In the aftermath of the Cairo-based Court of Administrative Justice’s decision clearing the way for Egyptian Baha’is to obtain proper identification papers, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, Vice-President of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) and professor at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in Jeddah, told Al-Watan newspaper, “I cannot criticize the Egyptian court ruling, as the court has its own considerations”.

“However, it is widely known that Baha’is contravene a lot of the principles of Islamic Shari`ah, and I will not change my conviction in this respect,” Sheikh Bin Bayyah confirmed.

He stated that he has never heard from them anything that can be in line with Islamic Shari`ah and that many of their beliefs and practices are plain violations of the methodology of Islam.

“Perhaps the decision was taken just for regulatory reasons,” the Sheikh concluded.