Talk:Qalandar (title)

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March 19 2009

Thanks for this additional information -- fascinating to hear of the 2.5 Qalandars.

A few questions:


 * Is it "Qalander" or "Qalandar"? capitalised? or not?
 * Leaving aside the question of whether or not it is fair to count a woman as only 1/2 a person, does anyone know what she taught?
 * Anyone know about the Hazara people called Qalander? are they Sufi?

Thanks,

Mckqed (talk) 18:23, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Ken

_________________________ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mckqed (talk • contribs) 18:16, 19 March 2009 (UTC) Being a Qalandar is so rare and of so much importance that although there have been One Hundred Twenty Four Thousand prophets, there have been only two and a half Qalandars in the history of mankind so far! They are Shahbaz Qalandar buried in Sehwan, Pakistan. Khwaja Gharib Nawaz in Ajmer, India and Rabia Basri in Iraq. They are not counted as three as, loosely put, women are counted half in Islam for various reasons. Even if two women are witness to a crime, they will be considered as one witness. I have just included this example to elaborate why are they Two and a Half instead of Three. Please donot make any inferences on how Islam treats women from this example as I strongly believe that this is the only religion where women are respected and considered an equal in its own way. by Jawad Daud [feedbackjd@hotmail.com]

From Iftikhar Ahmed - June 06, 2008

It is true there have been only two and a half Qalandar. What about Bu Ali Qalandar of Panipat (India). I think instead of Khawaja Gharib Nawaz, Bu Ali is known as the other Qalander. Please check.

ahmeds2008@yahoo.com 'Bold text'Bold text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.109.10.227 (talk) 08:39, 24 May 2009 (UTC)