conflicts and failures in it.
In a letter addressing the National Assembly of the Baha'is in the United States of America he said “After years of researching the truth, I finally came to the sad conclusion that I can no longer believe in Baha'u'llah or any of the institutions established under his name, such as the Guardian of the Cause of God, and Universal House of Justice. I am convinced that the Baha'is are incapable to fulfill their goals and teachings of peace, unity, and the creation of a golden age for mankind. Husband does not believe in the innocence and impunity of the Baha'i leaders, and considers accepting such a belief as a move toward dictatorship and tyranny within the Baha'i community.”
He has been critical of the legitimacy of the Baha'i leadership after Abdul Baha, and believes that after Abdul Baha, the Baha'i leadership should have been entrusted to his brother, Mohammad Ali Effendi. Husband considers Universal House of Justice (the current Baha'i leadership in Israel) to be illegitimate and believes that Baha'i faith has not made any significant achievements after more than 170 years of its life.
He is an Advocate of Unitarian Baha’ism and has drawn much criticism toward the UHJ and the authoritarian Baha'ism.

It is well known that the Baha'i organization has focused much of its propaganda on the Fatimah Begum Baraghani, nicknamed as Tahirih Qurrat al-Ayn in recent decades, as a Baha'i reformist, intellectual, and freedom-seeking model for the women in Iran. Therefore, they occasionally hold seminars abroad and praise her views. In one of these conferences, One of the invited speakers was Mrs. Mehrangiz Kar, who said at the end of her speech: "If Tahirih had been alive today, was the Baha'i organization ready to accept her as a member to the Universal House of Justice (UHJ)?!" (Because women are forbidden from entering the Universal House of Justice).
This brief sentence triggered widespread attacks on the speaker, who forced Universal House of Justice to make a statement and turn off the subject.
This article attempts to clarify the Baha'i attitudes about the beliefs of Tahirih and presenting their controversial views about her. On the one hand, Tahirih's is praised for believing in Ali Muhammad Bab, so that Bahaullah curse anyone who says that she has abrogated Babi Faith; and on the other hand, the Baha’i sources  protest and condemn Babis and their beliefs and practices. In this paper, based on the documents presented in both contexts, it is concluded that such a contradiction is against the truth and honesty.

Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude) is the most important book of the Baha’is after the book Aqdas. In their eyes, the material is divine revelation and the word of God. This book has been reviewed and criticized in two ways; one, the arguments and interpretations of Baha'u'llah; and the other, with a methodological approach.
In this article, 9 manuscripts or prints of the book of Iqan are examined to show the deliberate changes that Baha'is did to correct the inaccuracies in this book. The differences in these nine versions can be divided into five groups:Eliminating the position of Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal;
Correcting the wrong quotes from verses of the Quran; Changing the vocabulary; Correction of Arabic literary errors; and Correction of Persian literary errors.
This article deals specifically with the first group. The omission of the phrase “Hidden Word “which, according to the historical background refers to the spiritual guardianship and leadership of Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal over Babis and his succession to Seyed Ali Mohammad Bab. A sign of the false claim of Mirza Hussein Ali Baha’u’llah of being the Man Who Will Be Appeared by God. In addition, the correction of various inaccuracies in the book of Iqan by the Baha'is is in contradiction with their claim that this book is divine.