Faith: facts and fallacies

A session at the World Zoroastrian Youth Congress addressed by Dastur Khurshed Dastoor and Prof (Dr) Yuhan Vevaina clarified certain religious and historical misapprehensions

The importance of praying in a fire temple, the first usage of sudreh-kusti, menstrual taboos, the historical role of priests... were but some of the issues raised at the session "Zoroastrianism 101” at the 8th World Zoroastrian Youth Congress in London last year. To clarify these concerns in the minds of youngsters were Dastur Khurshed Dastoor (KD) of Udvada and Prof (Dr) Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina (YV), Bahari Associate Professor of Sasanian Studies at The University of Oxford.  To indicate that the session deals with the most essential questions, it was titled "Zoroastrianism 101” to provide a rudimentary understanding of the religion.......



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