Qatar Accused of ‘Eradicating’ Bahá’í Minority
2nd May 2026
Qatar has been accused of “eradicating” its Bahá’í religious minority, with families living in the country for decades facing imminent expulsion.
More than 40 per cent of the small Bahá’í population is being targeted for deportation in a “deliberate campaign of religious erasure”, the Bahá’í International Community (BIC), a non-governmental organisation, said.
The community, whose presence in the region predates the modern Qatari state, has been reduced to a few hundred members after decades of systematic discrimination.
Muslims tolerate non-Muslims only when they have to.