Baha’ism from the viewpoint of the Christian Critics (Part 1) Hermann Roemer

Hermann Roemer, a Christian scholar and writer, was born in Stuttgart, Germany. As a young man, he became acquainted with the Babi-Baha’i propagation activities, and began to and study it. Roemer wrote a magnificent research work in the field of the Babi - Baha’I Faith, and could shed light on its dark corners, especially in Europe. He describes the Babi - Baha’I Faith not as a divine religion, but as a dangerous political-religious cult, whose leaders used violence, terror, and the physical elimination of dissidents to achieve their goals. Roemer reveals the Baha’i histories and primary books as distorted ones, and believes that the texts and teachings of Baha’i leaders are adapted, censored, and revised in the light of historical events. By explaining the Baha’i history and the differences between the claimants to the leadership, he believes that the legal and religious rights of Subh –e- Azal have been usurped by his power-seeking half-brother (Hussein Ali). While introducing the Aqdas Book (The Baha’i holiest Book) he believes that the full text of the book has been hidden from the views of the Baha’is and non-Baha’is for various reasons. Roemer does not accept the Baha’i founder’s infallibility and believes that he made many mistakes during his leadership. In addition, he denounces that Baha’u’llah has been imprisoned and exiled for 40 years as baseless. Hermann Roemer also believes that the Baha’is betrayed the national interests of the Iranians during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution with unrealistic idealistic cosmopolitan slogans.