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Baháʼísm or Baháʼísm:Read and judge  is a book written by Ahmad Kasravi in his critique of the Baha'i faith. The book begins with a rejection of Twelverism, Shiʿism, Sheikhism, and Bábism, and ends with a critique of Baháʼísm. At the beginning of the first discourse of the book, he considers Baháʼísm to have arisen from Bábism, Bábism from Sheikhism, and Sheikhism from Shiism; He also considers Twelverism to be based on Shiism, And he concludes Baha'ism and Twelverism have common roots.

Baháʼísm received both positive and negative reviews, but eventually became one of the reference books in the critique of Baháʼísm.

Concept
Kasravi initially attributed Shaykhism to the cultural problems of Shiites and Sunnis alike, which led to the emergence of a large number of different Islamic faiths together in the Middle East and India. He cites several examples of these religions, including Shaykhism, Agha Khanism (supporters of Agha Khan's Imamate), Ahmadiyya, Bábism, and finally Baháʼísm.

At the end of the introduction, Kasravi compares Baháʼísm with Shi'ism and concludes that the two religions, although nominally different, are practically the same. Although Kasravi considers Bábism and Baháʼísm to be influential movements that led to the Constitutional Revolution, he considers the emergence of religion from these two movements to be an exaggeration and sanctification, which is the fault of the backwardness of the Iranians at that time. Kasravi also condemned the massacre perpetrated by the Qajarids in order to eradicate Bábism and Baháʼísm, calling it a sign of unwarranted prejudice against religion.