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Imams and mobeds

Parsis are not the only community with problems regarding an equitable income for priests. Some imams (leaders of prayers in mosques) in Bombay are planning to approach the Bombay High Court with pleas to act against trustees of mosques. At a meeting called at the Islam Gymkhana on Marine Drive by a nongovernmental organization Social Education and Welfare Association (SEWA), attended by several imams, muezzins (criers who call for daily prayers) and community leaders, demands were voiced for increase in remuneration to imams, reported The Times of India (ToI) dated February 26, 2019.  In most mosques, imams reportedly are paid......



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