Dawoodi Bohra

The Dawoodi Bohra community are a sect within the Ismaili branch of Shi’a Islam. They are the followers The Prophet (s.a), His successor, Imam Ali (s.a), and his successor, Imam Hussain. After the twenty-first Imam went into hiding the leadership continued through Dai 's hoping that the Imam would return one day. So far there have been 53 Dai 's. After the passing of the 52nd Dai, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, the Dawoodi Bohra community split due to dual claim of succession. Most of the community stayed with his son, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin. Some people parted way with Khuzaima Qutbuddin who claimed he was appointed successor a long time ago. The followers of Khuzaima Qutbuddin are now known as Fatemi Dawoodi Bohras are known as the 'business minded ' sect. Dawood comes from the Guajarati word Vehru, which means…

support the family in any way when they grow older. Families cannot receive a dowry only having a female child. It is prevalent that a modern day gendercide is taking place on females in south Asian communities (www.invisablegirlproject.org.) Most families think that they cannot support a female child like they can support a male. There are approximately 50 million girls missing due to infanticide, murder, trafficking, and dowry deaths. If a wife can’t produce a male child most often she is…

Throughout most of the world, it is deemed to be unethical and illegal to perform or assist in the procedure. However, in the countries that do not consider FGC as on offensive action, then the majority of the female population has had the procedure done to them. “Karimjee was 7 and growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, she had part of her clitoris removed, in accordance with the beliefs of the Dawoodi Bohra sect of Islam” (Karimjee). Countries such as Somalia, Egypt, and Indonesia are some of the…