Obani abakwaDawoodi Bohras?
AmaDawoodi Bohras yiqembu lenkolo lesimanje ngaphakathi kwehlelo lamaShia lamaShia Islam. Zivela eGibithe futhi ziqala eMbusweni WamaFatimid. AmaDawoodi Bohras ajwayele ukwaziwa ngezinqubomgomo zawo zokuhweba, ubuhlakani bezamabhizinisi nokuzibandakanya kwezamabhizinisi nokukholelwa ekuzimeleni. Igama elithi "Bohra" ngesiGujarati lisho "ukuhweba" ngakho-ke iningi labo likhetha ukwenza amabhizinisi futhi lihileleke kakhulu ekuhwebeni ngeSoftware, Iron noma Metal.  Ngokombono ongokwenkolo, bavame ukulandela izinsika eziyisikhombisa zamaSulumane (uWalayah, Taharah, Salat, Zakah, Sawm, Hajj & Jihad) esikhundleni sezinhlanu. Futhi basebenza kakhulu eMuharram-al-Haram benza ukulila kukaHusayn ibn Ali & Ahl-al-Bayt nosuku lwe-Ashura. Banomcimbi waminyaka yonke we- "Ashara Mubaraka" lapho behlangana khona bevela emhlabeni wonke endaweni ekhethiwe ukuzokwenza ukulila nokwenza imisebenzi yomphakathi. Futhi basebenza kakhulu eRamadan nakwezinye izinyanga zokugubha i-Eid-al-Fitr, i-Eid-al-Adha, i-Eid-al-Ghadir njll.  Njengamanje umholi wabo wamanje noDai-al-Mutlaq nguHis Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin ohlala eSaifee Mahal, eMumbai, eNdiya. Ukuze wazi okwengeziwe ngalomphakathi, ngincoma ukuba ufunde incwadi ethi "Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras" kaJonah Blank eyanyatheliswa okokuqala ngo-2001.