Bibliography: 4QCSEM7H

key	4QCSEM7H
title	The Baha'i Community of Iran : Cultural Genocide and Resilience
author	Momen, Moojan
authority control	Moojan Momen
item type	Book section
publication year	2019
date	2019
publication title	Cultural Genocide : Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations
ISBN	9780815380078 (hbk)
abstract note	This chapter provides an inversion of what is usually considered the typical example of cultural genocide. When Raphael Lemkin first conceptualized the crime of genocide, he envisaged a systematic and synchronized attack on a people that was multi-faceted, including physical and cultural elements. The chapter focuses on the manner in which the present regime in Iran has waged a campaign of cultural genocide against the Baha’i community since it came to power in 1979, and the manner in which the Baha’is have met the threat. When Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ascended the throne in 1941, he relaxed the iron grip of his father, allowing the creation of fiercely anti-Baha’i organizations by the Islamic clerics. The phase of persecutions of the Iranian Baha’i community began under the present Islamic government of Iran which came to power in 1979. The Islamic government perceives the Baha’i community as an ideological threat to its world-view.
pages	246-266
series	Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
publisher	Routledge
place	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY
language	English
manual tags	IRAN; PERSECUTION; RESILIENCE; CONFLICT; GENOCIDE
editor	Bachman, Jeffrey S.