175 Years of Persecution: A History of the Babis & Baha'is of Iran - Couverture rigide

Vahman, Fereydun

 
9781786075864: 175 Years of Persecution: A History of the Babis & Baha'is of Iran
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ISBN 10 : 1786075865 ISBN 13 : 9781786075864
Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2019

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

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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Éditeur
Oneworld Publications
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1786075865
ISBN 13 
9781786075864
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
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