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| Jamshed Fozdar and Family |
Mr. Jamshed Fozdar and his wife Parvati and son Vijay came to Kuching in 1951. He was the first Baha’i to come to Sarawak. As a professionally qualified electrical engineer he obtained occupation in the private sector. Baha'is do not have paid missionaries and it is obligatory that all Baha'is seek means of livelihood to support their families and to serve mankind. Jamshed taught in the towns of Sarawak. There were numerous enrolments in Kuching, Sibu and Kanowit. All the early Baha'is were Chinese and a few Indians and there was no effort to teach the natives of Sarawak. In 1953, the first local spiritual assembly of the Baha'is of Kuching was elected.
Mr. Jamshed Fozdar is the son of Dr. K. M. Fozdar (1898-1958) and Mrs. Shirin Fozdar (1905-1992), who were the first to introduce the Baha'i Faith to Singapore when they settled there in 1950. Mrs Shirin Fozdar was well known throughout Singapore and Asia for her work in the cause of women's emancipation.
Through the efforts of Dr. and Mrs. Fozdar, by 1952 there were enough Baha'is in Singapore to form the first Local Spiritual Assembly. The community has since grown to over 2000 members and today there are five Local Spiritual Assemblies in Singapore. They oversee a wide range of activities including the education of children, devotional services, study classes, discussion groups, social functions, observance of holy days, marriages and funeral services.
Having serve the Baha'i Faith for so many years selflessly, very recently Mr. Fozdar was Ex-communicated from the Baha'i Faith for silly reasons.
Please see the impolite and rude language used by the Universal House of Justice for him. These letters points us to the fact that The Baha'i Adminstration follows the Policy of "use and Throw".
