By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
Mumbai: The Dawoodi Bohra community is conducting the annual Muharram discourses in the suburb of Mumbai this year for the first time. Over 1 lac community members from all parts of India and the world have gathered in Mumbai to attend Ashara Mubaraka, the ten-day Muharram discourses being conducted by Dawoodi Bohra community leader Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin. The discourses will conclude on 26th December.
“On the request of the members of the Dawoodi Bohra community residing in Marol, His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (TUS) is conducting the annual Moharram discourses in the suburb this year for the first time,” said Qureish Raghib, a community member.
Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin
Over 1 lac community members from all parts of India and the world have gathered in Mumbai to attend Ashara Mubaraka, the ten-day Moharram discourses of His Holiness which shall conclude on Saturday, 26th December, Raghib said.
Giving details about the speeches of Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, he said: In his discourses, Syedna narrates the tragic martyrdom of Imam Husain (SA), the grandson of Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) in Karbala, Iraq on Friday, 10th October 680 AD and recounts Imam Husain’s (SA) sacrifice for the cause of Islam and humanity. Apparently, the ten solemn days of Ashara Mubaraka are observed with much spiritual significance by the Dawoodi Bohras living across the world.”
“As an Ambassador of Peace, Syedna in his discourses, conveys the universal message of social justice, peace and international harmony and specifically prays for the wellbeing and prosperity of humanity at large.”
The community’s International Ashara Mubaraka Committee has arranged for all necessary facilities and recourses for the thousands of community members converging to the city. Dawoodi Bohras from all over India, South Asia, Far East, the Arabian Gulf, East Africa, Europe, America and Australia gathered in Mumbai and in the suburbs are attending the Ashara Mubaraka venue in Marol in a rotation system of 23,000 persons everyday.
Special visa and immigration facilities have been provided for the community members visiting the nation from abroad. Apart from providing online registration facilities to the participants, other facilities such as transport, boarding and lodging are also provided by the International Ashara Mubaraka Committee.
The community-run Saifee Hospital, Saifee Ambulance Society and Burhani Medical Idarah are co-coordinating in providing the best of medical facilities to the attendees. Modern technology has been utilized in the event such as each member is informed of the event activites through sms, relay of discourses done through satellite and bar coded e-jamaat cards provided to all the community members.
In the past, Muharram sermons of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin have been held in international cities like Cairo, Dubai, Houston, Colombo, Nairobi, Dar-e-Salaam and in Mumbai, Surat, Indore and Jamnagar in India to name some.