Human rights and Dawoodi Bohras
The author notes that the Dawoodi Bohras and their priesthood have been in the news for close to two decades now. Today the Bohras (a Shi'a Ismaili sub-sect of Islam) are highly oppressed and exploited community at the hands of their own priesthood. He (the author) takes a look at the largescal...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
1994
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In: |
Economic & political weekly
Year: 1994, Volume: 29, Issue: 31, Pages: 1998-2005 |
Further subjects: | B
Human rights violation
B Clergyperson B Muslim B Oppression B India |
Summary: | The author notes that the Dawoodi Bohras and their priesthood have been in the news for close to two decades now. Today the Bohras (a Shi'a Ismaili sub-sect of Islam) are highly oppressed and exploited community at the hands of their own priesthood. He (the author) takes a look at the largescale infringement of civil liberties and human rights of the Bohra community at the hands of its priestly class. (DÜI-Sen) |
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ISSN: | 0012-9976 |
Contains: | In: Economic & political weekly
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