About Bahai Minorities

• The Bahá’í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded in the 19th-century by Baháʼu’lláh.
• It initially developed in Qajar, Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception.
• The religion is estimated to have 5 to 8 million adherents, known as Baháʼís, spread throughout most of the world’s countries and territories.

Principles of Bahai Faith

• The Bahai religion promotes the relationship between science and religion and encourages the gender equality. 
• Bahaism stresses the unity and peace of all humankind, and shuns racism, prejudice, and nationalism. The ideal within the faith is a unified world order that allows prosperity for all, regardless of race, class, or nation. 
• One of the key tenets of the Bahai faith is the belief in a single, all-knowing, powerful God. Baha’is honor the major figures of many major world religions, including Muhammad, Jesus, and Buddha.
• In line with this vision of world unity, Baha’is condemn racial prejudices and praise ethnic and cultural pluralism. They also insist upon equal rights and opportunities for men and women.
• Bahá’í avoid participation in partisan politics which they view as contradictory to their religion’s values of unity and brotherhood.

Problems faced by Bahai Minorities

• The Bahais face persecution in Iran, where they are the largest non-Muslim religious minority.
• The Iranian government does not recognize the Bahá’í Faith as a religion and considers it a political sect. 
• This lack of recognition leads to human rights abuses against Bahá’ís, including denial of education, employment, and property rights.