Re: Bulleh Shah and Orthodox Clergy
From the above article:
In it Bulleh Shah, like his Murshid, is forced to leave Kasur for Lahore, banished by the extremely conservative Sunni Afghan rulers of Kasur. A dancing woman, Muradi Begum, gave him refuge and taught him dancing, as the story goes. It is more likely that Kasur’s rulers threw him out of the city because of his defiant lifestyle, but the refuge provided by Muradi Begum is not doubtful. It is more likely that Muradi Begum, wife of Punjab Governor, Amir Munno Muin-ul-Mulk who ruled Punjab from 1748-1753 may have helped Bulleh Shah because Lahore was a much more tolerant city. Probably, Muradi Begum is the first woman during the Mughal period who first started ruling Punjab under the name of her infant son after Munno’s death in 1753 and then directly under her own name. She may have helped Bulleh Shah during her own or her husband’s reign.
true, the local rulers of an area were acting according to their wills considering the weak power from Delhi and attacks from Afghanistan. I personally think people like Bulleh Shah say what they want to say irrespective of danger they face due to such expression of feelings.