Bibliography 2: #BIB39643

Key	BIB39643
Reference type	Electronic Book Section
Title	Bahaʼis
Book title	Religious Minorities Online
Author	Warburg, Margit
Editor	Baffelli, Erica, Haven, Alexander van der and Stausberg, Michael
Year	2024
Publisher	De Gruyter
Place published	Berlin ; Boston
Abstract	The Baha’i religion emerged in the mid-1800s as an offspring of Shi’i Islam in Iran. Baha’is base their religion on the scriptures of two successive founding prophets after Muhammed, and both Muslims and Baha’is agree that the Baha’i religion is not part of Islam. Baha’i later spread all over the world, primarily through conversion among the majority populations, and most of the about six million Baha’is worldwide have a non-Muslim background. In general, Baha’is blend into the majority society with few or no tensions. However, in many Muslim countries, primarily in Iran, Baha’is are met with suspicion and hostility, and the legal position of Baha’is is precarious and makes life difficult for them. In Iran, Baha’is have repeatedly suffered from bloody persecutions. A general scheme of minority-majority attitudes and behaviour is proposed, and it can also be used to view the Baha’is' minority situation. The second and more important of the Baha’i prophets, Baha’u’llah (1817–1892), was exiled to the Haifa area, and the world headquarters of the Baha’i religion were established in Haifa many years before the founding of the state of Israel. Baha’is have a special minority position in Israel.
Language	English
Keywords	INTRODUCTION; HISTORY
URL	https://www.degruyter.com/database/RMO/entry/rmo.21009437/html
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1515/rmo.21009437
Section	10.

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