Excerpts from the research of the Danish sociologist Margit Warburg about the Baha’ism Baha’ism: From a denounced sects in Iran to an international organization

According to a sociologist, who, has spent about 25 years for studying Baha’i issues and some Western researches in this field, classifying the Baha’ism as a new religion, an Islamic sect, or a global movement is natural; because in the sociology of religion, the issue of typology of religious organizations and groups is a main and prominent topic. But in dealing with this group, one encounters fundamental challenges. The unique dispersal of population, the Babi background, and the Islamic-Iranian conceptions of the Baha’i leaders, who had kept the same primary color of Middle Eastern culture in their assumptions; with the structures of an international organization, and globalist slogans of the group, along with the Bahai community’s multiple behavioral contradictions have been documented in the book Citizens of the World, and the opinions in this field have been reported according to academic principles. Excerpts from these topics, such as Non-worldly teachings and religious sanctifications, are presented in this article. In some cases, explanations outside the book Citizens of the World have been added.