November 29. On this date in 1932, Abdullah Cevdet, an Ottoman intellectual, died. In 1922, Cevdet was tried for his advocacy of the Bahá'í Faith, which he considered an intermediary step between Islam and the final abandonment of religious belief.

 

November 29. On this date in 1932, Abdullah Cevdet, an Ottoman intellectual, died. In 1922, Cevdet was tried for his advocacy of the Bahá'í Faith, which he considered an intermediary step between Islam and the final abandonment of religious belief.

From M. Şükrü Hanioğlu's Young Turks in Opposition...

Abdullah Cevdet, later asked the Muslims to convert to Bahaism, which he regarded as an intermediary step between Islam and Materialism, and the Young Turks’ efforts to create a very liberal and progressive Islam reflected a core endeavor.

This topic is discussed in some detail in Ayşe Polat's A Conflict on Baha‘ism and Islam in 1922: Abdullah Cevdet and State Religious Agencies and in several articles by Necati Alkan, including 'The Eternal enemy of Islam': Abdullah Cevdet and the Bahá'í religion, Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith, 1860s-1920s, and The Young Turks and the Bahá'ís in Palestine.