Hi, I found your post from a feature by @freedomshift in the Pay It Forward Curation contest.

Sounds like the areas you traveled are in need of lots of assistance.

The Baha'i faith is an interesting one, an offshoot of Bab'ism. Wherein the Bab's followers were not bothered by ushering in their leader with violence, his follower Baha'u'llah who is the Prophet of the Baha'i was much opposed to it. He spent much of his life imprisoned, where he wrote his words of peace. It is a testament to his character that the Muslims did not put him to death, as his claim of being the point, the return of the hidden Imam was a call for all of the Muslim world to turn over their lands to him.

I have known many Baha'i in my life, overall a peaceful group who want peace and advocate for an examination of ones life and the many messages the Prophets (they claim many such as Buddha, Krisna, Jesus, Muhammad, etc) left for mankind.