File:House-bab.jpg

Summary

Description: House of the Báb
Source: Baháʼí Media Bank
Copyright: Bahá’í International Community

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Fair use

Fair use rationale for Baháʼí pilgrimage

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Baháʼí pilgrimage
Description	House where the Báb claimed his prophethood thus marking the start of the his religion, Bábism. One of two places where Baha'is are ordained to go on pilgrimage. Destroyed by the Iranian authorities in 1979 as part of a state-sponsored Persecution of Baháʼís.
Source	Baháʼí Media Bank
Article	Baháʼí pilgrimage
Portion used	All
Low resolution?	yes
Purpose of use	Its inclusion in the article add significantly to the article, because it is the location where Baháʼís have to go to on pilgrimage, which is the principle subject of the article.
Replaceable?	No free alternative can be created as building has been destroyed by the Iranian authorities.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Baháʼí pilgrimage//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:House-bab.jpgtrue

Fair use rationale for Persecution of Baháʼís

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Persecution of Baháʼís
Description	House where the Báb claimed his prophethood thus marking the start of the his religion, Bábism. One of two places where Baháʼís are ordained to go on pilgrimage. Destroyed by the Iranian authorities in 1979 as part of a state-sponsored Persecution of Baháʼís.
Source	Baháʼí Media Bank
Article	Persecution of Baháʼís
Portion used	All
Low resolution?	yes
Purpose of use	Its inclusion in the article add significantly to the article, because its destruction portrays the Persecution of Baháʼís, the principle subject of the article, and in specific instance, the destruction of one of only two places where Baháʼís have to go to on pilgrimage.
Replaceable?	No free alternative can be created as building has been destroyed by the Iranian authorities.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Persecution of Baháʼís//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:House-bab.jpgtrue

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (2007). "A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Baha'is of Iran" (PDF). Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Baha'is decry cultural cleansing in Iran

[ihrdc-1] Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (2007). "A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Baha'is of Iran" (PDF). Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. Retrieved 2007-03-03.

[nbo-2] Baha'is decry cultural cleansing in Iran