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by kseeker
Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:21 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Bohra Leaks ITS database
Replies: 0
Views: 1748

Bohra Leaks ITS database

Does anyone still have this with them?
by kseeker
Sun Jan 23, 2022 12:00 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: STF View on Iddat
Replies: 12
Views: 4781

Re: STF View on Iddat

Perhaps you only care to do detailed analysis of 3 or four sermons of people whom no one cares about LOL! Actually, I did very detailed analysis of all 10 of STF's sermons. But I only posted 3 here as I realized that posting here was a waste of my time. Many people, like yourself, are fanbois and b...
by kseeker
Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:54 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: My daughter is my Mother
Replies: 1
Views: 3079

Re: My daughter is my Mother

This topic seems a little strange but I came across concept of "Busaheba" and "Aaisaheba". Literally meaning of these two words are "Great Mother" sort of Farsi/ Urdu and Marathi. Now, I came across one old lady wife of Late Najmuddin, Fatema bibi. She is also mother-i...
by kseeker
Wed Nov 24, 2021 6:47 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Looking for: Documentary on Bohras by British Historians during British Raj
Replies: 0
Views: 3430

Looking for: Documentary on Bohras by British Historians during British Raj

I remember, a decade or so ago, there was a pdf document available on this forum written by a British historian, commissioned by the crown detailing the beliefs, rituals and political affairs of the Dawoodi Bohras... could anyone please help me finding this?

thanks!
by kseeker
Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:00 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: ....
Replies: 63
Views: 11434

Re: Mullahs, the scapegoats of Syedna.

Please stop hyperventilating! Read carefully, we said "we are not against the Dai as an institution ". Which means, let us clarify, that we accept the system of the Daiship (with all its flaws) but have problems with the incumbent. As for the evils of Mufaddal Saifuddin's regime or, for t...
by kseeker
Mon Aug 16, 2021 1:51 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Historical accounts of Karbala
Replies: 48
Views: 10113

Re: Historical accounts of Karbala

I have been following STF's waaz and sadly it has diminished in quality exponentially.. He started from detailed explanations of Quran ayats and their actual meanings to how awesome the last 3 dais were like characters out of the MARVEL or DC universe.. the dreams TS had, how TS loved his dad etc et...
by kseeker
Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:39 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Historical accounts of Karbala
Replies: 48
Views: 10113

Re: Historical accounts of Karbala

what is the point of all this haqaiq and ilm when your life style doesnt match to the ahlul bayt. (or even close to it) I count on characters and not on the bookish knowledge. scriptwriters are easy to find, the real test is to live the life of preached characters. both ilm and amal are important a...
by kseeker
Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:37 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Historical accounts of Karbala
Replies: 48
Views: 10113

Re: Historical accounts of Karbala

If there was a 'like' button, this post would have surely deserved it... What I fail to understand is that why (and more importantly, how) would Kitab ul-Idah wa'l-Bayan prove that the S. Hussain was the Dai because as far as I undesrtand, at that time, this level of knowledge was known by very few....
by kseeker
Fri May 21, 2021 5:24 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Bohra whatsapp duniya
Replies: 1857
Views: 516116

Re: Bohra whatsapp duniya 2018-2020

Badrul Jamali and Saeed-al-Khair are the directors of the current bohra regime.. they officially held the power to decide who gets amaalat where which automatically bought allegiance of all the ambitious ones...Saeed al Khair is pretty strong but not as his brother was.. After these two brothers, it...
by kseeker
Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:38 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Coronavirus
Replies: 184
Views: 52206

Re: Coronavirus

All the doctors I speak to give me a timeframe of atleast 6 months for the Covid to come under control.. unless they find a cocktail of anti-virals which can do the trick.... given this lengthy duration, I wonder what will the situation at Ashara.. with hardly any travel allowed and people all para...
by kseeker
Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:29 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Deleted
Replies: 16
Views: 5513

Re: Syedna "The Gau Mata of Dawoodi Bohras"

Yes, your above writeup shows that you are awaal chela and member of Ustadi Bohras. Instead of the da'i you have your own "Gau Mata of Ustadi Bohras", i.e. Shaikh Ahmak One, Shaikh Ahmak Two, Shaikh Ahmak Three and Shaikh Ahmak Four. Not sure who your current Gau Mata is as you seem hell-...
by kseeker
Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:17 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Ismah- Is Dai al Mutlaq in Daur As Satr Infallible?
Replies: 67
Views: 13164

Re: Ismah- Is Dai al Mutlaq in Daur As Satr Infallible?

Could you tell me where I could access the case details and notes of the Chanda bai galla case and Burhanpur Dargah case? India Ni Advocates services ni ghani sites chey. Ahna par senior advocates help advise de chay. Aap malum karjo ke AIR LAW REPORTS MA Aa beway cases published thaya chay, beja L...
by kseeker
Fri Apr 02, 2021 11:18 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Ismah- Is Dai al Mutlaq in Daur As Satr Infallible?
Replies: 67
Views: 13164

Re: Ismah- Is Dai al Mutlaq in Daur As Satr Infallible?

Afsus Aa Waat Par Thaey Chey Ke DB Progressive Website Par Ismaili Tayyabi Aqaid par Tanqid ane Bahass Karnar Ahwa Lugu Chey Je Dawat Ni Kitaboo Tu Door Ni Waat basic Aqaid ni details pan nathi janta. Progressive movement Ibtida ma Dawat Na Ulama si guidance leta. Burhanpur Dargah Case ane Chanda B...
by kseeker
Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:13 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Ismah- Is Dai al Mutlaq in Daur As Satr Infallible?
Replies: 67
Views: 13164

Re: Ismah- Is Dai al Mutlaq in Daur As Satr Infallible?

Infallible is a very broad term - If you mean it in the sense that someone who cannot fail then no, absolutely not.. Dai-al-Mutlaq are not infallible.
by kseeker
Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:41 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: The barbaric form of iddah
Replies: 96
Views: 19292

Re: The barbaric form of iddah

@Humsafar and @Biradar... Just because I think an authoritarian system is the right one, doesn't mean I condone the administration of TS MB MS KQ or TF in any way... I don't believe they are the correct ones..but just because they are not correct, it does not mean any or all authoritarian systems ar...
by kseeker
Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:28 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: On the Progressive Movement
Replies: 34
Views: 9214

Re: On the Progressive Movement

The progressives 'failed' because they did not develop an institution.. there was a revolution, people got high.. rallied behind the revolutionaries.. but then that high faded.. a core group always remained. But they could not develop something...they did not focus on building a long lasting institu...
by kseeker
Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:21 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: On the Progressive Movement
Replies: 34
Views: 9214

Re: On the Progressive Movement

So I want to clarify a few more things..... You say the 47th Dai was rightful.. the Ulemas were in the wrong.. but you also say SMB was a crook like his father and brother and his grandfather.. So where did it start to go all wrong? where did the chain break? who is the rightful one? We both agree ...
by kseeker
Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:06 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: The barbaric form of iddah
Replies: 96
Views: 19292

Re: The barbaric form of iddah

I am glad to see that a progressive community outside the mainstream versions is thriving however there is no room for 'democracy' in Islam.. atleast not in a sense where common members decide who will lead them... Please explain how there is "room no for 'democracy' in Islam". I'm really...
by kseeker
Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:59 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: The barbaric form of iddah
Replies: 96
Views: 19292

Re: The barbaric form of iddah

So we will try and remake a community and what will you do? Keep complaining on this forum? Inaction is not revolution, whinging about past wrongs at the hands of perceived culprits is not it, waiting at the altar of some idealistic liberation in not a revolution. It is nothing more than providing ...
by kseeker
Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:31 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: The barbaric form of iddah
Replies: 96
Views: 19292

Re: The barbaric form of iddah

The Bohra history includes imams who were kings and lived like kings and were known as tolerant and just rulers. Why focus on the duat who were poor? There is nothing in the books written by Syedna Hatim and his successors that says that one should not live well if one has wealth... why do you want...
by kseeker
Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:48 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: The barbaric form of iddah
Replies: 96
Views: 19292

Re: The barbaric form of iddah

@Biradar & Kseeker, If I may ask, 1. could there be some tawil or Haqiqat explanation for this duration? 2. If pregnancy determination was the only reason for iddah then why would there be different waiting period Iddah(mourning) and Iddah(divorce)? from what I Know the way Iddah is practised i...
by kseeker
Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:26 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: The barbaric form of iddah
Replies: 96
Views: 19292

Re: The barbaric form of iddah

I do remember asking an elderly Jamia teacher about this.. I think he is still teaching there.. anyways, his answer was that this method helps get rid of all sorrow from the woman's heart... I told him that if that was the case, why aren't men told to do it? Moreover, the amount of sorrow one has de...
by kseeker
Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:10 am
Forum: Dawoodi Bohra religion, rituals and customs
Topic: Consumption of Meat
Replies: 0
Views: 6178

Consumption of Meat

Dear members, I am looking for information with regards to the rules of consumption of meat as a form of diet and it's history. I came across a piece of literature quite a while (over a couple of decades ago or so) saying that Ibrahim (AS) was the first natiq to allow meat consumption and before tha...
by kseeker
Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:40 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: The barbaric form of iddah
Replies: 96
Views: 19292

Re: The barbaric form of iddah

It is rather amusing that in 2011 the very first comment that SBM made was: This topic has been discussed in length on this forum, Please do a search under Iddat and you will get to thread. That thread goes on for 8 pages. Then we had more people on this forum, with radically different views. There...
by kseeker
Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:46 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Mojiza
Replies: 2
Views: 3179

Re: Mojiza

Can the learned members on the forum @Kseeker @Biradar @Adam @James etc.. with reference to primary sources from Fatimi Literature, define what event or action qualifies to be termed as Mojiza/Miracle? Coz, currently as per regular followers every move or action that Syedna does is a "Moula no...
by kseeker
Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:50 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Taher Fakhrudin and related topics
Replies: 813
Views: 353509

Re: Taher Fakhrudin and related topics

Biradar However, the Ismailis are not unique in this and Sufis (both Sunni and Shi'a) also interpret the Qu'ran and shariaa in similar symbolic manner Br Biradar If we accept Ismailis and Sufi's version of Interpretation of Quran and still consider them Muslims then why the Muslim world calls Ahmed...
by kseeker
Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:15 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: “Daaim ul Islam”, Vol I & II, Ebooks as a Gift to Generations.
Replies: 33
Views: 14222

Re: “Daaim ul Islam”, Vol I & II, Ebooks as a Gift to Generations.

It is morally wrong to prevent poor women from getting jobs to support their family. It is morally wrong to tell women they should sit in corner of the house, and only cook, sew, make topis, cook rotis and not pursue ambitious career goals. It is morally wrong to tell husbands to throw out their wi...
by kseeker
Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:46 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: “Daaim ul Islam”, Vol I & II, Ebooks as a Gift to Generations.
Replies: 33
Views: 14222

Re: “Daaim ul Islam”, Vol I & II, Ebooks as a Gift to Generations.

Thank you Kseeker and Biradar for underlining the importance of intellectual property rights and, more specifically, putting this site and forum at risk when pirated material is posted here. most of the videos of huzurala(tus) are copyright of jamea(stolen while telecasted)am sure this law applies ...
by kseeker
Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:59 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: “Daaim ul Islam”, Vol I & II, Ebooks as a Gift to Generations.
Replies: 33
Views: 14222

Re: “Daaim ul Islam”, Vol I & II, Ebooks as a Gift to Generations.

Did oxford press take permission of Qadi Nauman before translating his book? Anyways... books are out there now... you deleting them won't make any difference. And I will keep posting them using newly created IDs.. sk goodluck trying to stop me from doing so on this forum. There was no copyright on...
by kseeker
Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:24 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Origin of Tayyibi Da'wah after Seclusion of Fatimid Imam(as)
Replies: 11
Views: 5734

Re: Origin of Tayyibi Da'wah after Seclusion of Fatimid Imam(as)

In his biography of his father, Ja'far bin Mansur al-Yaman says that in the absence of the Imam the dawa is established by three ranks: da'i mutlaq, ma'dhun al-mutlaq and ma'dhun al-mashur (i.e. the mukasir). In such times the Imam, Bab, hujjas and da'i al-balagh accompany the Imam into seclusion. ...