Posted by Rough Rider on January 24, 2007, 5:33 am In Yezd and Kerman (though the early 20th century), Moslem pollution prohibitions were strictly observed and extended to most aspects of life. A Moslem would not eat out of a dish touched by a Zoroastrian. Zoroastrians were forbidden the use of most community facilities such as barber shops, bath houses, water fountains, and tea houses. Water and wetness were considered to be particularly strong carriers of pollution. Zoroastrians were not permitted to go to the market in the rain. They could not touch fruit when shopping in the bazaar, although the dry goods could be touched.
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by Janet Kestenberg Amighi (The Zoroastrians of Iran: Conversion Assimilation, or Persistence
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