Persecution of Bahai's in Iran : an historical overview and contemporary insights

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2013
Korkmaz, Merve
This thesis analyzes the persecution of Baha’is in Iran within its historical and contemporary background. The thesis will give examples from the other minority groups in Iran and through this, the grounds behind the persecution of Baha’is in Iran will be more elaborated in the light of state-religion, state-minority relations and also it will analyze the “persecution” phenomena in identity formation of Baha’is.

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M. Korkmaz, “ Persecution of Bahai’s in Iran : an historical overview and contemporary insights ,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2013.