| Revision as of 09:14, 29 January 2015 editSummichum (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users1,484 edits added new section as per talk page← Previous edit | Revision as of 09:20, 29 January 2015 edit undoBlack Kite (talk | contribs)Administrators85,117 edits rv - 46% is not "most". One fifth is more than "less than one-fifth". Language is not neutral ("coterie", "alleged", "fear and force") The word "alleged" is there four times.Next edit → | ||
| Line 68: | Line 68: | ||
| |accessdate=17 May 2014 | |accessdate=17 May 2014 | ||
| }}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
| ==Criticisms== | |||
| Owing to the ] It is alleged that Mufaddal Saifuddin is supported only by “a tiny, tiny section” of the community a coterie that derives some benefit from being close to Mufaddal.<ref name="divides">{{cite web | url=http://www.thenational.ae/world/south-asia/leadership-dispute-divides-indias-dawoodi-bohra-sect | title=leadership-dispute-divides-indias-dawoodi-bohra-sect | accessdate=12 January 2015}}</ref>. However There are various media reports where Mufaddal Saifuddin has been referred as ''53rd Dā'ī'' and titled as ''Syedna'' by a ] who support Mufaddal Saifuddin<ref>{{cite news |title=How is Syedna chosen? HC wants to know |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=30 April 2014 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/how-is-syedna-chosen-hc-wants-to-know/}}</ref> An anonymised online survey among the Dawoodi Bohra community revealed that only one fifth of the Dawoodi Bohras support the succession of Mufaddal saifuddin and a little less than one fifth support the half brother Khuzaima as the rightful successor . A cover story on the Bohra survey revealed that most Bohras (46%) support Khuzaima over Mufaddal and many are in the community due to due to fear and force .There are various reports that Mufaddal Saifuddin and his representatives are resorting to threats and social pressure to maintain their control over the community.<ref name="battle">{{cite web | url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Battle-for-Bohra-spiritual-heads-seat-splits-families/articleshow/45643768.cms|title=Battle for Bohra spiritual head’s seat splits families - Mumbai Mirror | accessdate=26 December 2014}}</ref> Qutbuddin has alleged that Saifuddin and his family “took advantage of a severe debilitating stroke that affected Burhanuddin following his 100th birthday in London” to declare Saifuddin the successor. In a statement issued in February, Qutbuddin also said his objections said had earned him “abuse, intimidation and even violence” from Saifuddin’s family.<ref name="divides" /> | |||
| Allegedly Saifuddin’s sermons have been disturbing, said a Mumbai-based Bohra woman in her mid-30s, who wished to remain anonymous because she did not want to be seen speaking publicly against her community’s leader. “If he had his way, he would want us to just stay at home and tend to our families, and nothing else,” she said. “And this is causing a real division within the community. Disagreeing with the Dai on such fundamental matters is regarded as some sort of betrayal.”.<ref name="divides"/> | |||
| ==Succession controversy== | ==Succession controversy== | ||
Revision as of 09:20, 29 January 2015
| Mufaddal SaifuddinClaimant to the 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra community | |
|---|---|
 Saifuddin (l) with Narendra Modi (r) | |
| Born | (1946-08-20) 20 August 1946 (age 78) Surat, Gujarat, British Raj |
| Children | Jafar us Sadiq (b. 1973) |
| Parent | Mohammed Burhanuddin |
| Relatives | Khuzaima (half-uncle) |
Mufaddal Saifuddin (Template:Lang-ar; Abu Jafar-us-Sadiq Mufaddal Saifuddin) is a claimant to the title of 53rd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq (highest spiritual authority) of the Dawoodi Bohra. The Dawoodi Bohra are a sub group within the Mustaali, Ismaili Shia branch of Islam.
Biography
Early life
Mufaddal Saifuddin was born on 20 August 1946, on the night of Laylat al-Qadr in Surat, Gujarat, and was given the name Aali Qadr Mufaddal (Arabic:عالي قدر مفضل) by his grandfather Syedna Taher Saifuddin. The gematric value of "Aali Qadr Mufaddal" in Arabic is 1365 which is the Islamic Hijri calendar year of his birth.
Travels
Mufaddal Saifuddin was appointed Amirul Hajj by his father Burhanuddin in 1390 AH (1970 CE). After Hajj, he travelled to Karbala, Shaam, Misr and Yemen. During his trip to Yemen, he laid the foundations for the construction of the 3rd Da'i al-Mutlaq's Syedna Hatim's mausoleum. After that journey Burhanuddin bestowed upon him the religious honorific title Aqeeq-ul-Yemen in 1391 AH/1971 AD.
On 28 Rabi' al-thani 1435 AH (28 February 2014 CE), the Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid accompanied Saifuddin to Mumbai airport to see him off for his first visit abroad after the passing of his father Burhanuddin in January of that year. Khurshid presented Mufaddal with a letter of good wishes from Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Indian Congress, before departed to Najaf and Karbala in Iraq for a pilgrimage to the shrines of Imam Ali and Imam Husain.
Later on, in Pakistan, he was received with state protocol and was welcomed at Karachi airport by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah.
Succession controversy
Main article: 53rd Syedna succession controversy (Dawoodi Bohra)Burhanuddin did not publicly declare any successor as late as 2011 and there were fights between rival factions among Burhanuddin's several brothers and sons to succeed him as head of the vast empire he controls.
After Burhanuddin suffered a stroke in June 2011 in London, Mufaddal Saifuddin was declared as his successor by Muffadal's brothers. The Dawoodi Bohra community was reported of the succession by Mufaddal's brothers a group formed in 2013 in support of Burhanuddin's half-brother Khuzaima Qutbuddin, who was Mazoon, serving second under Dai al Mutlaq.
After the Burhanuddin's death in January 2014, Mufaddal took up his office claiming to be dai, Qutbuddin, claiming to have been appointed heir 50 years earlier in secrecy, challenged Mufaddal's right to be Dai in court. Khuzaima also took the office as he 53rd Dai of Dawoodi Bohras having two headquarters one in Thane and primary being in the ancestral headquarter Saify Mahal where Mufaddal also resides.
The faction of Dawoodi Bohras led by Qaid Johar Ezzuddin the brother of Mufaddal who follow Mufaddal Saifuddin supports Mufaddal Saifuddin as Dai, and have excommunicated Qutbuddin and his faction.
See also
- 53rd Syedna succession controversy (Dawoodi Bohra)
- Fatimid
- Da'i al-Mutlaq
- List of Dai of Dawoodi Bohra
References
- ^ "A perilous transition - Mumbai Mirror". Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ Rizwan Mawani (30 January 2014). "The Intricacies of Succession: Two Claimants Emerge for Dawoodi Bohra Leadership". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- Gulshan-e-Ma'alumaat Birth Date Article
- "Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin". Free Press Journal. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ "Profile of Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin". GulfNews.com. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- "Aali Qadr". Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- "Union Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid". Afternoon Dispatch and Courier. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- Hasan, Shazia (28 February 2014). "Saifuddin receives warm welcome on brief visit". DAWN.com. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- "bohra-dissenters-challenge-oppressive-priesthood/". Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- 'Mufaddal Saifuddin as designate-successor', http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-claimant-to-syedna-seat-declares-official-challenge-1968682
- http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/profile-of-syedna-mufaddal-saifuddin-1.1279387, 'With prayers and quiet celebrations at home, the Dawoodi Bohra community had welcomed their community leader’s choice of Mufaddal Saifuddin as his successor'
- "Dawoodi Bohras welcome nomination of successor". Hindustan Times. Mumbai: HT Media. 7 June 2011.
- ^ "Talk of rift among Bohras over Syedna's successor". Hindustan Times. 15 April 2013.
- ^ "Bohras protest Syedna's half-brother 's claim". Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-claimant-to-syedna-seat-declares-official-challenge-1968682, 'Mufaddal Saifuddin as designate-successor'.'Mufaddal took charge officially last month'
- "Talk of rift among Bohras over Syedna's successor". Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rizwan-mawani/the-intricacies-of-succes_b_4687546.html
- http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-claimant-to-syedna-seat-declares-official-challenge-1968682, 'but this has been challenged by Khuzaima'
- "How is Syedna chosen? HC wants to know". The Indian Express. 30 April 2014.
- "Bohras make anti-Syedna faction's ex-communication official, stick by Mufaddal Saifuddin". Daily News and Analysis. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
