Opposition To Heterodox Practices
Raza Khan condemned many practices he saw as bid'at (forbidden innovations), such as:
- Qawali (religious music)
- Women going to visit mazaar (tombs)
- Tawaf (ceremonially walking in circles around a holy site) of tombs.
- Sajda (prostration) to those other than God
- Ta'zieh, plays re-enacting religious scenes
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