The Ismailis’ “War” against Qat in Ḥarāz
In 1999, the Ismaili Bohra Community in Yemen’s Ḥarāz mountains launched a drug substitution programme in order to replace the cultivation of qat with other economic and social activities. Motivated by religious concern, this campaign aimed at suppressing the consumption of qat. Over 200,000 qat tre...
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| Language: | English |
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Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa
2007-07-01
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| Series: | Arabian Humanities |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cy/1460 |