May Allah make you share my blessings. May He keep one portion (of the blessings He has bestowed upon me) for myself and 69 portions for you O mumineen. – Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (AQ), 5th Muharram waaz, Mumbai 1424

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA, 1915-2014

Fatemi Dawat

Glimpses of Maulatena Fatema AS Shahadat Waaz mubarak – Al-Hutaib al-Mubarak 1435AH - Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin TUS conducted the waaz mubarak of Molatena Fatema (as) shahadat day in the newly inaugurated Masjid Mansuril Yemen in Al-Hutaib al-Mubarak, Yemen. http://akhbar.mumineen.org/archive/fatemi-dawat/glimpses-of-molatena-fatema-as-shahadat-waaz-mubarak-al-hutaib-al-mubarak-1435ah/
Milad Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (ra) Waaz Mubarak Glimpses - Glimpses from Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin Aqa’a (tus) Waaz Mubarak on the occasion of the 103rd Milad Mubarak of Al-Hayy al-Muqaddas Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (ra) in Mumbai, 20th Rabiul Aakhar 1435AH – 20/2/2014. http://akhbar.mumineen.org/archive/fatemi-dawat/milad-syedna-mohammed-burhanuddin-ra-waaz-mubarak-glimpses/
Aql and Religion - It does seem a bit baffling, the Quran-e-Majeed, Book of Allah and yet this common word, ‘aql’ meaning amongst other things; rationality, intelligence or intellect, is not there in its root form anywhere at all. Derivatives are found, for sure…
Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin’s (ra) Nass of 1388AH - Miyasaheb Shaikh Ibrahim al-Yamani witnessed and recorded in his diary the nass conferred by Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (ra) upon Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin (tus) in 1388AH. Images of the very pages of the diary themselves, and annotations in Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin…
The 53rd Dai al Mutlaq’s (tus) Historic First Waaz – Milaad Imam il Zamaan (as) - It should have been a day to joyously celebrate but the gold linings, glitter of shining thaalis and sips of sweet sharbat could not hide the sombre pall that was evident during Imam-ul-Zaman’s (as) milad mubarak. The loss of a…

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Lunar Eclipse: 14th/15th April – N/S America, Australia, Pacific, W. Europe - A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the early morning hours of April 15, 2014 and is visible from most of North and South America. For observers in westernmost North America and Hawaii, the eclipse actually begins on the…

Dawoodi Bohra World News Headlines

The Week | On their guard - Indian cricketers return to Sharjah after 14 years - It is difficult to miss the scorekeeper at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, who wears the traditional attire of the Dawoodi Bohra community. Assisted by his wife, Nafisa, Jariwala has the unique distinction of having kept scores in every ODI in Sharjah. A native of Mumbai, Jariwala came to Sharjah in 1980, when he was 18. His face lights up when he talks about the glory days of cricket in Sharjah.
Dawoodi Bohra head visits Sri Lanka | Colombo Gazette - The Spiritual Head of the International Dawoodi Bohra Community His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin was in Colombo last evening on a short visit. This is the first visit to the island by His Holiness after he became the successor following the death of His father and the previous Spiritual Head Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin.
Condolence reference: Fond remembrances of a scholar, who was an institution – The Express Tribune - For his services in the fields of religion, education and international trade, he was awarded prestigious titles including the Star of Jordan and the Order of the Nile by the governments of Jordan and Egypt, respectively. He was also conferred honorary doctorates for his efforts in social and educational development by renowned institutes like Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Aligarh Muslim University and the University of Karachi.
No schism, just sadness: A Dawoodi Bohra responds - the actions of the Qutbi Bohra organization show that they are determined to undermine the Dawoodi Bohra faith, deceive the Dawoodi Bohra people, insult the Dawoodi Bohra leader, and even threaten to take control of our religious infrastructure. By these actions, they deny to us the same freedom that they have.
Bohra’s spiritual leader receives state protocol | Pakistan Today - The new spiritual leader of the Bohra community, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, arrived in Karachi from Mumbai on a day-long visit on Thursday morning. He was received under state protocol from the airport to the Tahiri Mosque in Saddar, where thousands of Bohra followers warmly welcomed their spiritual leader. The government had made strict security arrangements for him.
Bohra community's spiritual leader pays short visit to Karachi | Business Recorder - Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin was warmly received at the Karachi Airport by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Siddiqui, former federal minister Halim Siddiqi, Bohra community's leader in Karachi, Nooruddin Bhai, and a large number of the community members.
A fund of Rs 103.5 crore set up for Dawoodi Bohra community | DNAIndia.com - The members of the Dawoodi Bohra community can avail, as interest free loans, from a corpus fund of Rs 103.51 crore, the money they require to do business, build homes or for education. The fund was declared by the new Syedna, Muffadal Saifuddin, on the occasion of late Syedna, Mohammed Burhanuddin's 103rd birth anniversary on Thursday.

City of Brass Blog

Video: (muslim) Mehdi Hasan interviews (atheist) Richard Dawkins at the Oxford Union - This is an excellent debate between the most emphatic atheist of our time, Richard Dawkins, and political journalist Mehdi Hasan. Hasan is brilliantly prepared for the debate and treats Dawkins with utmost respect, but methodically defends belief and religion as a force for good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRd-jlV82BI There are some astonishing admissions made by Dawkins here that really undermine his more polemical assertions against religion. A great interview because Hasan does an...Read the full post here »
Two Bohras come to aid of Frenchwoman attacked in Mumbai - In the past two months I've traveled to India three times, to attend the funeral and other events after the passing of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (ra). This quite shocking story happened in the Fort area of Mumbai, which is quite close to where I spent much of my time and is considered one of the better-developed areas on the city. Barely a few hours after arriving in the...Read the full post here »
Amidst the grief, solace in the succession of Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin - This is a guest post by Durriya Badani The forty day period of mourning has now elapsed, but the profound sadness at the loss of the beloved head of the Dawoodi Bohra community, a spiritual mother and father, His Holiness, Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin remains. On January 17th, the 52nd Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community passed away peacefully at his home in Mumbai. Shortly after his death, his half brother Khuzema Qutbuddin claimed that he had...Read the full post here »

Books for Mumineen

Al Aqmar : A Living Testimony to the Fatemiyeen
by Ja'far us Sadiq M. Saifuddin

al Juyushi: A Vision of the Fatemiyeen
by Ja'far us Sadiq M. Saifuddin

Al-Dai al-Fatimi, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin: An Illustrated Biography
by Mustafa Abdulhussein

Nahjul Balagha: Peak of Eloquence
by Moulana Ali ibn AbiTalib AS

Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras
by Jonah Blank

The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines
by Farhad Daftary

I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim
Edited by Zahra Suratwala and Maria Ebrahimji

All-American: 45 American Men on Being Muslim
Edited by Zahra Suratwala and Maria Ebrahimji

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