baháʼís have also been accused of ties to zionism, a movement that supported the establishment of a jewish homeland in the territory defined as the historic land of israel (roughly corresponding to canaan, the holy land, or the region of palestine). this claim is typically advanced by noting that the most holy shrines of the baháʼís are located in current-day israel. however, baháʼu'lláh was banished from persia by nasser-al-din shah, at which time baháʼu'lláh went to baghdad in the ottoman empire. later he was later exiled by the sultan of the ottoman empire, at the behest of the persian shah, to territories further away from iran and finally to acre in syria, which only a century later was incorporated into the state of israel.