Baha'i came about as the founder clamied that God had revealed "a gate" for him and o

the dictates of this religion.. was it Islam. Hinduism, Buddhism or Taoism.
it was Islam..tum for Ur help

Islam.

It was founded in Persia in the 19Th century, so the Persians would obviously have been Shi'a Muslims.

Sounds very similar to how Mormonism and Islam got started... one dude has a vision from "god" that all other religions are wrong and he should start a new one... there is nothing new under the sun.

It was the Islamic clerics that persecuted him for his beliefs.

Not really sure if they were full of the Spirit of God when they were attacking him.

STs!

But there are some who are disturbing you and wish to pervert the gospel of Christ.
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But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach (to you) a gospel other than the one that we preached to you, let that one be accursed! 7
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As we have said before, and now I say again, if anyone preaches to you a gospel other than the one that you received, let that one be accursed!

the dictates of this religion is the infallible Word of God.

In reality, there is only one religion, the religion of God. This one religion is continually evolving, and each particular religious system represents a stage in the evolution of the whole. The Bah?'? Faith represents the current stage in the evolution of religion. To emphasize the idea that all of the teachings and actions of the Manifestation are directed by God and do not originate from natural, human sources, Bah?'u'll?h used the term "revelation" to describe the phenomenon that occurs each time a Manifestation appears. In particular, the writings of the Manifestation represent the infallible Word of God. Because these writings remain long after the earthly life of the Manifestation is finished, they constitute an especially important part of the phenomenon of revelation. So much is this so, that the term "revelation" is sometimes used in a restricted sense to refer to the writings and words of the Manifestation.

Religious history is seen as a succession of revelations from God and the term "progressive revelation" is used to describe this process. Thus, according to Bah?'?s, progressive revelation is the motive force of human progress, and the Manifestation Bah?'u'll?h is the most recent instance of revelation.

Bah?'u'll?h taught that the time interval between two Manifestations may be about one thousand years. He also taught that the process of revelation will not stop with His revelation and that another Manifestation will come after Him, though not before the expiration of one thousand years from Bah?'u'll?h's coming. According to the Bah?'? writings, the process of revelation will continue indefinitely into the future and humankind will see the coming of a great many more Manifestations.

To put the Bah?'? concept of religion more clearly in focus, ...

http://info.bahai.org/article-1-4-0-4.html

http://info.bahai.org/article-1-4-0-10.html

When Bah?'?s say that the various religions are one, they do not mean that the various religious creeds and organizations are the same. Rather, they believe that there is only one religion and all of the Messengers of God have progressively revealed its nature. Together, the world's great religions are expressions of a single unfolding Divine plan, "the changeless Faith of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future."

People from all of the major religious backgrounds have found that the promises and expectations of their own beliefs are fulfilled in the Bah?'? Faith. Bah?'?s from Native American, African and other indigenous backgrounds, similarly, find in the Bah?'? teachings fulfillment of prophetic visions.

For Bah?'?s of Jewish background, Bah?'u'll?h is the appearance of the promised "Lord of Hosts" come down "with ten thousands of saints." A descendent of Abraham and a "scion from the root of Jesse," Bah?'u'll?h has come to lead the way for nations to "beat their swords into plowshares." Many features of Bah?'u'll?h's involuntary exile to the Land of Israel, along with other historical events during Bah?'u'll?h's life and since are seen as fulfilling numerous prophecies in the Bible.

For Bah?'?s of Buddhist background, Bah?'u'll?h fulfils the prophecies for the coming of "a Buddha named Maitreye, the Buddha of universal fellowship" who will, according to Buddhist traditions, bring peace and enlightenment for all humanity. They see the fulfillment of numerous prophecies, such as the fact that the Buddha Maitreye is to come from "the West", noting the fact that Iran is West of India.

For Bah?'?s of Hindu background, Bah?'u'll?h comes as the new incarnation of Krishna, the "Tenth Avatar" and the "Most Great Spirit." He is "the birthless, the deathless," the One who, "when goodness grows weak," returns "in every age" to "establish righteousness" as promised in the Bhagavad-Gita.

For Bah?'?s of Christian background, Bah?'u'll?h fulfils the paradoxical promises of Christ's return "in the Glory of the Father" and as a "thief in the night." That the Faith was founded in 1844 relates to numerous Christian prophecies. Bah?'?s note, for example, that central Africa was finally opened to Christianity in the 1840s, and that event was widely seen as fulfilling the promise that Christ would return after "the Gospel had been preached 'to all nations.'" In Bah?'u'll?h's teachings Bah?'?s see fulfillment of Christ's promise to bring all people together so that "there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."

For Bah?'?s of Muslim background, Bah?'u'll?h fulfils the promise of the Qur'an for the "Day of God" and the "Great Announcement," when "God" will come down "overshadowed with clouds." They see in the dramatic events of the B?bi and Bah?'? movements the fulfillment of many traditional statements of Muhammad, which have long been a puzzle.