The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)

by Sujata Massey

Parsis and Muslims both believed in heaven and hell. This was a major difference from Hindus, who believed in reincarnation.

“What is a Parsi?” asked Amina in slow, studied English. “A Zoroastrian born in India.” Seeing Amina’s small brows drawn together in a questioning way, Perveen elaborated. “We worship God, but we call him Ahura Mazda rather than Allah. My people came on boats from

Persia a very long time ago. Other Persian Zoroastrians have come in the last hundred years. They call themselves Iranis, because that is the country’s name in Persian.