[7][8] The founder of the Shaykhí movement, Shaykh Ahmad, was born in 1753, in the region known as Al-Bahrain or Al-Ahsa, which is on the Arabian Peninsula near to modern Bahrain.
[citation needed] Traditionally the Ministry of Islamic Affairs had repeatedly denied the Baháʼí community's request for a license to operate.
According to its official interpretation of Islam, the government regards the core beliefs of Baha'is to be blasphemous and consequently illegal, and therefore the Ministry refuses to recognize the religion, but it allows the community to gather and worship freely.
[14] Newspapers in Bahrain and elsewhere in the region reported on the Egyptian identification card controversy, with many going into long explanations about the Baháʼí Faith around 2006.
In the year 2019 this NGO organised an event to celebrate 200th birthday of Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baháʼí faith, with members of Bahraini civil society and government officials.