Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Bahá'í Faith is a diverse and widespread religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in the 19th century in Iran. Bahá'í sources usually estimate the worldwide Bahá'í population to be above 5 million. Most encyclopedias and similar sources estimate between 5 and 6 million Bahá'ís in the world in the early 21st century.The Bahá'í Faith's growing presence across the world can be shown in stages. First the religion originated in Qajar Persia out of the Bábí religion and spread through the middle east and lands directly adjacent from 1844 to c.1892. Then it internationalized to a particular degree when it moved out of Islamic dominant countries and cultures and came to many countries in the West, a period from c.1892 to c.1953. During this period, for example, sixty percent of the British Bahá'í community eventually relocating. And then a significantly internationalized stage of an almost world wide presence or \"global\" presence since 1953. This was accomplished by what Bahá'ís call \"pioneering\". The major program of action being the Ten Year Crusade and the overall list of the first pioneers to countries in the Knights of Bahá'u'lláh - the last being in July 1989 when the religion entered Mongolia.The religion is almost entirely contained in a single, organized, hierarchical community, but the Bahá'í population has spread out into almost every country and ethnicity in the world, being recognized as the second-most geographically widespread religion after Christianity. See Bahá'í statistics. The only countries with no Bahá'ís documented as of 2008 are Vatican City and North Korea. There is also no permanent Bahá'í population in Israel, as per religious instruction."@en }
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- Bahxc3xa1xc3xad_Faith_by_continent abstract "The Bahá'í Faith is a diverse and widespread religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in the 19th century in Iran. Bahá'í sources usually estimate the worldwide Bahá'í population to be above 5 million. Most encyclopedias and similar sources estimate between 5 and 6 million Bahá'ís in the world in the early 21st century.The Bahá'í Faith's growing presence across the world can be shown in stages. First the religion originated in Qajar Persia out of the Bábí religion and spread through the middle east and lands directly adjacent from 1844 to c.1892. Then it internationalized to a particular degree when it moved out of Islamic dominant countries and cultures and came to many countries in the West, a period from c.1892 to c.1953. During this period, for example, sixty percent of the British Bahá'í community eventually relocating. And then a significantly internationalized stage of an almost world wide presence or \"global\" presence since 1953. This was accomplished by what Bahá'ís call \"pioneering\". The major program of action being the Ten Year Crusade and the overall list of the first pioneers to countries in the Knights of Bahá'u'lláh - the last being in July 1989 when the religion entered Mongolia.The religion is almost entirely contained in a single, organized, hierarchical community, but the Bahá'í population has spread out into almost every country and ethnicity in the world, being recognized as the second-most geographically widespread religion after Christianity. See Bahá'í statistics. The only countries with no Bahá'ís documented as of 2008 are Vatican City and North Korea. There is also no permanent Bahá'í population in Israel, as per religious instruction.".