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Dawoodi Bohra

  • Defiance to exemption: A history of the Bohra community’s resistance to waqf law

    Defiance to exemption: A history of the Bohra community’s resistance to waqf law

    Danish Khan
    · Apr 13, 2025 · 06:30 am
  • How Dawoodi Bohras came to be seen as model migrants in Sri Lanka

    How Dawoodi Bohras came to be seen as model migrants in Sri Lanka

    Ajay Kamalakaran
    · Jul 23, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • How a Dawoodi Bohra from British India became a business icon in East Africa in early 20th century

    How a Dawoodi Bohra from British India became a business icon in East Africa in early 20th century

    Ajay Kamalakaran
    · Dec 22, 2021 · 11:30 am
  • Cricket, fashion, nostalgia: Two Instagram pages are chronicling forgotten Dawoodi Bohra culture

    Cricket, fashion, nostalgia: Two Instagram pages are chronicling forgotten Dawoodi Bohra culture

    Aarefa Johari
    · Jan 16, 2021 · 11:30 am
  • Female genital cutting: SC refers plea seeking ban of practice to five-judge Constitution Bench

    Female genital cutting: SC refers plea seeking ban of practice to five-judge Constitution Bench

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 24, 2018 · 11:22 am
  • Narendra Modi praises Dawoodi Bohra community at event at Saifee mosque in Indore

    Narendra Modi praises Dawoodi Bohra community at event at Saifee mosque in Indore

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 14, 2018 · 12:58 pm
  • Diktats against Western-style toilets, secular wedding venues leave Bohra community baffled

    Diktats against Western-style toilets, secular wedding venues leave Bohra community baffled

    Aarefa Johari
    · Dec 20, 2017 · 10:30 am
  • Dawoodi Bohra community should stop female genital cutting, says Maneka Gandhi: HT

    Dawoodi Bohra community should stop female genital cutting, says Maneka Gandhi: HT

    Scroll Staff
    · May 20, 2017 · 07:49 pm
  • To battle food wastage, Bohra community edict puts restrictions on wedding feasts

    To battle food wastage, Bohra community edict puts restrictions on wedding feasts

    Aarefa Johari
    · May 07, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • Bohra community's smart card system shows us what a post-Aadhaar world could look like

    Bohra community's smart card system shows us what a post-Aadhaar world could look like

    Aarefa Johari
    · Apr 30, 2016 · 09:15 am
  • Khuzaima Qutbuddin, challenger for leadership of  Bohra community, dies at 76

    Khuzaima Qutbuddin, challenger for leadership of Bohra community, dies at 76

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 31, 2016 · 11:14 pm