175 Years of Persecution

A History of the Babis & Baha'is of Iran

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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For almost two centuries, followers of the Baha'i faith, Iran's largest religious minority, have been persecuted by the state. They have been made scapegoats for the nation's ills, branded enemies of Islam and denounced as foreign agents. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 Baha'is have been barred from entering the nation's universities, more than two hundred have been executed, and hundreds more imprisoned and tortured.Now, however, Iran is at a turning point. A new generation has begun to question how the Baha'is have been portrayed by the government and the clergy, and called for them to be given equal rights as fellow citizens. In documenting, for the first time, the plight of this religious community in Iran since its inception, Fereydun Vahman also reveals the greater plight of a nation aspiring to develop a modern identity built on respect for diversity rather than hatred and self-deception.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-02-21
Mått:153 x 234 x 30 mm
Vikt:592 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Oneworld Publications
ISBN:9781786075864

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Fereydun Vahman is professor emeritus at the University of Copenhagen. Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 he has been a leading voice defending the rights of Baha’is. He is the author of several books in Persian, English and Danish, and is editor of the Religion and Society in Iran series.

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‘The sheer scope, breadth, and depth of this history of religious persecution of the beleaguered Babis and Baha’is of Iran is masterful, impressive, and instructive, especially as to its contribution to present-day thought and implications for the future… 175 Years of Persecution is essential reading for any serious study of religious persecution in the Middle East (especially in Iran) and is a valuable contribution to human-rights literature.’

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ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The “Enigma” of the Baha’i Religion in Iran PART ONE: Persecution During the Qajar and Pahlavi Dynasties, 1844–1979Chapter 1: Why Were the Babi and Baha’i Faiths Suppressed in Iran?Chapter 2: The Violent Repression of the Babis and Baha’is during the Qajar PeriodChapter 3: The Baha’is during the Reign of Reza Shah PahlaviChapter 4: Baha’is in the Reign of Muhammad Reza Shah PahlaviChapter 5: The Shahrud IncidentChapter 6: Eighty-One Stab Wounds: The Murder of Dr Berjis in KashanChapter 7: True Crime: The Incident at AbarquChapter 8: The Events of 1955: Hojjat al-Islam Falsafi, the Ramadan Broadcasts, and the Military Occupation of the Baha’i Center PART TWO: The Islamic Republic in Confrontation with the Baha’i FaithChapter 9: Baha’i Persecution during the Last Days of the Shah’s RegimeChapter 10: The Baha’is—the First Victims of Oppression in the Islamic RepublicChapter 11: The Persecution of Baha’is under Bazargan and the Revolutionary CouncilChapter 12: The Presidencies of Banisadr and Raja’iChapter 13: Arrests and Executions of the Baha’i Assemblies, 1981–85Chapter 14: The Destruction of Baha’i Holy Sites and Community ResourcesChapter 15: After Ayatollah Khomeini: The Escalation of PersecutionChapter 16: Efforts at Reform under President KhatamiChapter 17: Escalating Repression under President Ahmadinejad (2005–13)Chapter 18: An Obsession with Conspiracy Theories in the Islamic RepublicChapter 19: Systematic Humiliation: Being Labeled Ritually Unclean (Najes)Chapter 20: The Perspectives of Iran’s Grand Ayatollahs on the Baha’i FaithChapter 21: The Appeals of International Organizations and the Iranian Diaspora EpiloguePostscriptAppendixGlossarySelect BibliographyNotesIndex