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µþ²¹³óá'í at a glance

The µþ²¹³óá'í faith is one of the youngest of the world's major religions. It was founded by µþ²¹³óá'³Ü'±ô±ôá³ó in Iran in 1863.

Iran was then mainly a Muslim country, and the faith was proclaimed by a young Iranian, who called himself The Báb. He said that a messenger would soon arrive from God, who would be the latest in a line of prophets including Moses, Muhammad and Jesus Christ.

• µþ²¹³óá'³Ü'±ô±ôá³ó, which means the Glory of God in Arabic, was born Mirza Husayn Ali in 1817
• µþ²¹³óá'í²õ believe that µþ²¹³óá'³Ü'±ô±ôá³ó is the most recent Manifestation of God
• µþ²¹³óá'³Ü'±ô±ôá³ó himself stated that he is not God's final messenger
• The µþ²¹³óá'í faith accepts all religions as having true and valid origins
• The idea of progressive revelation is of central significance for the µþ²¹³óá'í faith
• µþ²¹³óá'³Ü'±ô±ôá³ó taught that God intervenes throughout human history at different times to reveal more of himself through his messengers (called Divine Messengers, or Manifestations of God)
• The central idea of the faith is that of unity. They believe that people should work together for the common benefit of humanity

The followers of µþ²¹³óá'³Ü'±ô±ôá³ó were descended from the Bábis - believers in the Báb who foretold the mission of µþ²¹³óá'³Ü'±ô±ôá³ó.

There are 6 million µþ²¹³óá'í²õ in the world, in 235 countries and around 6,000 live in Britain.

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