Fereydun Vahman

175 Years of Persecution

A History of the Babis & Baha'is of Iran

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Produktbeschreibung

A searing account of the oppression of a peaceful and progressive community, and how this has affected Iran's national identity

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9781786075864
• ISBN-10: 1786075865
• Artikelnr.: 53022168

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The "Enigma" of the Baha'i Religion in Iran
 
PART ONE: Persecution During the Qajar and Pahlavi Dynasties, 1844-1979
Chapter 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
Period
Chapter 3: The Baha'is during the Reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi
Chapter 4: Baha'is in the Reign of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Chapter 5: The Shahrud Incident
Chapter 6: Eighty-One Stab Wounds: The Murder of Dr Berjis in Kashan
Chapter 7: True Crime: The Incident at Abarqu
Chapter 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 Faith
Chapter 9: Baha'i Persecution during the Last Days of the Shah's Regime
Chapter 10: The Baha'is-the First Victims of Oppression in the Islamic
Republic
Chapter 11: The Persecution of Baha'is under Bazargan and the Revolutionary
Council
Chapter 12: The Presidencies of Banisadr and Raja'i
Chapter 13: Arrests and Executions of the Baha'i Assemblies, 1981-85
Chapter 14: The Destruction of Baha'i Holy Sites and Community Resources
Chapter 15: After Ayatollah Khomeini: The Escalation of Persecution
Chapter 16: Efforts at Reform under President Khatami
Chapter 17: Escalating Repression under President Ahmadinejad (2005-13)
Chapter 18: An Obsession with Conspiracy Theories in the Islamic Republic
Chapter 19: Systematic Humiliation: Being Labeled Ritually Unclean (Najes)
Chapter 20: The Perspectives of Iran's Grand Ayatollahs on the Baha'i Faith
Chapter 21: The Appeals of International Organizations and the Iranian
Diaspora
 
Epilogue
Postscript
Appendix
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Notes
Index