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The Baháʼí Faith is a world religion that was founded in the 19th century Middle East. Its founders and the majority of its early followers were of Iranian heritage, and it is widely regarded as the second-largest religion in Iran after Islam.
The Baháʼí Faith is a monotheistic religion [a] founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. [b] Established by Baháʼu'lláh, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception. [14]
In 2016, the book 12 Major World Religions wrote, "Today it numbers at least 5 million adherents and possibly more." [44] In 2015, the Yearbook of International Religious Demography noted just over 7.8 million Baháʼís in the world, having grown at an overall rate of 2.79% across the century 1910 to 2010. [45]
It was the location where the Báb proclaimed his religion for the first time. [1] In the Kitáb-i-Aqdas Baháʼu'lláh declared this house a place for Baháʼí pilgrimage. [2] After major renovation in 1903, under the guidance of Abdu'l-Bahá, the house became the main Baháʼí holy place in Iran. [3]
[2] [3] The Baha'i holiday as now calculated does not always fall on the same day as the traditional festival (but may differ by one day), and does not incorporate a number of Persian cultural practices associated with the traditional holiday, but is a religious event featuring readings from Baha'i scriptures.
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[16] [29] The World Religion Database estimated 7.3 million Baháʼís in 2010 [30] and stated: "The Baha'i Faith is the only religion to have grown faster in every United Nations region over the past 100 years than the general population; Baha'i(sic) was thus the fastest-growing religion between 1910 and 2010, growing at least twice as fast as ...
The harmony of science and religion is a central tenet of the Baháʼí teachings, [37] stressing that true science and true religion must be in harmony, and thus rejecting the view that science and religion are in conflict. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá asserted that religion based on superstition and which doesn’t accord with science but is instead based ...