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TopicDawoodi Bohra

Topic: Dawoodi Bohra

Project Rise: How Dawoodi Bohras are tackling malnutrition crisis in Maharashtra’s tribal belt

In collaboration with govt & non-profit, project aims to build trust, improve nutrition. It has shown measurable success in Nandurbar district, now under implementation in Chandrapur.

A short film against ‘Khafz’ has no end credits—Makers scared of social boycott

The film starts with a couple defending ‘Khatna’ or female genital mutilation against the narrator’s arguments. By the end, they’re asking for the latest research on the practice.

PM Modi to visit 11th century Al-Hakim Mosque in Egypt tomorrow — why this is significant

Al-Hakim mosque in Cairo was restored by Egyptian government in collaboration with the Dawoodi Bohra community, a loyal vote base of BJP in India. It was reopened to public in February.

Bohra Muslim leader wrong to say khafz isn’t female genital mutilation. Let Modi govt ban it

From Khafz among Bohras to Khitan in Indonesia—female genital mutilation is known by different names in over 90 countries.

‘Neither PM nor CM, I’m family’: In Dawoodi Bohra outreach, Modi recalls ties since Gujarat days

PM was speaking at inauguration of the Mumbai campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, community's premier educational institute, where he shared stage with Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin.

‘Visiting my own family,’ says PM Modi at inauguration of Dawoodi Bohra academy in Mumbai

The Prime Minister spoke highly of Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin -- the current leader of the world’s Dawoodi Bohras and also the 53rd al-Dai al-Mutlaq.

Bring legislation to ban female genital mutilation, religious leader writes to PM Modi

In a letter, Taher Fakhruddin also raised concerns about another practice, khafz, that's carried out on young Bohra girls in 'unhygienic, unsanitary and unsafe conditions'.

Modi wants BJP to reach out to two very different Muslim groups. All about Pasmandas & Bohras

Pasmandas make up 80-85% of India's Muslim population and have long been wooed by political parties. The more affluent Bohras, largely from Gujarat, are traditionally BJP supporters.

Munaf Kapadia details his extraordinary journey from Google to Bohra food in new book

'How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas’ by Munaf Kapadia, published by HarperCollins, will be released on 10 April on ThePrint's 'SoftCover'.

Long way to go in India, say activists on Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation Day 

Activists say the Modi government, which once promised to ban FGM, now refuses to acknowledge that it is practiced in India. 

On Camera

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

Flagging growing obesity & heart disease risk, Economic Survey recommends hiking taxes on junk food

The Economic Survey linked ultra-processed foods (UPFs) with worsening diet quality and higher risks of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and mental health conditions.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.