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The word "Baháʼí" (بهائی) is used either as an adjective to refer to the Baháʼí Faith or as a term for a follower of Baháʼu'lláh.The proper name of the religion is the "Baháʼí Faith", not Baháʼí or Baháʼism (the latter, once common among academics, is regarded as derogatory by the Baháʼís).
In 1901 when the American Baha'i community numbered only roughly 2000 members, [49] they approached the US Ambassador to Persia Herbert W. Bowen in Paris concerning the situation of Baháʼís. [50] As an example of the persecution Baha'is faced (then and now) in Iran, even an American diplomat was murdered in 1924 by a mob on suspicion of ...
The Baháʼí International Community, or the BIC, is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) representing the members of the Baháʼí Faith; [1] [2] it was first chartered in March 1948 with the United Nations, and currently has affiliates in over 180 countries and territories.
The Baha'i Faith in America. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0742562349. OCLC 1244209170. McMullen, Mike (2000). The Baháʼí: The Religious Construction of a Global Identity. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0813528366. McMullen, Mike (2015). The Baháʼís of America: The Growth of a Religious Movement. NYU Press. ISBN 978-1-4798-5152-2.
A map of the location of Baháʼí Houses of Worship throughout the world: green represents countries that currently have Baháʼí Houses of Worship (with a black dot for the city); light green represents countries where Baháʼí Houses of Worship are planned or under construction; and red represents countries where a Baháʼí House of Worship previously existed.
Since 1977, the international community of the Baháʼí Faith has established several radio stations worldwide, particularly in the Americas.Programmes may include local news, music, topics related to socio-economic and community development, educational programmes focusing on indigenous language and culture, and Baháʼí introductory and deepening material.
Palestinian Baháʼís are Palestinians who practise the Baháʼí Faith.The Palestinian Baháʼís constitute one of the earliest Baháʼí Faith practitioners because two of the holiest Baháʼí cities, Haifa and Acre, are located in places where Palestinians previously constituted a majority of the population prior to the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight.