Many in the Dawoodi Bohras community look upon Lisan al-Dawat as a bridge for their Gujarati community to Arabic, the language of the Quran.
Dawat-e-Islami | Dawat |
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.
Madani Channel (Urdu: مدنى چينل) is a television channel free of advertising and television commercials started by Dawat-e-Islami, which broadcasts Islamic television programs around the clock.
The books he studied include Quran Majeed,Pand Nama, Karimia, Gulistan, Bostan, Fiqh e Ahwat, Usool-ew-Etiqadiyah and Dawat-e-Sofia.
In 2011 a man believed to be a member of Dawat-e-Islami assassinated Pakistani politician Salmaan Taseer due to the latter's opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy law.
After returning to India, he decided to travel to Bangkok, Thailand; he was the Amil, (chief representative of Dawat for a particular city/country) of Bangkok for many years.