Originally posted by Aarif:
Bohra dawat has rached this woeful state just because people did't ask questions.
I agree with you on that but not completely. Yes people definitely need to ask questions. But just asking questions make no sense. Look at our Indian goverment. We have the majority and opposition. The opposition asks lot of questions, throw paper missiles in the parliament etc. But that has not solved any problems like corruption,terrorism,poverty etc. So my friend actions speak louder then words.
So again one cannot bring reforms just by asking the same monotonous questions for years and years.
BTW: How about writing an open letter to Syedna with your actual details. You can put all your excellent questions in that letter. How about having some real action instead of bhashan??
aarif, pardon me if i sound slightly patronising, but as other members here have mentioned, u really need to be better informed before making statements as above.
do u know how many times reformists have tried, via letters, requests for meetings, through the open media, writing letters to the newspapers, press conferences etc. to have a direct meeting with the syedna and his key decision makers to discuss the issues which adversely affect our community today? to attempt to make him understand what the true well-wishers of our community desire?
my father was in a privileged position where he had many personal one-on-one discussions with the ex-syedna at the time he was annexing all jamaat properties worldwide. the discussions always veered towards religion as the syedna would bring in our bohra beliefs as the basis for his (false) absolute power. my dad was learned enough to counter him strongly on most such issues. but what was the end result? when the debates led nowhere, my dad and his fellow jamaat committe members were told in no unequivocal terms that they either agree and secede or else...!!!
not only that, it was further made abundantly clear to them that they would incur his displeasure and subsequently serious consequences would follow against them personally. it was nothing but the worst kind of intimidation and blackmail. and now remember
that my father was but a small cog in the wheel.
fearless reformists such as sir adamjee peerbhoy, veer nomanbhai contractor and many others who tried most sincerely and with the best of intentions to meet and reasonably discuss with the syedna were maligned and publicly reviled, they were physically attacked and laanats were said against them. spreading terror, threatening, intimidation, blackmail, violence and finally baraat are the weapons in the kothar's arsenal. they have not stopped even at murder through their henchmen in the past.
and you say that why doesnt anyone write letters??!! ignorance is no excuse for making wild and uninformed statements and indirectly insulting the enormous hard work and sacrifices the reformists have made in the past several decades.
since u are so fired up, let me ask u what attempts have YOU made to apprise the kothar's establishment of all the issues? have u made even one attempt at meeting yr local amil and talking frankly with him? let us know his reaction please, if u do so.
if you can do even 1% of what the brave and heroic reformists have been doing, then come back and talk. i suggest you visit the PDB office in mumbai and meet the office bearers there or Mr. Asgharbhai Engineer himself to get a better idea about the facts if you are serious instead of doing bhaashans yrself.