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by candela
Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:43 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Salam to bohra's .. need answer
Replies: 18
Views: 4287

Re: Salam to bohra's .. need answer

So, I thought it was best to suggest this book for a balanced view, if you have an alternate book please mention it here so we all can be enlightened. Hi Kaka Akela, I *don't* really have alternate books about Bohras by Bohras to suggest, that's exactly the point. Actually when I thought about it, ...
by candela
Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:41 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Salam to bohra's .. need answer
Replies: 18
Views: 4287

Re: Salam to bohra's .. need answer

A good book to start with in english language is " Mullahs on the main frame" by Jonas Blank. he covers the history and also both perspectives of orthodox as well as progressive with an even handed treatment. You also have to assess deeply your reasons for leaving the religious sect of fo...
by candela
Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:49 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: New Book by Bohra women: I Speak for Myself‏
Replies: 17
Views: 3475

Re: New Book by Bohra women: I Speak for Myself‏

You have no idea were I come from & what I've experienced with this fanatic cult.. This people have stolen my childhood, holding my parents captive & enslaved them with all this religious nonsense & rituals, when they could have spent time with us.. I remember the times how my parents w...
by candela
Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:53 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: New Book by Bohra women: I Speak for Myself‏
Replies: 17
Views: 3475

Re: New Book by Bohra women: I Speak for Myself‏

Salaam,

Sorry to have to come to this point, but... it occurred to me that I should just learn to ignore boom's inexplicable comments and that others should do the same, but now I can't but wonder whether boom should perhaps be warned or banned?
by candela
Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:04 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: What happens when the syedna dies?
Replies: 45
Views: 7261

Re: What happens when the syedna dies?

I don't know what the problem is?? Just divorce her or just find a new slave.. We are allowed to have up to 4 slaves and this way, you'll have more fruits to eat and less housemaids to pay :wink: If I were you, I would just get ride of your wife and the whole problem is gone.. And it will be a good...
by candela
Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:48 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: This forum is rigged.
Replies: 30
Views: 4487

Re: This forum is rigged.

If you can just put your glasses on before reading the posts, it would suddenly be plain to you that the check is after "freely give him all our money, jaan and maal." not the worship part. Dear Profastian, Your checks came at the ends of sentences... one could only reasonably assume that...
by candela
Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:44 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: This forum is rigged.
Replies: 30
Views: 4487

Re: This forum is rigged.

Yes but I thought they at least outwardly deny worshipping him, even if they do worship him inwardly, whether or not they realize it.
by candela
Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:37 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: This forum is rigged.
Replies: 30
Views: 4487

Re: This forum is rigged.

mustafanalwalla wrote:
profastian wrote:Actually mustafa, biradar has really started talking sense lately :wink: :wink:

haa haa haa, nice one, LMAOROTF
Mustafanalwalla, Profastian,

You've placed a "check" by "We can freely worship him" (Nauzubillah!). Was this a mistake? Care to correct yourselves?
by candela
Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:15 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Want To Marry A Bohri Girl From Gujarat
Replies: 42
Views: 6911

Re: Want To Marry A Bohri Girl From Gujarat

thank you for your humble reply. yes Bohri, Sunni are Muslim. I believe Allah. I know people have been very arrogant towards this discussion of Bohri and Sunni. But Living Among Bohri Friends, I really Dont See Difference between Me and them. We all just Normal Human. Have Lived Peacefully Isnt It ...
by candela
Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:42 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Suggestion? Colour Code
Replies: 26
Views: 6481

Re: Suggestion? Colour Code

It recently occurred to me that since the mainstream (orthodox, if you will) Bohras seem to have a strong sense of community and identity, Adam's proposal to mark off forum posts of members of different beliefs by color is perhaps not just something stupid we should laugh at, but an interesting con...
by candela
Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:44 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Suggestion? Colour Code
Replies: 26
Views: 6481

Re: Suggestion? Colour Code

Adam, It appears from your first post that you suggested the color green for the abdes. Perhaps you should instead have asked the Syedna what color he would've preferred for the Bohras? Cuz obviously he wants you all to REPRESENT! when you're on a website that you probably don't have the raza to be...
by candela
Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:26 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Suggestion? Colour Code
Replies: 26
Views: 6481

Re: Suggestion? Colour Code

Salaam everyone, I think color coding would do injustice to the variety of different opinions and stances on this forum: to even try to fairly represent everyone, we'd need a lot of colors, and so it would get too complicated and confusing. Also, even single individuals exhibit a variety of differe...
by candela
Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:06 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Kothar acted against command of Mola Ali (a)
Replies: 14
Views: 2943

Re: Kothar acted against command of Mola Ali (a)

Muslim First, I get what you are saying, but I think the point that Doctor may be trying to make is that the Kothar appears to be defying a ruling that comes from one of their own books (in the sense that sabaks appear to use Daimul Islam often).
by candela
Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:27 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: The rise of the Fatimi Empire (Again)
Replies: 38
Views: 6399

Re: The rise of the Fatimi Empire (Again)

an eminently sensible post wherein you have raised many logical questions. do you think any of the fanatic backside lickin abdes care?? they are so deep into their mind numbing cult that they will not only ignore any inconvenient questions but are blinded by their misplaced faith in the crooked mer...
by candela
Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:49 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: The rise of the Fatimi Empire (Again)
Replies: 38
Views: 6399

Re: The rise of the Fatimi Empire (Again)

Why Burhanuddin sahab is never seen in the Santacruz (Mumbai) hutments of 'adna & gareeb' Dawoodi Bohras Mumineen? So [Doctor Mubarak] go and mind your own business and stop poking your dirty nose in the affairs of our community. Assalaamu alaikum, I was once a bohra and back then if someone ra...
by candela
Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:25 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Money Madness
Replies: 29
Views: 5877

Re: Money Madness

@londonwala: thanks for your extended reply! Ahh, this is not even directly affecting me, and yet it's so irritating... And @omabharti, I can't imagine how the LA jamaat is reacting. If there isn't a strong reaction there, then I might be forced to conclude that the LA jamaat is more or less fully b...
by candela
Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:22 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Money Madness
Replies: 29
Views: 5877

Re: Money Madness

Each London family is being forced to give 1000 pounds. This, it was proudly announced, will go towards a najwa of 1 million pounds to be given to syedna on this trip. Assalaamu alaikum londonwala, Could you say more about what the bohras in the London jamaat are being asked for? How is it, exactly...
by candela
Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:33 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Progressive Bohras and Ahmed Ali Raj
Replies: 45
Views: 5400

Re: Progressive Bohras and Ahmed Ali Raj

It is not Advocate General/Plaintiff but Taher Saifuddin sahab who claimed that he is God and later took back claim that he is not God.In either of statement it is self proving that Taher Saifuddin spoke lies. Assalaamu alaikum, Wasn't something to this effect also admitted in "Mullahs on the ...
by candela
Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:15 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Not Allowed...to understand the Holy Quran?
Replies: 23
Views: 5033

Re: Not Allowed...to understand the Holy Quran?

...maybe yusuali who had permision from allah acoording to progs can explain Assalaamu alaikum aziz! One quote from someone whom we don't even know was a progressive or not does not imply that all progressives maintain that Yusuf Ali had permission from Allah(swt). Rather that statement, read in th...
by candela
Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:46 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Not Allowed...to understand the Holy Quran?
Replies: 23
Views: 5033

Re: Not Allowed...to understand the Holy Quran?

Assalaamu alaikum everyone, I was browsing some of the postings of the past and came across very well-said and relevant thoughts, so I wish to repost them here (from http://dawoodi-bohras.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=322): And I could go on and on and on, giving evidence after evidence from the...
by candela
Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:38 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Not Allowed...to understand the Holy Quran?
Replies: 23
Views: 5033

Re: Not Allowed...to understand the Holy Quran?

I think some Bohris would say that they are encouraged to uncover the meaning of the Qur'an, though I would say in practice, this encouragement from the syedna is minimal... if he encourages his followers to learn the meaning of the Qur'an rarely, then he implores his followers to learn the meaning ...
by candela
Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:45 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: syedna is just a puppet in hands of tyrants
Replies: 9
Views: 2338

Re: syedna is just a puppet in hands of tyrants

Assalaamu alaikum, I wont be surprise if people arround him are threatening him to death to obeys there orders. When I first came to realize that the Kothar was corrupt I had resentment towards the syedna for playing games with our souls in the name of religion and faith. I think it was a while late...
by candela
Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:45 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Lets put all the evidence here
Replies: 3
Views: 1106

Re: Lets put all the evidence here

I would like all of you to put all the evidence ...whether it may be cout cases results,newspaper columns,pictures,interviews,or any orders from any organisation against the evil practices of kothar here. Assalaamu alaikum, I think there have been propositions in the past that single forum threads ...
by candela
Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:15 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: look at the wedding function of this filthy rich bohri
Replies: 17
Views: 3313

Re: look at the wedding function of this filthy rich bohri

Look at the big fat envelope in picture number 10 and why is this guy burdened with so many shawls in last two pictures. Wonder if each shawl has its own NAJWA? Assalaamu alaikum, Do you know what I thought of after looking at picture 10? A scene from the "godfather" series. Check out: ht...
by candela
Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:22 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Lives of Momineen destroyed by Sayedna
Replies: 14
Views: 3588

Re: Lives of Momineen destroyed by Sayedna

Having no experience in doing business in India and with absolute zero knowlwdge of the tyre business he lost all his savings in less than 2 years and had to close down and declare bankruptcy . Looks like tyre of Syedna's miracle bursted in this case. Or maybe Syedna had asked this man to start wir...
by candela
Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:02 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: This forum sucks
Replies: 10
Views: 2230

Re: This forum sucks

I should chime in with my own personal experience. I eventually realized about the corruption in the Dawoodi Bohra priesthood much in part due to the content on this website (the articles and the forum), but years before then when I had visited the website as a devout, status-quo-accepting Bohra, I ...
by candela
Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:39 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Are there any aussies who share progressive views?
Replies: 17
Views: 3103

Re: Are there any aussies who share progressive views?

Ozziebohra, thanks for your reply! Hmm, the kothar seems to be expanding... @ozziebohra, So you are plant by the Kothar ! Find out who the progressives are and then when you become an amil, harass them. I wonder if it is even possible to be a good amil nowadays, or if becoming an amil necessitates b...
by candela
Wed Nov 10, 2010 1:46 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Are there any aussies who share progressive views?
Replies: 17
Views: 3103

Re: Are there any aussies who share progressive views?

his entire approach from the very first post smacks of an holier-than-thou, superior-to-you-all tone, as if he considers aussies some sort of special breed... it got my goat. he needed to be brought down a couple of notches. reform is not a frivolous past time or a joke, his language made it appear...
by candela
Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:59 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Are there any aussies who share progressive views?
Replies: 17
Views: 3103

Re: Are there any aussies who share progressive views?

Assalaamu alaikum, I can't believe a thread which started so innocently became so viral. Ozziebohra, let me be one of the first to explicitly welcome you to the forum. I myself am not an Aussie but I'd love to learn through you what the kothar is like in Australia. Btw, ozziebohra, if I understand c...
by candela
Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:04 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Syedna, shehzadas And Aamils Ek baal Na 3 Katka
Replies: 13
Views: 2693

Re: Syedna, shehzadas And Aamils Ek baal Na 3 Katka

Assalaamu alaikum, I'm registered under one of the jamaats with an e-jamaat id and whatnot. Insha-Allah I intend to remove myself from the system entirely, if possible. My question is, how might the typical Bhaisaheb or Bensaheba respond to a request to be totally removed from the e-jamaat system? I...