As a member of the Bohra Muslim jamaat, Arastu Yar Jung was an active contributor to the local community through the Dawoodi Bohra organization.
Asghar Ali Engineer has been instrumental in publicizing the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement through his writings and speeches.
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He was unanimously elected as General Secretary of The Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community in its first conference in Udaipur in 1977.
Using his status, Ahmadi also continues to speak out for Muslim Rights in India, himself being a Dawoodi Bohra Muslim.
The town's Najmi Masjeed mosque, inaugurated in 2002, is one of the largest mosques in the Dawoodi Bohra community.
During the period of 51st Dai Syedna Taher Saifuddin (A.Q) (1915-1965 AD), the Dawoodi Bohra Dawat shifted to Mumbai and continues there to the present day, currently headed by 53rd Dai al Mutlaq Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin TUS.
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Arwa was designated a hujjah (a holy, pious lady), the highest rank in the Yemeni Dawat, by al-Mustansir in 1084 CE.
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Today, the hospital is one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the entire country, and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh on 4 June 2005.
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Following the imam's occultation, the Dai has served as the his temporal representatives on earth; the current (53rd) Dai is Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin.
Blank used the Boren Fellowship to work with the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, primarily based in the Indian city of Bombay.
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Owing to her patronage of missions, an Ismāʿīlī community was established in Gujarat in the second half of the 11th century, which still survives there today as Dawoodi Bohra, Sulaymani and Alavi.
Among the Dawoodi Bohra branch of Musta'lī Ismā'īlī, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin is the 53rd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq and vicegerent of the occulted Fatimid 21st Imam At-Tayyib Abu'l-Qasim.
Today Qutbi Bohra has members from PDB devoted to the development of Qutbi Bohra secretly and also some members of the Dawoodi Bohra sect promoting the same.
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While participtating in the development programs of Dawoodi Bohra sect it always takes care that the members of the Qutbi Bohra sect benefit from it.
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This formation was known to the elite of the PDB and a few selected members of Dawoodi Bohra sect.
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The then Syedi Khuzaima Qutbuddin used the money and power of position given to him by the Dawoodi Bohra sect to further the growth of Qutbi sect.
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The then Syedi Khuzaima Qutbuddin's claim to Qutbi Bohra sub sect leadership was endorsed by members of PDB and some of the elite members of Dawoodi Bohra sect.
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After this achievement the then Syedi Khuzaima Qutbuddin started befriending the rich patrons and members of the Dawoodi Bohra sect, secretly asking them to join his Qutbi Bohra sub sect.
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Later Dawoodi Bohra members from some foreign countries also promised their support.
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He has also helped members of Dawoodi Bohra to form groups or committees and in turn tried to get enrollments and patrons for Qutbi Bohra sect.
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At educational grounds he had very different education than those that would be given to a leader of a community but to his advantage he had the support of four so called great teachers of the Dawoodi Bohra educational institute Al Jamea tus Saifiyah.
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But due to strong love and affection for His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (RA) in the hearts of Dawoodi Bohra members the then Syedi Khuzaima Qutbuddin had to promote his Qutbi Bohra sub sect secretly.
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Qutbi Bohra aims to give up the distinct form of attire of Dawoodi Bohra both for men and women so that they can mix freely among the general population.
At present the largest Taiyabi-descended faction, the Dawoodi Bohra Dawa is headed by 53rd dai Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin who has been appointed after the sudden death of 52nd Dai Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin.