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Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

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2018 (In the year)
201-
The population of the Bahá'ís of the world was given as 8,327,581 or 0.10% of the population.
  1. India 2,011,510
  2. USA 543,635
  3. Kenya 448,148
  4. Vietnam 412,130
  5. Democratic Republic of the Congo 299,890
  6. Philippines 291,573
  7. Iran 266,194
  8. Zambia 255,578
  9. South Africa 252,843
  10. Bolivia 228,280

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2018 (In the year)
201-
The Bahá'í International Community established a web site, Archives of Bahá'í Persecution in Iran to document the persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran. Each document is available as a digital scan of the original and in a text-searchable format. In time, all materials will be available in both Persian and English. The site was established in response to rising interest both internationally and within Iran to understand the depth and breadth of this persecution. The documents shed light on the decades-long, systematic, and ongoing persecution of the Baha'is, instigated by the clergy and by the government.

Although most of the documents on this website are related to the decades following the Islamic revolution in 1979, there are many that date back a long time prior to the revolution. They cover a wide range of persecutions, including systematic discrimination, arrest and imprisonment, execution, economic oppression, exclusion from education, acts of destruction and violence, and incitement to hatred. Over time, the archive will contain thousands of documents, mostly text documents, but also audio and visual records, many of which were being made publicly available for the first time.

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On the 9th of May 2023 the Universal House of Justice wrote to all National Assemblies announcing that this resource had been made available. iiiii

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