Baradari (brotherhood)
Barādarī or Birādrī (Urdu: برادری) means Brotherhood originating from the Persian word برادر Baradar meaning "Brother". In Pakistan and India it is used to denote a number of social strata among South Asian Muslims (see Caste system among Muslims). Anthropologists differentiate the concept with biraderi from caste based on certain essential traits. Biraderi is a social network, having a common ancestry or not, that is bound together through mutual rights and obligations.[1] According to author Anatol Lieven, "the most important force in [Pakistani] society" are Baradari, usually far stronger than any competing religious, ethnic, or ideological cause. Parties and political alliances in Pakistan are based on Baradari, not ideology.[2]
The political effects of baradari or bradree among Pakistanis in the United Kingdom were attacked during the Bradford West by-election, 2012 which resulted in the gain of a House of Commons seat for the Respect Party and its candidate George Galloway.[3]
References
- ↑ Mughal, Muhammad Aurang Zeb. (2015). “Domestic Space and Socio-spatial Relationships in Rural Pakistan”. South Asia Research 35(2): 214-234.
- ↑ why they get pakistan wrong| Mohsin Hamid| NYRoB| 29 September 2011
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/mar/27/george-galloway-bradford-west-byelection
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