Palestinian Baháʼís

Palestinian Baháʼís are Palestinians who practise the Baháʼí Faith. The Palestinian Baháʼís constitute one of the earliest Baháʼí Faith practitioners due to the fact that two of the holiest Baháʼí cities, Haifa and Acre, are located in places where Palestinians previously constituted a significant proportion of the population prior to the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. The contemporary ban on seeking proselytizing to Israelis was originally conceived of as a ban on proselytizing to Palestinians.[1] During the Mandatory Palestine period, Palestinians Baháʼís were one of eight categories as options on the censuses carried out by the former British protectorate.[2]

According to Naim Ateek, in the modern era, there are Palestinian Baháʼís who live alongside Palestinians of other religious persuasions.[3] Author Alan Bryson has reported the existence of Palestinian Baháʼís in the West Bank.[4] On occasion, there are Palestinian Baháʼís who were raised in another Abrahamic religion, but thereafter converted to the Baháʼí Faith.[4]

Notable Palestinian Baháʼís

See also

References
  1. Collins-Kreiner, Noga, and Jay D. Gatrell. "Tourism, heritage and pilgrimage: the case of Haifa's Baháʼí Gardens." Journal of Heritage Tourism 1.1 (2006): 32-50.
  2. Barron, Table I.
  3. Naim, Ateek (June 30, 2014). Justice and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation. Orbis Books. ISBN 9781608333677 – via Google Books.
  4. Bryson, Alan (January 1, 2002). Fanaticism: A World-Devouring Fire. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9788120724631 – via Google Books.


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