Are Bahai allowed in Iran?
Though the Baha’i Faith has never been included amongst the recognized religions in Iran, non-recognition and discrimination yielded a formal policy of hostility against its members with the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Are Bahai persecuted?
The Baha’is are among the most persecuted religious minorities in the world. In Iran, where the religion was founded, universities refuse to admit Baha’i students, Baha’i cemeteries have been destroyed and the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has confiscated properties from Baha’i families.
Who are the Baha’is and why are they so persecuted?
Baháʼís were persecuted and imprisoned in Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban. After the fall of the Taliban, one Baháʼí was arrested and the court has ruled that the Baháʼí Faith is not a recognized religion and therefore, Baháʼís have no rights under Islamic law.
How many Baháʼís killed in Iran?
Barrett, the secretary-general of the Baha’i World Center in Haifa, Israel, says 20,000 Baha’is have been killed in Iran during the last 100 years. Since the advent of the Khomeini regime in 1979 at least 135 Baha’is, many of them spiritual leaders, have been executed.
How many Baha’is killed in Iran?
How many Bahais live in Iran?
300,000 persons
Tens of thousands of Iranian Baha’is have lost homes, jobs, pensions, savings and businesses, have seen their shrines and cemeteries desecrated, and their children driven from school. The entire community, over 300,000 persons, the largest religious minority in Iran, live as pariahs in their own country.
How many Baha’is have been killed?
According to the Baha’i website, more than 200 Baha’is have been killed in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and 60 are in jail, out of a community of more than 300,000 in the country.
Where is Baha I most practiced today?
In 1995, the HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion stated: “In 1985, it was estimated that there were between 1.5 to 2 million Baha’is, with the greatest areas of recent growth in Africa, India, and Vietnam.”
Where do most Bahais live?
Iran
The vast majority of these (over 90%) lived in Iran. There were probably fewer than 10,000 Baháʼís in the West and no more than 3,000 Baháʼís in the Third World, mostly India”.
Are there Baha’is in Afghanistan?
The Baha’i faith has had followers in Afghanistan for approximately 150 years. The community is predominantly based in Kabul, where more than 300 Baha’i members live, but another 100 are said to live in other parts of Afghanistan. There were some missionary groups working in the country.
How many Bahais are in Iran?
350,000 adherents
There are an estimated 350,000 adherents of the Baha’i faith in Iran, according to the UN report, making it the country’s biggest religious minority.
How many Bahais were killed in Iran?
The Baha’is have been the scapegoats of Persian and then Iranian society for generations. Donald M. Barrett, the secretary-general of the Baha’i World Center in Haifa, Israel, says 20,000 Baha’is have been killed in Iran during the last 100 years.