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Dear Admin: I request you release some statistics about this forum. For example, it should be possible to make a graph of number of posts per day in the last 10 years. If you want, I can take the data and make plots and do some analysis. It will be interesting to see the spikes in activities, corre...

Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin himself OPPRESSED regarding Ashara Somebody eye-witnessed the following: In the presence of qasre AALI, khidmatguzaars, and many other people some people from Pakistan came and Arzi to SMS, basically requesting Ashara in Karachi, especially due to declining economy and pov...

"Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and do his own dying"

Martin Luther

This thread ought to be renamed "how is reform possible". It's not a simple yes or no - but an open ended question. My short :o answer to the close-ended question is : The word "reform" means different things to different people, different things to the same people at different j...

People sitting inside Badri mahal have ample time to not only issue visas and organize miqaats for fundraising but also to congregate and come up with sound bytes with stupid messages that they then have someone circulate as whatsapp or put on this website - just another attempt by the propaganda ma...

Deep deep inside nobody really believes a lot of the magic and angelic qualities of Syedna or Maula whoever that might be. Look at stuff outside our own Bohra bubble. If Dalai Lama whiffed past your shadow, you'd be in awe for a while. And then life goes on. If you had a moment of fame on TV or the ...

Medical malpractice. ?

On another note - there are so many "moments of temporary insanity" in our community turned cult, that one can imagine 1000s or millions of these types of certificates can be issued to declare mass moments of temporary insanity every year.

OPed in USA today on Free Speech vs Hate Speech. How timely it parallels this forum discussion! Enjoy :D Recommit to free speech on campus: Our view Editorial Board University of Chicago takes the lead; other colleges fail to follow. Give leaders at the University of Chicago an "A" for sta...

Random thoughts on this topic and current trends in Bohra community, social media and this forum. In ancient times armies wore masks during war. Not for anonymity by intent, but anonymity by impact. I read some research somewhere suggests that armies with masks of anonymity result in far more deaths...

If someone has physical disability and you make mockery of it - you add insult to injury. Same with mental illness. One of Qj son is known to have long standing challenges, so the so-called "insanity" defense, which is by the way a legal term, not a medical term, as far as I know (someone ...

Facts suppressed, twisted and deception of the highest order - is the guise under which Badri mahal agents operate - like the nazi guards who are given orders by officials of of the highest order from the third reich - carefully crafted and engineered with sophisticated psychological warfare tools a...

There is a mix of trash and treasure in Bohras SMS/what'sApp world these days. It is upto each receiving messages to decipher the meaning, relevance, source and ultimate purpose of that particular message ending up in your mailbox. Like it or not, people are going to have to use their common sense a...

Siddiqua - I think there are some Stickies on the top of the Bohra and Reform thread is kind of a must read for newcomers and review for everyone time and again.

This malekul ashtar bhai Saheb didn't even spare lailatul qadr night for a ziyafat. He arrived at last minute for prayers. What can one say of someone who routinely demands ziyafats in moharrum 10 days, and ramadaan too.

SBM bhai - please don't Plant new ideas. Does it sound to to you like they need a marketing edge? Come on - they are super successful in this already.

Dawedaar, I can't tell whether this is for real or a joke about shutting down Saifee Hospital.
Ok, granted qabrastan is a joke.

But Saifee Hospital is owned by Dawat trust, and is a business, which must be shut down during ashara, no? People can go to other hospitals run by the others.

It started when muffy became Mansoos and repeatedly said "Husain toh Husain Che" and kept repeating that over and over again. It became his signature phrase - and now like a meme, it's gone viral.

Custody dispute mediation is a professional field, not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for amateurs. Amils and religious leaders do more harm than good, add fuel to the fire, or disenfranchise and alienate one parent over the other, not always due to bias, or religious dictum, but even wh...

Quite an interesting journey to conversion to Islam, with numerous encounters with prejudice and bigotry along the way. Ignorance combined with inflated sense self importance is at the root of the excesses performed in the name of religion.

What about upgrading the forum for better clarity of exchange of ideas without distractions from abusive and demeaning language? As the aged amongst us we learn to adapt to new colors, and differences in technology, surely we can learn to adhere to consistently using respectful ways of expressing ou...

I have seen the most devout of burhanuddin abdes express shock at the behavior of this conman. Anajmi - If you consider this particular instance as an example of "jahiliyat etc " then there is nothing further for you to see and observe if you keep seeing things with the same lense of prej...

There is more than one way to skin a cat, or squeeze a Bohra's pocketbook or establish cultlike zombie behavior Similarly there is more than one way to show resistance. No point undermining different forms of resistance. The two approaches mentioned by SBM and NEW each have tremendous merit and shou...

The bohras have certainly got the leader they deserve. Out of the 72 sects, i dont know which one will go to jannah but i can definitely say that the bohras are from the remaining 71. I have seen the most devout of burhanuddin abdes express shock at the behavior of this conman. How judgemental of y...

Yes, close all shops for 10 days... I'm waiting for the Part 2 of this audio, where SMS goes OFF script and commands something like: "We are also closing our shop of ASHURA for 10 days and not collecting any money from anyone for anything. And asking that nobody should donate money to Maula in...

Kakaji and others, on the topic of Ashara Oppression 2015 and other Ohbat War cries Why fret and fume? Actually, none of the baraat and lanaat will happen, depsite popular fear and public opinion if you don't sign or otherwise commit, or you don't show up or anything. Nothing will happen. Except pri...

Stories like these are uplifting... thanks for posting this, SBM

Anyone has info on this - apparently few Bohras died in this attack.

Christians, Muslims Pray Together At The Chattanooga Mosque Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez Attended CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A small group of Christians visited a mosque in Chattanooga to pray alongside Muslim worshippers. . ....... ....... The Christians who attended the prayer asked that their chur...

Hardly anyone signed up for this event so it got cancelled. It was supposed to be an entire west coast USA event.

That shows Mohammed Raja in a more negative light.6 months he stays under meethaq and then jumps to the other side.There's a word for people like him.Do you want to guess? It's "hypocrite". Mr. Mohammedbhai Raja appears to have done the honorable thing by staying quiet while his daughter ...