Baháʼí Faith In Asia
The Baháʼí Faith was founded by Baháʼu'lláh, in Iran who faced a series of exiles and imprisonment that moved him to Baghdad, Istanbul, and Palestine (region), Palestine. By the 1950s, about a century after its forming, Iran remained home to the vast majority of adherents to the Baháʼí Faith. Expansive teaching efforts began in the late 19th century and gained converts in other parts of Asia. By 1968, according to official Baháʼí statistics, the majority of Baháʼís (~75%) lived outside of Iran and North America, the two most prominent centers of the religion previously. In 1956 there were only three Baháʼí National Spiritual Assemblies in Asia: Iran, Iraq, and India. By 1967 the total was 15, and by 2001 there were 39 National Spiritual Assemblies in Asia. A Baháʼí House of Worship known as the Lotus Temple was completed in Delhi, India in 1986, and another was completed in 2017 in Battambang, Cambodia. The design for a House of Worship in Bihar Sharif, Bihar ...
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