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Two Bohras come to aid of Frenchwoman attacked in Mumbai
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Aziz Poonawalla
In the past two months I’ve traveled to India three times, to attend the funeral and other events after the passing of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (ra). This quite shocking story happened in the Fort area of Mumbai, which is quite close to where I spent much of my time and is considered one of the…
Amidst the grief, solace in the succession of Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is a guest post by Durriya Badani The forty day period of mourning has now elapsed, but the profound sadness at the loss of the beloved head of the Dawoodi Bohra community, a spiritual mother and father, His Holiness, Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin remains. On January 17th, the 52nd Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi…
The Day of Elevation – 27th Rajab
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Aziz Poonawalla
We are almost done with the holy month of Rajab al-Asab, which as I noted a few years ago is a herald for the impending arrival of Ramadan. Today is the 27th of Rajab, which means last night was the Night of Ascent (Laylatul Me’raj) and today is the Day of Elevation (Yawmul Ma’bath). I’ve…
11 after 9-11: a look backwards
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Aziz Poonawalla
It’s Patriot Day, the anniversary of Black Tuesday, the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 (9-11). Eleven years later, I still feel the need to say something about it, suggesting that on some level I am still not “over it” and probably never will be. But looking back at what I’ve written about it over…
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