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Accused Baha’i returned to Islam
ranslation of the article in t 'F yh ri' dated 5 Urd hihisht 1360 (5 April 1981) No. 11267 A BAHA' ON TRIAL HAS RETURNED TU ISLAM AT TUE REVOLUTIONARY COURT, BY SAYING THE TWO “SHAHADA'I At the session of section one of the Central Court of the Revolutionary Council, which was held to investigate the case of the accused H6shang Bayraqf, an employee o± the Control office on Foreign Exchange at the Central Bank of Iran, after the reading of the indictment issued by the Revolutionary Court, the defendant, who previou ly was a follower of the detested Bah ' Faith, answered the accusations and in the presence of Aya.tull h Muhammad-i-GilánI, the Magistrate of the Court, became a Muslim after repeating the two Shah dats . ( TWo specific verses to be repeated by non-Muslims at the time of conversion into Islam.) Section one of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of the Islamic Revolutionary of Iran opened its session on Monday morning to investigate th.e case of Hifshang Bayraqi,an. employee of the Central Bank of Iran, office of Control on Foreign Exchange. The court, after reciting some verses of the Qur'ãn, went into deliberation. Then the legal expertof the Court read the indictment issued by the Justice of the Central Islamic Revolutionary Court. Part of the indictment is as follows: Defendant: H Ishang Eayraqf, single, employee of the office of Control on Foreign Exchange of the Central Bank of Iran has been accused of 1. Be1ie ing in the detested Bah 'f Faith and being active in teaching and promoting this man-made sect. 2. Illegally transferring foreign exchange outside the country. After the indictment was read, the accused man defended himself. In the course of defending himself he requested that the Magistrate allow him to officially become Muslim. Therefore, by repeating the specific verses, he embraced Islam. The session was adjourned at ii a.m. in the midst of the crying out of ?A11 h_u AkbarTI and the court went into consultation for :Lts final verdict. 4 bLb . • — & 9 LI J . Jt fl •_. .)t i ,W LU • Lt . k -J2Z.5 I t 1i1 1f J 4 ii . i ,a . .s • )I . 4 t % j . , . 4 c )L J ) S i. , s • 31 ‘ y. I . ‘ o .Lr 3 L a.J . :& //, . J u - L, I ¶ j$ )L & i L ) I - 4;. 4J ,...- . 4 4Jib 1 . - J/',/ 11000205