09-28-2007, 08:51 AM
<b>MUSLIM GIRL AND FAMILY OSTRACISED FOR PRACTISING HINDU DANCE</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Malappuram: The family of a young Muslim girl in Indiaâs southern state of Kerala is being shunned and excommunicated by the local mosque committee (mahallu) because she is practicing Bharatanatyam, the Indian classical dance. The mahallu treat her family with contempt.
<b>A membership in the local mahallu is imperative for the Muslim family- that allows the family lots of rights. Without this, her parents will not be allowed burial in the local cemetery. And the local mahallu will not legalise her marriage.</b>
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<b>A membership in the local mahallu is imperative for the Muslim family- that allows the family lots of rights. Without this, her parents will not be allowed burial in the local cemetery. And the local mahallu will not legalise her marriage.</b>
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