Source: New York Daily News
On March 2, 2002, The New York Daily News featured an article on the Baha'i Faith in New York City. "There are about 800 members in the city [and] the church counts more
than 5 million adherents around the world, among them perhaps 620,000 in the
United States. The Baha'i Faith, as it is formally known, is listed as one of
the world's fastest-growing religions... It was founded in 1844... in what was then Persia, by
Mirza Ali Muhammed, a Sufi Muslim who declared himself the Bab (Arabic for
gate), a new messenger from God. He...
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