One non-Muslim group treated differently were the 300,000 members of the Bahá'í Faith.

Orthodox Christians were the largest non-Muslim group.

There are neither authority, licensing, nor registration requirements for the recognition and regulation of non-Muslim religious groups.

The Government follows a policy of tolerance toward non-Muslim religious groups and, in practice, interfered very little in their religious activities.

Iran reserves a fixed number of seats in the Majlis for certain recognized non-Muslim ethnoreligious groups.

Spiritual courts settle personal status matters for Jewish, Christian and other non-Muslim groups.

In those days, minorities were given broad powers of self-government, but only non-Muslim groups qualified.

Under Ottoman rule, non-Muslim groups were administered as separate communities called millets.

As a non-Muslim group, they have been abused by sectarian militias.

Financial support to non-Muslim groups from the Dubai government is limited to donated land for the construction of churches and other religious facilities, including cemeteries.