A nineteenth-century Persian religious movement founded by the Bab, emphasizing spiritual reform and social equality.
From Arabic 'Bab' (meaning 'gate' or 'door'), the title taken by the founder Siyyid Ali Muhammad; '-ism' (from Greek '-ismos') indicates a doctrine, belief system, or movement.
Babism emerged in 1844 in Persia as a radical sect challenging Islamic orthodoxy with promises of a new messenger—it later evolved into Bahaism, one of the world's newest major religions with teachings of universal peace.
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