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Justice Gautam Patel: Ex-Judge Facing Death Threats Over Dawoodi Bohra Order
Justice Gautam Shirish Patel is widely regarded as one of the most respected jurists to have served on the Bombay High Court.
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Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea To Ban Female Genital Mutilation
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea to ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision prevailing among Muslims, especially in the Dawoodi Bohra community.
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Dawoodi Bohra Delegation Meets PM Modi, Welcomes Waqf Amendment Act
A delegation from the Dawoodi Bohra community met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to express their gratitude for the recently enacted Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, calling it a long-pending demand of the community.
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No Change In Dawoodi Bohra Community Leadership, High Court Junks Petition
Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin will stay the leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community after the Bombay High Court today rejected his nephew Syedna Taher Fakhruddin's petition against the appointment.
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Request On Excommunication In Muslim Community Referred To Supreme Court Bench
The Supreme Court today referred to a larger nine-judge bench to decide the plea against the practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community.
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Bohra Cuisine: A Meal Tradition That Starts With A Pinch Of Salt And Dessert
Food and eating etiquettes play an important role in characterising the Bohra (or Bohri) culture. Here people swear by 'communal dining' and 'no food wastage' policies.
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PM Modi Meets Sikhs, Bohra And Kashmiri Pandit Communities In Houston
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and interacted with members of Dawoodi Bohra community in Houston on Saturday.
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Centre Backs Top Court On Plea To End Genital Mutilation Of Muslim Women
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it supported the petition opposing the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community.
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Female Genital Mutilation Violates Bodily Integrity: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the practice of female genital mutilation of minor girls in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, saying it violates the bodily "integrity" of a girl child.
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Community Comes Together To Modernise Mumbai's 150-Year-Old Bhendi Bazaar
All her life, home for Robab Nallwalla has been a one-room flat in central Mumbai, a space she shares with her parents and her brother – and more recently, her brother’s wife. The single room, similar to nine others on the dingy floor with no lift, was cramped and noisy, not a place she could invite friends to. The neighbourhood Bhendi Bazaar w...
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Maneka Gandhi Wants To Abolish Female Genital Mutilation From India, Activist Hails Her
New Delhi: Masooma Ranalvi, activist who began a campaign to end female genital mutilation in India’s Dawoodi Bohra community, welcomed Union minister Maneka Gandhi’s reported remark that a law would be brought in to end the custom if it is not done voluntarily by its members. The women and child development minister on Sunday said that she wou...
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Dear UN, What About Female Circumcision Among My Bohra Community?
Why is India still not on the UN radar, even though the 1.5 million-strong Bohra community practices FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) here?
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Union Minister Hails Role of Dawoodi Bohra Community in 'Operation Rahat'
Lauding the role of the trading community, Dawoodi Bohra in the evacuation of Indians from Yemen during 'Operation Rahat', Union minister of state for external affairs, VK Singh said that despite them doing a tremendous job, it has not been duly recognized.
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Prime Minister Modi Meets Head of Dawoodi Bohra Community
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met the head of the Dawoodi Bohra community, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, who pledged support to the government's initiatives like Swachh Bharat and Make in India.
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Justice Gautam Patel: Ex-Judge Facing Death Threats Over Dawoodi Bohra Order
Justice Gautam Shirish Patel is widely regarded as one of the most respected jurists to have served on the Bombay High Court.
-
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea To Ban Female Genital Mutilation
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea to ban the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision prevailing among Muslims, especially in the Dawoodi Bohra community.
-
Dawoodi Bohra Delegation Meets PM Modi, Welcomes Waqf Amendment Act
A delegation from the Dawoodi Bohra community met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to express their gratitude for the recently enacted Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, calling it a long-pending demand of the community.
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No Change In Dawoodi Bohra Community Leadership, High Court Junks Petition
Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin will stay the leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community after the Bombay High Court today rejected his nephew Syedna Taher Fakhruddin's petition against the appointment.
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Request On Excommunication In Muslim Community Referred To Supreme Court Bench
The Supreme Court today referred to a larger nine-judge bench to decide the plea against the practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community.
-
Bohra Cuisine: A Meal Tradition That Starts With A Pinch Of Salt And Dessert
Food and eating etiquettes play an important role in characterising the Bohra (or Bohri) culture. Here people swear by 'communal dining' and 'no food wastage' policies.
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PM Modi Meets Sikhs, Bohra And Kashmiri Pandit Communities In Houston
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and interacted with members of Dawoodi Bohra community in Houston on Saturday.
-
Centre Backs Top Court On Plea To End Genital Mutilation Of Muslim Women
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it supported the petition opposing the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community.
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Female Genital Mutilation Violates Bodily Integrity: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the practice of female genital mutilation of minor girls in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, saying it violates the bodily "integrity" of a girl child.
-
Community Comes Together To Modernise Mumbai's 150-Year-Old Bhendi Bazaar
All her life, home for Robab Nallwalla has been a one-room flat in central Mumbai, a space she shares with her parents and her brother – and more recently, her brother’s wife. The single room, similar to nine others on the dingy floor with no lift, was cramped and noisy, not a place she could invite friends to. The neighbourhood Bhendi Bazaar w...
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Maneka Gandhi Wants To Abolish Female Genital Mutilation From India, Activist Hails Her
New Delhi: Masooma Ranalvi, activist who began a campaign to end female genital mutilation in India’s Dawoodi Bohra community, welcomed Union minister Maneka Gandhi’s reported remark that a law would be brought in to end the custom if it is not done voluntarily by its members. The women and child development minister on Sunday said that she wou...
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Dear UN, What About Female Circumcision Among My Bohra Community?
Why is India still not on the UN radar, even though the 1.5 million-strong Bohra community practices FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) here?
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Union Minister Hails Role of Dawoodi Bohra Community in 'Operation Rahat'
Lauding the role of the trading community, Dawoodi Bohra in the evacuation of Indians from Yemen during 'Operation Rahat', Union minister of state for external affairs, VK Singh said that despite them doing a tremendous job, it has not been duly recognized.
-
Prime Minister Modi Meets Head of Dawoodi Bohra Community
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met the head of the Dawoodi Bohra community, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, who pledged support to the government's initiatives like Swachh Bharat and Make in India.
