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The Malaysian Bahá’í Community shares the diversity of the multi-ethnic non-Muslim population, from among whom are from the Indian, Chinese, Eurasians and the indigenous people of the Peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak. The Bahá’í Faith was brought to the shores of Malaya in the early 1950s by a Bahá’í couple of Farsi origin, Dr. and Mrs. K. M. Fozdar. In 1953 a renowned artist, Mr. Yan Kee Leong accepted the Faith and the first Bahá’í community was subsequently established in Seremban. This was followed by other Bahá’í communities in Melaka, Penang, Alor Star and Kuala Lumpur. In 1964 the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Malaysia was elected. |
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 The imperative to tend to the needs of the children and offer them lessons that develop their spiritual faculties and lay the foundations of a noble and upright character has prompted the Baha'i community to place great emphasis on the moral and spiritual education of children. The Bahá’í Children Educational Program, initiated and carried out at the grassroot, focuses on the development of the moral capacities of children, so essential in building a strong moral framework that will assist them to achieve excellence in their material, intellectual and spiritual aspects of life. |
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 The main aim of the Junior Youth Empowerment Programme is to empower the young people in the age group of 12 to 15 to understand the purpose of life, to help them form a strong moral identity in their early adolescent years, develop spiritual perception and become conscious participants in the process of their own growth and to contribute to the well-being of their communities. The program molds the capacities of the young people for service to humanity, enhancing their power of expression and releasing their energies for a purposeful and constructive life. |
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 Bahá’ís are actively engaged in developing their knowledge, skills, and spiritual insights that enable them to act as effective human resources and agents of change. The process of one’s personal transformation is tied to the centering of one’s energies on the betterment of the world and serving humanity. Presently, the collective learning takes the form of small study groups for the systematic study of the Creative Word in order to build capacity for service. These study groups are called ‘study circles’. |
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