Do Bahá’ís suffer persecution?
The earliest followers of Bahá’u’lláh and of His Forerunner, the Báb, met brutal opposition incited by the clergy and were killed in the thousands. Today, the Bahá’í Faith still suffers severe repression in Iran, the land of its birth, and in several other Muslim countries. The 300,000 Bahá’ís in Iran constitute its largest religious minority, and in recent years many have been killed, imprisoned, and deprived of employment and education solely because of their religious beliefs. Bahá’ís have also been persecuted under fascist and communist regimes.
