Bulleh Shah and Orthodox Clergy

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Re: Bulleh Shah and Orthodox Clergy

@Ali_Syed

I have learnt a lot from that article too, some pointers:

1. He was from a poor family
2. Hated the caste system, hence being a Syed himself he took an arain as his peer
3. First portion of his life was spent under Aurangzeb
4. For most of his life Punjab was unstable due to incursions of Ahmed Shah Abdali and Sikhs

Maybe all of this has contributed to his hatred of orthodox islam.

I think its a chain of Sufi poets during this time with same thoughts. Shah Latif also lived the same time (1689-1752). he was himself from a Syed family, but his poetry also contains verses against the orthodox practices.