Steven Leacock's Apparent Parody

Here is a summary of what one academic thinks is a parody of the Master, though it seems evident that the humorist did nothing more than glance at a headline and use the name to satirize a form of religious hucksterism that the Master Himself deplored and openly denounced, especially in Green Acre.

LEACOCK'S PARODY ON 'ABDU'L-BAHA

http://www.bahai-library.org/fiction/leacock.parody.html

here is the actual newspaper headline he glanced over, probably.

http://www.ca.bahai.org/images/history4.jpg

which you can read more about at:

History of the Bahá'í Community of Canada

http://www.ca.bahai.org/main.cfm?sid=41