Baha’i is a young monotheistic religion that started and grew in Iran. It was part of the Shi’ite branch of the Muslim faith. It teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity and equality ...

A new film that shows the diversity of the Baha’i religion around the world will highlight a special celebration Sunday afternoon in Topeka. The film, titled “Light to the World,” will premiere at 2 p ...

The Baha’i faith — a small but global religion with an interfaith credo — fits comfortably into the religious spectrum of most countries. In several Middle East nations, however, Baha’i followers face ...

Behzad Zandieh fled Tehran in 1961 at age 16 to escape religious persecution as a Baha'i. One brother followed him here in 1985, but two more brothers remain in Iran, where their lives are precarious.

Duane Herrmann didn’t plan to become a historian on the local Baha’i community, but once he started his research in the mid-1970s, he found he couldn’t stop. Herrmann, of Topeka, will present findings ...

According to the 2016 edition of “Yearbook of International Religious Demography,” there were an estimated 7.8 million Baha’is in the world in 2015. Countries with the largest Baha’i populations in ...

What role did the controversial director's Baha'i religion play on the set of 'It Ends With Us'? Did Wayfarer's missionary miscues help set the stage for Hollywood's uncivil war? By Peter Kiefer ...

(Beirut) – A Doha court sentenced the chair of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is in Qatar to five years in prison on August 13, 2025, based solely on exercising his rights to freedom of ...