Notes from the Fortune-telling Parrot: Islam and the Struggle for Religious Pluralism in Pakistan (Comparative Islamic Studies)

by David Pinault (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $30.80

  Explores the richness of Pakistan's religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, streetside rituals involving animals (pariah-kites and fortune-telling parrots), and the use of sorcery to contend with the jinns that are believed to infest cities such as Lahore.