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  • The legend of Pakistan’s saint of fertility shows how Islam adopted South Asia’s cultic traditions

    The legend of Pakistan’s saint of fertility shows how Islam adopted South Asia’s cultic traditions

    Haroon Khalid
    · Dec 21, 2018 · 12:30 pm