Literary it means information. Information about what you may say? Well as its name suggests and as it activities declare loudly it is a “one stop” shop for advertisements and “show-offs”. A news media? exactly what I was going to tell you. A news agency for the bohra community I may say. an agency on […]
One of the most well-known and pious festives of Islam as I belive is Eid a-Adha. Basically the day is for the Hajis (Pilgrims) to complete their tenets of Haj with the performinig of Zabihat (Slaughter of an Animal). The 3 Days that follow the Eid are also marked with the same ritual, commonly known […]
Dai Nasir-i Khusraw explains the significance of this night saying: ” You illuminate the mosques on the Night of Qadr and make it as bright as the day, while your hearts are as dark as the darkest night. Know that illuminations are not enough. When you light the lamps, remind yourselves that your dark hearts, […]
Lisan al-Dawat is a unique language used by the Dawoodi Bohra community in their day to day affairs. The language is a similar dilect of the Gujarati tongue spoken by a large number of people in the State of Gujarat in India. Someone familiar to Gujarati would notice little difference between LD (short for Lisanud […]
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