Confiscation and Destruction of Gonabadi Dervishes' Endowed Health Care Center in Bidokht*

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According to Majzooban-e Noor website, the first health care clinic in the city of Bidokht was forcibly demolished by the municipality of Bidokht in July 2014. Saleh Ali-Shah, the former spiritual leader of the Gonabadi Dervish Order, handed over this property for the purpose of providing medical care for people, and the clinic’s medical equipment were also provided by Dervishes. Destruction of the first health care clinic in Bidokht and turning its land into a public parking lot was against the intent of the land transferor, and also the condition stipulated in the deed, indicating the allocation of the land and the building to medical affairs only.
Although the locals and Gonabadi Dervishes objected to the Bidokht’ s municipality and requested that the land continue to be used for a health care clinic, the land was put up for auction in 2015. During the past years, a part of the Gonabadi Dervish Order endowment and personal properties of its spiritual leaders in Bidokht were confiscated under different names and pretexts. Several government organizations have invaded the premises of Mazar-e Sultani Mausoleum and also prevented Dervishes’ economic activities, such as Sultani dairy products.

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