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During the 1920s, Egypt's religious Tribunal recognized the Baha'i Faith as a new religion, independent from Islam, due to the nature of the 'laws, principles and beliefs' of the Baha'is. [citation needed] Baháʼí institutions and community activities have been illegal under Egyptian law since 1960.
Bahá'í teachings "affirm that Islam is a true religion revealed by Allah"; accordingly, members of the faith can give full assent to the traditional words of the Shahadah. [2] Muhammad is taken to be one of the most important messengers of God as an "independent" Manifestation of God.
William McElwee Miller (1892–1993) was a Presbyterian missionary in Iran who published a polemic titled The Baha'i Faith (1974), in which he attacked the religion by promoting the views of individuals opposing Baháʼí leadership. [14]
The Baha'i Faith in Africa: Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952-1962. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-20684-7. Johnson, Todd M.; Brian J. Grim (26 March 2013). "Global Religious Populations, 1910–2010". The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 59– 62.
The Islamic Republic has often stated that arrested Baha'is are being detained for "security issues" and are members of "an organized establishment linked to foreigners, the Zionists in particular," [23] but according to Bani Dugal, the principal representative of the Baha'i International Community to the United Nations, "the best proof" that ...
The Shaykhi movement was a school of theology within Twelver Shiʻa Islam that was started through the teaching of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í.Shaykh Ahmad's teachings included that the Imams were spiritual beings and thus, in contrast to the widespread Shiʻa belief, that the Imams existed within spiritual bodies, and not material bodies. [9]
Jewish Identities in Iran: Resistance and Conversion to Islam and the Baha'i Faith. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781845118914. Baháʼí International Community (24 October 2016). "The Baha'i Question Revisited: Persecution and Resilience in Iran". www.bic.org. Balyuzi, H.M. (1971). ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, The Centre of the Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh. Oxford, UK ...
Iran bans the Baha’i religion, which was founded in the 1860s by a Persian nobleman considered a prophet by his followers, and from time to time has arrested and prosecuted members of the