Dawoodi Bohra Forum

An increasing number of young Pakistani’s are adopting Atheism and openly questioning the existence of a God. Many analysts have attributed this trend to the rise of Islamist militancy in Pakistan as well as access to social media and other technological tools that allow people to share and explore ...

In previous days a sahebe dawat used to visit towns on behalf of Dai, he would have special powers unlike aamil. These days Dai only visits every town due to easy access of chartered planes. so this leaves sahebe dawats of no use any more so a new title is bestowed on Aamils as raza na saheb or sahe...

In real meaning a Sheikh has got Hadiyat means he has been elevated in his "Hadd"(level) this was confined to only 12 "hadd" of Prophets and Imams but gradually whole concept has been washed down to mere titles. Their is a global directory of all sheikhs and is available for a &q...

No Asaad, you are wrong. my mum paid Rs. 10,000/- for a pass last year. this was just after Muharram, when Maula was still in Andheri Your mother must be a part of Ijtemai Ziyafat for mohallas/cities which is common after Muharram, large number of people are given pass with 10k(in your case) or big...

how can people pay these kind of obscene amount. if they paid then they deserved to be duped. Hi Asad, You must understand, for us, if given the chance to do kadambosi, then Rs. 11,000/- is not a very large amount. So saying that they deserve to be duped is not nice, considering that for us, money ...

HB a real good write up without any vile comments made it a pleasant read

Bro Zulfiqar, Please, do count me in.. I'm even planning to travel to India this year for a few months just to gasps and get a better understanding of the things you have mentioned that we are about to lose.. And my time there, I would be honored if I got the chance to meet people like Dr.Engineer ...

how can people pay these kind of obscene amount. if they paid then they deserved to be duped.

Many of this qasre Mawali reside in plum places and have big business ventures. US, UK and Gulf has many of them as permanent residents over there with max holding green cards. These guys get there due every year when with all the lobbying they get plum places with more then 5000 bohra houses or for...

In mumbai thier is commonly used slang for qasre aali its "Qasre Mawali"

Human Being, Dilemma of Bohra cant be written in better words, you have written it from heart it will surely resonate in hearts of all of us who feel it day in and day out. Its very tough almost impossible to even talk about anything against clergy its almost talking against the faith, you cease to ...

JC ten years back every Iraqi was ready to die for Saddam, two years back egyptians, tunisians and lybians were happy with their leaders, Today every thing is good in Saudi and Iran. Things happen too fast for leaders to grasp the reality see how Asad is handling his people in Syria. Leaders general...

Tml87 you have made an interesting point. can any one point out how many girls from qasre Aali have married outside the fold of their extended family, i bet none. they now dont even marry to baite zaini guys. where as i know of few girls who married to low wrung bhai sahabs and divorced after they d...

Are you from another planet ? yes, Its called Planet of DB's. I belong to a planet where every one thinks that do whatever you want and in the end one will be heading to jannat, where nothing talks but the color green(money), Where you are given high status in Allah's house with purchased titles. I...

Is their really any future for Bohras in todays world. How can Bohras compete in the fast changing world. The so called 100% educated community is not educated but just literate to write their name(please dont take it in literal sense). Almost 80% woman above 50's are hardly literate not even 8th pa...

Allush, I dont think Jamea boys will be leering towards your girl, They are too lady like them self, have you ever been to Jhapa bazar Surat you will notice all Jamea girls swaying here and there its just that some are wearing whites(saya kurta) and some are in their color full ridas. I think the nu...

Salaam, I am new to board and recently bounced on this site. Good work done. Dawoodi bohras are mired in corruption from day 1 or rather thats also a cliche`. corruption or bad practice begins before they are even born. Before Birth 1) Has any one even given it a thought that how a 100 year old man ...