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The Baháʼí Faith is a religion
founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions
and the unity of all people. It was established by Baháʼu'lláh, it initially
developed in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing
persecution since its inception. The religion has 9–10 million adherents (known
as Baháʼís) spread throughout most of the world's countries and territories.
The Baháʼí Faith has three central figures: the Báb who lived from
1819–1850, executed for heresy, who taught that a prophet similar to Jesus and
Muhammad would soon appear; Baháʼu'lláh who lived from 1817–1892, who claimed to
be said prophet in 1863 and who had to endure both exile and imprisonment; and
his son, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá: 1844–1921, who made teaching trips to Europe and the
United States after his release from confinement in 1908.
According to Baháʼí teachings,
religion is revealed in an orderly and progressive way by a single God through
Manifestations of God, who are the founders of major world religions throughout
human history; the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad are cited as the most recent of
these Manifestations of God before the Báb and Baháʼu'lláh.
Baháʼís regard the world's major religions as fundamentally unified in their
purpose, but divergent in their social practices and interpretations. The Baháʼí
Faith stresses the unity of all people as its core teaching; as a result, it
explicitly rejects notions of racism, sexism, and nationalism.
At the heart of Baháʼí teachings is the desire to establish a unified world
order that ensures the prosperity of all nations, races, creeds, and classes.
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