Iran again finds itself in the forefront of world events. After Islam, the largest religious minority in Iran is the Baha'i Faith-a religion born there in the mid-Nineteenth Century. According to many scholars of Iranian society and history, the Baha'is, in a century and a half, have proven to be a significant social and moral force capable of modernizing and democratizing that country-the cradle of one of the most remarkable civilizations in history. The followers of this religion which, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, is the second most widespread in the world after Christianity, number more than six million globally..."