Surveying and reviewing Mason Remeys’ reasons and allegations

Baha’i Faith proposes an administration system for its organization and even for the entire world naming it as a New Order. This order had two important pillars: the Guardian of the Faith and the Universal House of Justice (UHJ). Referring to the Last Will of Abdul Baha, appointing the Guardian is based on inheritance. It was supposed that after him, the Baha’i affairs would be under the leadership of Shoghi Efendi and then his elder son. One of the biggest challenges of Bahaism is lacking of any child for Shoghi to succeed him and continuing the leadership of Bahaism. Hence, after Shoghi, the matter of leadership In Bahaism became a big and serious problem. In the absence of one of the pillars (Guardian), the Order of Bahaism faced the threat of collapse. A person, whose name was Mason Remey, claimed that he was the successor of Shoghi and as a New Guardian. He presented some reasons and explanations to the Baha’i communities. Some Baha’is accepted his dialogues but the majority denied and opposed him. After that opposition, Remey stablished a new branch in Bahaism and after some years named Orthodox Baha’is. In the meantime, the Baha’is tried to answer the reasons of Orthodox Baha’is. Mr. Nakhjavani summarized and published those answers and recently Baha’is put the answers in the recently published Fixing Doubts Book. In this article, we review and criticize the claims of Remey and answers of Baha’is to him.