Can the custodians of our religion be intellectually honest in confirming that a non-Parsi’s gaze on a deceased Zoroastrian’s body during prayers will debase the whole prayer ritual and render the ceremony ineffective? What is required is a pinch of spiritual wisdom and rational mindset. Prayer recited by devoted clergy in good faith is never vulnerable to defilement, just by the presence of beings, who by chance are not born Zoroastrians.
In the modern, cosmopolitan society, interfaith marriages are on the rise. In time to come most Parsi families are going to get extended families in the form of non-Parsi relatives.
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