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May Allah bless his soul..

This is truly a major loss to the Bohra world , his commitment and contribution to freedom, intellect and justice will be always remembered. My condolences to his family , friends and loved ones.

He inspired me personally , I am at a loss. His ideals will always be kept ...

The reform movement is greater than the PDB agenda....this is fact like it or not. There are reformists in the zada group as well if Qutbi issues are an indication. So not group has monopoly of reforms because we are 1 million people with different aspirations, desires and tolerance. Truth can be a ...

PDF printable version of National Summit on Female Genital Mutilation (PDF 210 KB)

Minister Plibersek's speech at the National Summit on Female Genital Mutilation

9 April 2013

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Acknowledgements

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Other acknowledgements –

My ministerial colleagues ...

The FGM reports of Bohra practising it has finally reached the records of the US State Department

http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2012/eap/204186.htm

American Progs can remind their homeland security the next time a Zada or Muffy applies for a visa!

I am still waiting for Muffy to say ...

The noose tightens


PDF printable version of National Summit on Female Genital Mutilation (PDF 210 KB)

Minister Plibersek's speech at the National Summit on Female Genital Mutilation

9 April 2013

Check Against Delivery

Acknowledgements

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Other acknowledgements –

My ...

The bohri rasam of missak is a ritual where the parents are elated with joy and partying. The child is completely unaware that he is making a solomn promise to the dai that he will be a bonded slave of his . All the money he earns, his wife, his children and his life is now the dai's if he wants it ...

So the man is Syedul Kher....There are daily flights to Melbourne and Sydney from Dubai ...tell him to come down under I am waiting for him with a reception party ....after his najwa and zaifats ..the customs and border security will organise a strip sxxxxxxx...Those minority moderate abdes...put ...

Days when people can get away claiming it is their right are over...If one wants to live in this world follow world rules and law.

Unusual case: The NSW Supreme Court is ordering a 17-year-old boy to undergo a blood transfusion .

A 17-year-old Jehovah's Witness suffering from a lethal form of ...

If Kothar is reading this they better take serious legal advise because they will face the full force of law and media if they trample, using disguised farmans to preach extreme ideology and impose a form of shariat on Bohras and deny them freedom provided by law and Australian values.

They better ...

This message has been doing the rounds , some disrguntled group is standing up.

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Yvonne Michael
To:
Sent: Wednesday, 27 March 2013 1:19 PM
Subject: Sydney Momeenin

Hi
I agree with you.
You need to go a bit further. As Australia borrows money to pay for
baby ...

Two pieces examining the taboo topic of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) also won awards.

World News Australia's Katrina Yu picked up Best Investigative Story of the Year. Her television report broadcast last March looked at the difficult transition many women from FGM-practicing countries make when ...

Because your ramblings is exhausting my patience.

Why am I not surprised by comments and reaction...

Stay focused we get our inspiration and guidance from the Hero who went through the same taunts ...


According to Ibn Sad, the opposition in Mecca started when Muhammad delivered verses that ...

The point is valid that has PDB reviewed its existing setup and taken on board the aspirations of the youth and voices of reason. It is naive to assume everything is perfect on the ship and just sail along since someone many years ago decided on the route so she should be fine mate.

What many are ...

When we have decided to move forward to choose the next leader, create a new model and are aready for change, infrastructure mobilsation should be considered. People fearing loss of tradition and their position in the new world will get in the way of democracy, freedom and change, Worry more about ...

BJ my name means fighter...I fight for the children who are undergoing abuse in the name of unIslamic rituals. They do not have the strength to say no or push you a users off because they trust you.

Yes mumineen if they mean abdes are the abusers they are my enemy.

Who are backing the movement ...

Sometimes the same feeling crosses my mind too....sometimes I do get really tempted to say pack-up, and go, if I placed the same effort I put blogging here and trying to talk sense into abdes, into perfecting my religion while in another sect would I be better off .

Some are born to lead many ...

Gmbhai, ....that was a good article, there is enough material around to support the concept of democracy, let us see how many enlightened Bohras see the sense , once we have a critical mass we can discuss the stages of implementation.

Anyone has sought Mr A Engineers position on democracy

bro gm,

all this outrage from the all india muslim council of ulamas notwithstanding, what is the statement from our syedna and his mansoos? so far over 3 dozen bohras have been shot, killed or kidnapped in pakistan. can you please report on their stance? have you by any chance missed the ...

This topic about democratisation of the dawaat has evolved over the last few days.

I am delighted to see comments that I interpret eg AZ acknowledging there is need for democracy but not right now and Humsafar who has shifted too. GM has sent signals that are positive too.

I think it is not that I ...

I may have mistaken that humsafar's comments were the official PDB position on anti democracy, I take back any such inference. I urge PDB to think through this issue and make an informed position soon. The benefits outweigh the legacy.

Hamsafar and badrijanab

Your response indicates you are placing more emphasis on the history of Ismaili diai rather than a simple guidance given in Quran . Can you still deny that Quran allows democracy ...I have given you some handful of Ayats justifying the cause.

I may have mistaken that ...

I think we cannot sit back and watch fellow Bohras loose their lives. We cannot sit back and watch Shia suffer. First we need to make Bohras safer then we can assist Shia too. This is concern for our fellow Bohra brothers regardless they are Abdes or Progs. Our political issues are nothing compared ...

Those who claim we are not a government or political is uninformed read this...we are a remnant of a political civil war!


The end of the Fāṭimid state
Badr and his successors saved the Fāṭimid state from collapse and postponed its end for nearly a century. Responding to the Seljuq challenge from ...

Badrijanab thank you for the courtesy

How would you explain the Quran quotes mentioned above, our historical ideology if contradicts the Quran then Quran statements should be considered superior.

What I am saying God has given us the right to choice , discussion, debate and if we cannot agree ...

This topic needs very intellectual commentary....but regrettably it will end into a pub style brawl! Anyway I am trying to engage the silent majority who visit this site to read and digest that thinking. It will not be easy, comfortable but needs to be discussed.

If one looks at the growth of Sunni ...

Reconciling Islam and Liberal Democracy

Muslim advocates of religious democracy strongly support the conception of a democratic political system possessing a religious framework drawn by Shari’ah. In other words, a judicial (fiqhi) based model of democracy that respects the authority of the ...

Smoothing the Path to Religious Democracy

The advocates of Islamic democracy usually refer to the shura (consultation) as the most important Islamic teaching that supports and justifies the authority of people in an Islamic government. Rashid al-Ghannouchi (Tunisia, born 1941) writes:

The ...

Hum safar mis understood my remark to Az...any way I will start a new topic ...
Democratic aspirations within the New Bohra Community...