Shunning

===Baháʼí faith===
{{Main|Covenant breaker}}
Members of the [[Baháʼí Faith]] are expected to shun those that have been declared [[Covenant-breaker]]s, and expelled from the religion,<ref>{{cite book |title = The origins of the Bahá'í community of Canada, 1898-1948 | first = Willy Carl | last = Van den Hoonaard | publisher = Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press | year = 1996 |isbn = 978-0-88920-272-6 | page = 107}}</ref> by the [[Baháʼí administration|head of their faith]].<ref name="PSmith">{{cite book |last = Smith |first = P. |year = 1999 |title = A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith |publisher = Oneworld Publications |location = Oxford, UK |pages = [https://archive.org/details/conciseencyclope0000smit/page/114 114–116] |isbn = 978-1-85168-184-6 |url = https://archive.org/details/conciseencyclope0000smit/page/114 }}</ref> Covenant-breakers are defined as leaders of schismatic groups that resulted from [[Baháʼí divisions|challenges to legitimacy of Baháʼí leadership]], as well as those who follow or refuse to shun them.<ref name="PSmith"/> Unity is considered the highest value in the Baháʼí Faith, and any attempt at schism by a Baháʼí is considered a spiritual sickness, and a negation of that for which the religion stands.<ref name="PSmith" />