TY  - GEN
ID  - 1377
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/uhj_takfir_declaration_unbelief
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Takfir, declaration of unbelief: includes excerpts from Risáliy-i-Siyasiyyih
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A1  - Universal House of Justice
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A3  - 
Y1  - 2001/04/18
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CY  - 
M1  - 
M3  - UHJ-letters; Translations
SN  - 
LA  - English
L3  - https://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_risalih_siyasiyyih_cole[Treatise on Leadership (Juan Cole, 1998)]; https://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_risal_siyasiyyih_bwc[Treatise on Leadership:
Extracts (BWC, 2001)]
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AB  - Questions from an individual about the Muslim practice of takfir, declaring someone an unbeliever, whether this is practiced in the Bahá'í Faith, and questions related to "church and state", followed by the House's response. 
N1  - Transmitted by email. Contributed by and name retained with permission of recipient.Also available in updated Microsoft Word format, prepared by M. Thomas (2022).
C1  - Formatted 2001-06 by Alex Christian.
KW  - Church and state
KW  - Context, Taking verses out of
KW  - Contradictions
KW  - Criticism and apologetics
KW  - Membership
KW  - Politics
KW  - Provisional translations
KW  - Religious leaders (clergy)
KW  - Risaliy-i-Siyasiyyih (Treatise on Leadership)
KW  - World order
ER  -