Dawoodi Bohra Forum

I am from Karachi working in Jeddah ( Saudi Arabia). I am a Chartered Accountant.

very commedable request

Why this sudden change of venue???

I thought Karachi was the place for the Ashara??

May be its a fancy dress party

Dear Brother Kalim

I have read Fahd Daftary's book, infact I have a copy in my library. I admit its an excellent historical book, but it does not touch on the actual "religious" beliefs of the Bohras. It is bascially a historical account of the Agha Khanis. Bohris have a chapter under the heading ...

I have returned from a five week vacation to Pakistan and Thailand. I wnated to see the responses on the thread I had started before I left and much to my surprise, a simple thread for introduction talked about totally unrelated issues.

Anyway, during my vacation I got to read a very useful book ...

I have been visiting the site for the past several years. While I understand the need for anonymity, could we at least introduce ourselves with respect to our ages, sex and profession. This will put in context our posts.

As a starter, I am a 45 year old male and a Chartered Accountant by ...

Dear Humsafar

One of your few posts that I agree completely with.

Regards

Sorry

Please read "what's stopping you"

So Humsafar, whats stopping from going back to the religion of your forefathers and stop looking stupid.

Regards

Professor writes:

"Alas after the death of the prophet, Islam went in the hands of political leaders such as Abu baker, Omar, Othman, Muawia. The representative of Meccan Islam was no doubt Moula Ali. Had Islam gone in his hands after the prophet, Islam would have seen the spiritual period again ...

As Muslim First wrote no comments from die hard Bohra's like pro-pig or pro-something.

Come on guys MF is challenging your basic beliefs???

Africawalla writes

"I have said it before and I am saying it for the last time. The Prophet has said that those who die without knowing the Imam of the Time, will die as Jahaliya. So it does not matter how you pray, how many wudhus you do, how much zakat you pay, etc. YOU WILL DIE AS A JAHALIYA ...

Translation of Shabir's reply required urgently.!!!

I cannot make any sense of what he has written.

For once I agree with with Shabir. If you don't understand than don't attend. I agree its a waste of time to try and make sense of what AM says. Most of it will be beyond our comprehension.

I don't know how Islam would have spread if our Prophet (PBUH) also used confusing and double meaning ...

And may I ask you the same question???

What are you doing here?????

Your veiws on the Sunni madhab reflects your closed mentality. Why don't you openly delcare it and finish the case once and for all. Your Maula cursed the Caliphs and had to apologize on National TV. I doubt if any Bohri has ...

Firm Believer

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YES! TO TEACH FOOLS LIKE YOU

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So you took Raza???

How did you make the "arzi"???

Firm Believer

For your information, I now follow the Sunni religion after staying in the Bohra cult for 40 years. And please answer Oma's query.

Regards

GOOD CATCH - OMA

Waiting for FB reply

He should ask the person who gave him the raza.
What a sorry state of affairs. The guy is an MBA and Aqa Moula is telling him to do business.

With respect to raza how is this obtained i.e is a case file presented to AMoula? Does AM have the time or the expertise to go through each case.

Take ...

Pro pig is dense. Anjami please reply what you did 9501 times??? Refer to Humsafar's previous post.!!!LOL

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"To get back to my original point, Islam is a "foreign" religion for us, no matter how you cut it. "

So as it is a "foreign" religion, we accept it but continue with our Indian/Hindu culture. Is this what you are trying to say.

I was listening to one of the lectures of Zakir Naiq ...

Admin

I cannot see any thing offensive to the Sayedna in what MF has written. He has stated the facts.

Regards

Dear Rahi

I am not sure what you mean by

"The other reason you feel so uncomfortable quitting is because you helped the crooks build their empire by making handsome contributions until three years ago. You ruined their habits and then you left! You were able to leave but there are others who ...

So lets get this clear. The Reform movement is a social movement and its members religous affairs are considered to be their personal matter. For arguments sake, if one joins the movement, one can still folow what ever religous ideology they want to. ( Rahi and Humsafar both have confirmed that it ...

During earlier discussions with Rahi and Humsafar, I came to the conclusion that the Progressive statement that we follow the same religious ideology as the Ortho's needs to be discussed in more detail.

Rahi wrote about some issues that has confused me. He wrote that Progressive have no issues ...

Can any one provide a refernce to where we can find a translation of Hazrat Ali's Najhat ul Balagah.

Regards

Humsafar

You wrote in your previous post

"You have more ethnic, cultural claims over them than you have over say, the Arab ritual of circumambulating the Kaba or slaughtering a goat."

Since when have "tawaf' and "qurbani" become the exclusive domain of Arabs. All muslims have the right ...

Dear Rahi/Humsafar

I think it is clear to both of you, why I got out of the Bohri community.

Rahi, if you say that Progressives can pray in the Holy Harrams with the congregation and pray in Sunni mosques than I am sorry to say that you are making a "deviation" from the accepted Bohri beleifs ...

Where did I say that the Hindu culture is good or bad. All I said was that I wanted to get out of it. I am not a Hindu and therefore do not want to follow Hindu practices. The Hindu culture is excellent, if you are a Hindu.

You keep on labelling me a "wahabi". While it does not offend me, because ...