Originally posted by mumineen:
Can somebody from Toronto please confirm whether or not there is a sign displayed outside the Kothar Mosque saying that the management reserves the right to admission to the mosque. If so, do they mean God, Allah or some other management appointed by God or Allah on the earth called Richmond Hill,near Toronto, Ontario, Canada.?
i do know that this sign existed until as recently as last year. i dont know if it is still there outside near the main door. the next time i am there, i will check again. although they have every legal right to restrict entry, we all know what it means... basically it is to to bar entry to any 'undesirable'. i.e. any non-taheri, which includes other shias, sunni's, non-muslims, and esp. the reformists who are no longer a part of the fee-paying taheri's.
the amil there (who has recently got transferred to marol, mumbai) used to allow non-taheris to come on weddings, nikahs, salgirah's etc if they were invited by a member, but they were not allowed to wear our topi. in fact on this matter he did some very embarrassing flip-flops. initially he allowed them if they wore bohri topis. then no bohri topis, any other topis wud do, as he felt it was only our prerogative as taheris to be blessed with the shaan of donning such a blessed topi! they cud wear a suit if they liked, but no taheri topi, even a rumaal wud do.