Dawoodi Bohra Forum

Actually, I completely reject moral relativism. Yes, the majority should not be allowed to trample on the rights of the minority. I do not contest that. But, as Porous says, the law of the land must be obeyed. The question then is: how do we decide the law of the land? In determining the law of the ...

Porus and Humsafar, Sadly, I must partly disagree with you both. What you essentially claim is that all ideas are equally valid and all must hence be respected. Unfortunately, such moral relativism leads to ethical paralysis. We can not then judge any action and can not call any action good or bad. ...

despite all this if a million people or a majority of them want to be loyal to syedna then there has to be something positive that they find in their faith? vecause its not possible to fool a mass of educated affluent class of people who have access to all the information needed for the entirety of...

Those who think that the Bohras believe the "real quran is with the imam" should produce proof for this. Otherwise, one would conclude that all their views on bohras are based on hatred and lies. The da'is have never said that the quran in not authetic or the "real" one is with t...

My first question to you is why do i need to go through the history of bohras and ismailis and why should i ? Am i here to prove that bohras are wrong or right? Why do i have to go put everyting through the sunni and shia and bohra framework. I simply want to learn about Islam and what i have learn...

Biradar I was told not to enter where Sabak was given since I did not have RAZA. This is possible, of course. The reason is not that things are secret but that the classes are graded. You need to go through basics first before attending the more advanced ones. I think this is reasonable. However, i...

TBG: No one is preventing you from reading what you like. Everything you want to know about the history of the bohras and the Ismailis is available in any good university library. Of course, with easy availability of information one needs to exercise caution as there is a lot of negative stereotypes...

Br. Porus, Welcome back... I have a few questions.. It is a well known fact that our prophet(pbuh) did not know how to read and write. In that case the only way he could have ensured authenticity of Quran is: I do not speak for porus, but bohras do not believe that the prophet was illiterate. The m...

I would like to point out that the solution to the corrupt behavior of the present administration is not that we all abandon our cultural and historical roots. The bohras have very rich literature, culture and history. The "Yusufali and Bukhrari" camp would have us forgot all of that, dest...

I do not contest that the present administration is power hungry and the only thing that motivates it is money and control over other people's lives. However, I think we should be careful that we accept the basic doctrines of our community and recognize that these are not a recent "innovations&...

Actually, there is nothing in the above tale of Al Zulfiqar that is truly an innovation of the last two da'is. I suggest that one not be in a hurry to simply criticize before knowing the truth. One makes a fool of ones self. First, what the young man is describing is the traditional knowledge impart...

Biradar, Fortunately, I have chosen not to deal with you at all, but if and when I do, I promise you, I won't be civil or polite as I do not consider you deserving of such. Currently, my preference is to deal with only one Average Moron or Fart Bank at a time. Also, I think you can learn something ...

Do not worry, I do not expect you to be civil or polite. Comes from reading all those translations. That can't be fixed, unfortunately.

Fart, See what I mean? You still can't figure out the literal from the not. You aren't capable of talking about the quran. So please, continue letting me slap you around. :wink: Witness the enlightened state reached by one who has read all possible translations of the Quran and hadith. Wow, what a ...

Here we witness a tactic used by obscurantist mullah and alims. If your house stinks then point to others to distract attention from your own mess. Mulla saheb, the question of age of consent in various countries is irrelevant. If Wahhabi/Salafi Islam is such a blessing to humanity maybe it should b...

The question if Engineer drinks or not is totally irrelevant to this post. S. Insaf has clearly shown that this is just fabricated lies against him. Al Muizz may be a neurosurgen by profession but he has proved himself a fool in practice. I am now really worried about the education imparted in Ameri...

As discussed on this board before, Islamic law, at least as practiced by the Salafi/Wahhabis allows marriage of old men and little girls, as young as eight: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7999777.stm Thankfully, the Saudis are now trying to regulate this. However, the religious mullahs and o...

Once more the Taliban are showing us the real meaning of the message of mercy and love as preached by the Prophet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7997749.stm Soon, this menace will spread to Pakistan and then to India. Of course, mullahs and alims on this board will be quick to blame America ...

As Alim al-Awal Mulla Anajmi as said, women enjoy great rights in Islam. From the view of wicked Westerners these rights may seem like treating women as second-class citizens, but who are these Westerners to comment on the great and mighty religion of Islam? If Muslim women appear nothing but sex ch...

No doubt owing to my wicked and corrupt nature, I have started to suspect that our beloved Aqa Mola (TUS) is not really sick at all. I think this is a clever ploy on the part of the Kotharis to whip up a frenzy in the community and at the last moment make our Mola (TUS) appear in Karbala or Najaf to...

I believe, on simple observation of the world around me, that Darwin was certainly wrong. Obviously all scriptures tell us that God made us in His image or that we are Allah's greatest creation. Now, how can one compare such beautiful, amazing and scientifically accurate ancient scriptures with the ...

Here is what the new Afghan government passed as the new Shia Family Law: "As long as the husband is not traveling, he has the right to have sexual intercourse with his wife every fourth night," Article 132 of the law says. "Unless the wife is ill or has any kind of illness that inter...