History of Taqiyya in Baha'ism from Kamran Iqbal

The Baha’is claim that Taqiyya (Dissimulation) is forbidden in the Baha’i Faith, and they considers it to be a kind of hypocrisy and lying. However, examination of various documents shows that Baha’i leaders and elders believed in and commanded it, but it has been banned during the Shoghi's leadership. Kamran Iqbal, retired director of the Department of Middle East and Islamic History of the University of Bochum, Germany, has published an interesting article on this subject and provided important evidences from Baha'i sources. One Baha'i wrote a critique about it, and Dr. Iqbal responded to him. Here Iqbal’s article and his answer are reviewed.