Following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian cleric Safwat Higazi, which aired on Al-Nas TV on March 18, 2009.
Safwat Higazi: The Bahai faith is not a religion, just like Zoroastrianism and Buddhism are not religions. Religion is when Allah sends a prophet to this world, with a holy book, or a prophet who preaches the holy book of a previous prophet. Man-made beliefs of any kind – for which no prophet was sent – do not constitute religions. We cannot talk about a Buddhist religion, a Zoroastrian religion, a Babi religion, or a Bahai religion. These are man-made schools of thought.
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Mirza Hussein 'Ali was the first representative from the East to attend meetings of the Zionist association, in the presence of Theodor Herzl.
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They are supported by Zionism – not by the Jews but by global Zionism. Can you imagine someone making a pilgrimage to Acre?!
Interviewer: Or praying towards Acre...
Safwat Higazi: Exactly.
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We shouldn't say that they might pose a danger. They already pose a danger. From now on, they pose a danger.
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In the Jewish religion, a Jew is someone whose mother is Jewish. If a Jewish man marries a non-Jewish woman, his son will not be Jewish.
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A religious ruling issued by the Jewish rabbis of Israel in 1948 – or actually, this ruling was issued in 1936 – stated that any European claiming to be a Jew, but whose mother was non-Jewish, could become a Bahai and enjoy the full rights of the Jews in the land of Zion.
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Documents that have been made public prove that a Bahai brigade was formed in Acre, and fought alongside the Zionists.
Fonte: http://www.averroespress.com/AverroesPress/Main/Entries/2009/7/14_Egyptian_cleric_says%2C_Buddhism%2C_the_Baha%E2%80%99i_faith%2C_and_Zoroastrianism_not_religions.html
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