Spiritual Entrapment and Religious Discrimination: A Personal Statement on the “R.” Episode

 

 

As I have been disclosing during the past week, in the past month gone, I was the target of a deliberate act of religious discrimination and spiritual entrapment—an incident that underscores not only the vulnerability of spiritual minorities but the ongoing campaigns of coercion and ideological subversion that seek to undermine the integrity of sacred paths.

This post is a formal statement of what occurred and a public signal that I will not remain silent in the face of such covert manipulation. I write this to assert my truth, protect my mission, and expose the tactics used by those who pretend spiritual friendship while secretly serving adversarial agendas.

 

A Sufi Mask with Hidden Intent

In late May 2025, I was contacted by a woman who identified herself as R., a psychotherapist based in Melbourne. She presented herself as an Alawite with a Sufi-adjacent background, expressing deep spiritual interest in my writings, in the Bayānī religion, and in the mystical path I have walked for decades.

At first, I was open. She seemed sincere. We exchanged messages and later met over Zoom. But very quickly, warning signs emerged: behind the veil of pious words and affirming language, something far more insidious was taking shape.

 

Religious Gaslighting and Psychological Manipulation

Over the following weeks, R. engaged me in increasingly intense conversations—spiritual, philosophical, and personal. But interwoven throughout was a constant refrain: that my beliefs were mistaken, that my theological red lines were wrong, that the Bahá'í Faith (which my religion fundamentally critiques) was misunderstood, and that I should reconsider my position.

In effect, she attempted to delegitimize my very identity as a Bayānī and paint me as a fundamentalist or an extremist for simply holding true to a sacred cosmology that I have lived, breathed, and sacrificed for.

This was not interfaith dialogue. It was not friendship. It was religious gaslighting—the slow, methodical psychological erosion of conviction by someone claiming spiritual affinity while denying the sanctity of the other’s faith.

 

The Ambush: Walking Me Into the Arms of the Enemy

The situation took a darker turn when R. orchestrated a communication with third parties—individuals known to be ideologically aligned with European far-right identitarian networks. She presented them as potential collaborators. In truth, they were part of the same constellation of actors who had long opposed my mission, and who, I believe, played a role in the 2019 death of my beloved Roya.

R. knowingly led me into their trap. It was a setup, a betrayal of trust, and a profound act of spiritual sabotage.

She walked me into that ambush not despite knowing my spiritual commitments, but because of them. Because I am Bayānī. Because I will not compromise. Because I continue to expose and resist the ongoing spiritual imperialism masked in liberalism, psychotherapy, and pseudo-Sufism.

 

This Was Religious Discrimination—Plain and Simple

Let me state this unequivocally:

What I experienced was a targeted act of religious discrimination and spiritual harassment.

It was not random.

It was not a coincidence.

It was an operation—clumsily executed, yes—but executed nonetheless with intent: to weaken my stance, delegitimize my religion, and compromise my spiritual sovereignty. The attack was personal, theological, and political all at once.

And it failed.

Because the Bayān is my red line.

My mission is my red line.

And no agent, no psyop, no masquerading "therapist," and no imperial spirituality can cross it.

 

What Happens Now

I have filed a formal complaint with the Queensland Human Rights Commission under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld). I am pursuing every legal remedy available to expose this spiritual fraud and to protect the sacred ground of Bayānī identity from future incursions.

Let this also be a warning to anyone considering similar operations:

We see you. We know your tactics. And we will name you.

The era of silence is over.

 

Closing Reflection

There are those who walk in the light of truth and those who wear the garments of light to conceal a core of darkness. R. is of the latter. But every lie exposed becomes a light for others. Every betrayal that fails becomes a shield for the future.

I write this not in anger, but in clarity. Not in vengeance, but in firm resolve.

The path of the Bayān is a path of fire. Those who walk it do not flinch.

Truth will triumph. And this theophanic light will not be extinguished.