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Part V: Mass Taqaiyyah
Many instances of mass Taqaiyyah have been recorded in various Babi accounts.

  • "Many Babis in Zanjan practiced Taqaiyyah after the violent crushing of the Zanjan uprising and again following the attempt on the life of the Shah. The children and grand children of the martyrs in Zanjan distanced themselves from the faith and refused to meet other Babis or disclose their relationship to the martyrs. They continued to live in hiding, isolated from one another and in a state of total concealment.
    (Ref: Zuhur Al-Haqq Vol. 3, Fadil Mazandarani, p. 184)

  • "A great majority of the Babis in the locality of Hendijan publicly practiced Taqaiyyah and convinced the Mujtahids that they have converted back to Islam.
    (Ref: Zuhur Al-Haqq Vol. 6, Fadil Mazandarani, p. 905)

  • "Mirza Ahmad Kashani was one of the early believers in Kashan. He had met the Báb whilst He was staying in the house of Haji Mirza Jani Kashani. During the persecution of the Babis following the attempt on the life of the Shah, the mob attacked his house in order to arrest him. He remained hidden for a while and then decided to leave for Baghdad. He joined a fellow Kashani on the way. At Baghdad he observed his travelling companion in the House of Bahá'u'lláh and realised that they had both been concealing their intentions from one another earlier during their journey from Kashan
    (Ref: Zuhur Al-Haqq Vol. 6, Fadil Mazandarani, p. 804)

  • "Mulla Ali Akbar Shirazi practiced Taqaiyyah to conceal his true affiliations from his friends Mulla Qulam Hosayn and Mulla Mohammad Riza. Later he abandoned Taqaiyyah and began to talk to them about the Cause.
    (Ref: Zuhur Al-Haqq Vol. 6, Fadil Mazandarani, p. 913)

  • "Haji Shaykh Zainu'l Abedin Abrari recalls meeting a Babi in Karbala who had escaped the persecutions in the City of Yazd. When asked about further information about the Cause, the Babi pleads with him: 'Haji this is not the place for such conversation' and asks him to practice Taqaiyyah.
    (Ref: Zuhur Al-Haqq Vol. 6, Fadil Mazandarani, p. 817)

This article has been compiled by a Bahai, Sepehr Manuchehri. The reason I have chosen to carry it on my website is because I find it well-written, well-researched and more importantly, very relevant in the context of my site and its objectives.

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