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by Al Zulfiqar
Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:06 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: End of looting of Bohras by TS clan
Replies: 15
Views: 8305

Re: End of looting of Bohras by TS clan

A public Service Announcement (PSA #3) from Syedna BAB Deen: (3) Uniting of large number of Bohras under Global Dawoodi Bohra Alliance (GDBA) and call to stop all contributions to looters from Taher Saifuddin clan and to boycott Sidhpur event. (2) Take over all masjids and use them for community ga...
by Al Zulfiqar
Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:47 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: URGENT - Need Coordinators
Replies: 10
Views: 7128

Re: URGENT - Need Coordinators

bhai sbm, i completely agree with you. there are some things that i find very hard to comprehend. 1. he mentions that hundreds have already enthusiastically joined. why cant those hundreds not take up the task of enthusiastically distributing emails also??! 2. coordinators must be bold and daring e...
by Al Zulfiqar
Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:22 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Threat and warning to Karachi Bohris
Replies: 28
Views: 17430

Re: Threat and warning to Karachi Bohris

damned if he goes damned if he doesn't go.if he doesnt ull cry he got afraid of lil threats.u are a 2 faced hypocrite.admin how are you allowing such a cheap language .Are you serious about reforms or just want to end up makin this forum tug of war of abuses.. guy sam, how convenient of you to igno...
by Al Zulfiqar
Mon Aug 15, 2016 6:33 pm
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: ISIS a bigger threat to Muslims
Replies: 15
Views: 8252

Re: ISIS a bigger threat to Muslims

apparently isis can range freely across several countries in the middle east, having the capability and strength to cause havoc in syria, iraq, jordan, saudi arabia, even make inroads into india and pakistan, but does not have the daring or nerve to get inside israel. or is it something we are all ...
by Al Zulfiqar
Mon Aug 15, 2016 6:26 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: End of looting of Bohras by TS clan
Replies: 15
Views: 8305

Re: End of looting of Bohras by TS clan

SBM wrote:Babdeen and AZ
Please check your PM
Bhai Sbm, pls check your pm.
by Al Zulfiqar
Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:59 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Threat and warning to Karachi Bohris
Replies: 28
Views: 17430

Re: Threat and warning to Karachi Bohris

after such credible threats, one would assume that an astute leader would advise his followers to practise taqqiya and blend in with the larger society, a leader with half a brain and the care and concern of his flock would wish them to be safe. but no, here we have a moron and a [DELETED] dai who ...
by Al Zulfiqar
Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:04 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: End of looting of Bohras by TS clan
Replies: 15
Views: 8305

Re: End of looting of Bohras by TS clan

Here we go again.......replaying the old 78rpm record with a blunt 'sui' over and over! i agree. this is a lot of hot air without any plan for concrete action and without a feasible road map. many of my friends tried to contact the email address of this GDBA, but no reply was forthcoming. total sil...
by Al Zulfiqar
Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:31 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Stages in Leaving a Cultic System
Replies: 30
Views: 19085

Re: Stages in Leaving a Cultic System

My dear friend "Free as a bird" is in Stage 8 Yo-yo ing in ,out, in . Time for my friend Al-Zulfikar to graduate into the next stages. And leave the cult once and for all. i have gone beyond stage ten and am no longer a part of this cult. you on the other hand still have the word 'bohri' ...
by Al Zulfiqar
Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:13 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Muffadal Saiffudin and related topics -2016
Replies: 395
Views: 175022

Re: Muffadal Saiffudin and related topics -2016

bhai SBM, inviting isis or salafists would be a stretch. my humble suggestion would be that since johra has come up with this brainwave, why doesn't she wield the khanjar herself at the right moment? that would keep it in the family and be highly symbolic. i mean think about it, a dutiful wife doin...
by Al Zulfiqar
Tue Aug 09, 2016 6:04 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Muffadal Saiffudin and related topics -2016
Replies: 395
Views: 175022

Re: Muffadal Saiffudin and related topics -2016

can you please elaborate on what you mean? what dodhari talwar and which fatwa?
by Al Zulfiqar
Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:31 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Bohra Muharram 2016 and related topics
Replies: 208
Views: 107818

Re: Bohra Muharram 2016 and related topics

Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias" I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well t...
by Al Zulfiqar
Mon Aug 08, 2016 1:27 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Zahir Batin Fitnat : A New Summary
Replies: 48
Views: 22795

Re: Zahir Batin Fitnat : A New Summary

Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin, the 43rd da'i had appointed his brother as his mansoos. Unfortunately, his brother (and mansoos) passed away a short while after the appointment. This was a major setback to S. Abdeali Saifuddin, if the mansoos is declared based on ilhaam from the hidden imam, then the abo...
by Al Zulfiqar
Mon Aug 08, 2016 1:15 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Muffadal Saiffudin and related topics -2016
Replies: 395
Views: 175022

Re: Muffadal Saiffudin and related topics -2016

biradar, i hear you and feel your angst at my post, but your anger is misdirected. whether johra said this or not is immaterial, the fact is day in and day out the sacred memory of hussain's and the shohodas' supreme sacrifice is being mocked and misused, exploited and capitalised upon by the haram...
by Al Zulfiqar
Sat Aug 06, 2016 1:53 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Muffadal Saiffudin and related topics -2016
Replies: 395
Views: 175022

Re: Muffadal Saiffudin and related topics -2016

Su Beshumaar Ehsaan ane Karam chhe apna Aali Qadr Abu Jafferus Sadiq, Muffadal Saifuddin Aqeequl Yemen, Aqa Mola, Haq na Saheb, Natiqe Quran, Moajiza na Saheb, Ilah ul Ardh ane emna Qasre Aali ane Baite Zainy na.. Hamna Surat ma Aisaheba Ummul Mumeneen Johratus-sharaf zowjate Aqa Mola binte Marhoom...
by Al Zulfiqar
Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:19 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Invitation to Ismaili Tayyebi scholars
Replies: 6
Views: 2737

Re: Invitation to Ismaili Tayyebi scholars

Where are the books to do an independent study of bohra sect? Who can do scholarly work on it apart from the "scholars" in Jamea? Very cleverly they took away all books, manuscripts & probably burnt it if it went against their schemes. the only book that is required to judge the bohra...
by Al Zulfiqar
Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:48 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Invitation to Ismaili Tayyebi scholars
Replies: 6
Views: 2737

Re: Invitation to Ismaili Tayyebi scholars

nafisaben, i doubt if there any scholars or insiders remaining who would have first hand knowledge of what happened more than a 100 years ago. secondly, i also doubt if there is any written account of the events as they transpired. there are stories handed down of the sudden death of the 46th when ...
by Al Zulfiqar
Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:43 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Who will save Dawoodi Bohras from themselves?
Replies: 14
Views: 5749

Re: Who will save Dawoodi Bohras from themselves?

ponga bhori wrote:The Dawoodi Bohras now have Al Zulfikar from among themselves to save them. .
correct! consider me as the hidden imamuzzaman... :D :)
by Al Zulfiqar
Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:38 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Zahir Batin Fitnat : A New Summary
Replies: 48
Views: 22795

Re: Zahir Batin Fitnat : A New Summary

well, he did not share that with me. i also mentioned to him that whatever his logic in 'striking out' the qutbis, it still does not justify his going back to muffy moron. besides where is the consideration for the rightful nass? so if the qutbis have made serious errors according to him, then its ...
by Al Zulfiqar
Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:17 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Zahir Batin Fitnat : A New Summary
Replies: 48
Views: 22795

Re: Zahir Batin Fitnat : A New Summary

this is what bhai taizoon shakir has to say about his decision to abandon the qutbi camp. the following message is reproduced verbatim, every single word in it is his own. i have merely copied it here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " Three Strikes, Y...
by Al Zulfiqar
Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:58 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Calling on all Canadian PDB's
Replies: 37
Views: 19001

Re: Calling on all Canadian PDB's

who paid the plane ticket for this ammar zada to come all the way from mumbai to check the mosque project? ammar is a top level scientist with nasa with an income in millions. surely he can buy his own ticket? Secondly, is he an architect or engineer who is familiar at all with the project or is he...
by Al Zulfiqar
Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:50 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Who will save Dawoodi Bohras from themselves?
Replies: 14
Views: 5749

Re: Who will save Dawoodi Bohras from themselves?

the only people who can save the abde bohras from themselves are the denizens of saifee mahal..!! lest you ask how can the lion save the lamb, well, this is perfectly in line with the belief that the imam uz zamaan will be revealed by the dai uz zamaan...!!!!! :roll: :) :D if theory 2 is possible, ...
by Al Zulfiqar
Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:44 am
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Dawoodi Bohras in the media - 2016
Replies: 141
Views: 102914

Re: Dawoodi Bohras in the media - 2016

for the asswipes of muffy who died in an accident in tanzania.,, i say good riddance and

'INNA LID-DAIE WA INNA ILID-DAIE RAJEUN"
by Al Zulfiqar
Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:21 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Calling on all Canadian PDB's
Replies: 37
Views: 19001

Re: Calling on all Canadian PDB's

friends, the matter now gathers urgency, there is no time to waste. see the email from mississauga jamaat below: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: <info@mississaugajamaat.com> Date: August 2, 2016 at 10:49:31 PM EDT To: Subject: Invitation- Imam Husain Majlis...
by Al Zulfiqar
Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:03 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Zahir Batin Fitnat : A New Summary
Replies: 48
Views: 22795

Re: Zahir Batin Fitnat : A New Summary

Biradar my friend, taizoon shakir started out by listening to the voice of his conscience and did what would have been unthinkable for anyone to imagine. he led a revolution against his own family, exposing their darkest secrets, making himself a pariah and a marked man. he escaped with his life to...
by Al Zulfiqar
Tue Aug 02, 2016 2:38 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Dawoodi Bohras in the media - 2016
Replies: 141
Views: 102914

Re: Dawoodi Bohras in the media - 2016

During His Holiness’s visit to Kenya, His message to his followers is that: “To be faithful to their country of abode” does this mean that he is encouraging abdes to marry black african women? surely that would be the ultimate way in integrating with the country of your adoption, showing patriotism...
by Al Zulfiqar
Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:08 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Bohra Muharram 2016 and related topics
Replies: 208
Views: 107818

Re: Bohra Muharram 2016 and related topics

tipu sultan wrote:AZ can I suggest Canadians take the lead...
as you can see from the toronto jamaat circular, they have already taken the lead..
by Al Zulfiqar
Sat Jul 30, 2016 7:27 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Bohra Muharram 2016 and related topics
Replies: 208
Views: 107818

Re: Bohra Muharram 2016 and related topics

Toronto - Seniors Maatam.jpg Friends, the above circular is in connection with Ashura preparations (ohbat). Now seniors have to take Maatam classes which will instruct them into how to do maatam in the proper, prescribed, modern manner. Maatam rules and practices have changed from the days when it ...
by Al Zulfiqar
Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:25 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Dawoodi Bohras in the media - 2016
Replies: 141
Views: 102914

Re: Dawoodi Bohras in the media - 2016

Bohras iftaar http://khaleejtimes.com/ramadan-2016/ramadan-news/the-bohras-have-a-unique-iftar-custom this coverage is a misnomer. this bohra family should have been excommunicated from the jamaat. all abde type bohras are supposed to be in the masjid during ramzan for praying 2 rakats namaaz for m...
by Al Zulfiqar
Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:20 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Taher Fakhruddin missteps
Replies: 56
Views: 15823

Re: Taher Fakhruddin missteps

My friend AZ: what you say I do not disagree with, but physically repudiating the Muffy jammat is needed. How can one "secretly" be against it but continue to go there, pay them monies and socialize and have fun there? . Biradar, the allusion to the 'secret' meeting is in a different cont...
by Al Zulfiqar
Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:37 pm
Forum: Bohras and Reform
Topic: Taher Fakhruddin missteps
Replies: 56
Views: 15823

Re: Taher Fakhruddin missteps

there was a time when i too blamed the reformists for not having taken their movement worldwide, for not having been more dynamic, for having withered away, isolated, marginalised, reviled, vilified and becoming stunted and stagnating. this was when i did not know better. when i was perhaps naive a...