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	== Criticisms ==		== Criticisms ==
⚫	It is reported that Burhanuddin declared himself as the sole-owner of Bohra mosques and the sole-trustee of the community’s charitable properties. Under his ownership, Bohra mosques have become a playground for organizing birthday functions, cutting cakes, serving jamans , arranging vadhavnis , qadambosi, najwa and salam functions, mass marriages, meetings of politicians, putting cinema screen, video shooting, fund collection and lottery draws. Now even musalla spaces are priced and reserved, thus killing the very spirit of namaz<ref name="bohracult">{{cite web \| url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/4583-bohra-an-islamic-sect-reduced-to-a-cult \| title=Bohra: an Islamic sect reduced to a cult \| publisher=Milli Gazette \| accessdate=9 April 2014}}</ref>.By consolidating his absolute authority and becoming from Da’i-ul-Mutlaq to Qaderul-Mutlaq (Absolute in might), he took hold of all the trusts, properties and wealth of community and adopted a luxurious life of living in palaces, high-flying and big-spending.<ref name="bohracult" />.

		⚫	It is reported that Burhanuddin declared himself as the sole-owner of Bohra mosques and the sole-trustee of the community’s charitable properties. Under his ownership, Bohra mosques have become a playground for organizing birthday functions, cutting cakes, serving jamans , arranging vadhavnis , qadambosi, najwa and salam functions, mass marriages, meetings of politicians, putting cinema screen, video shooting, fund collection and lottery draws. Now even musalla spaces are priced and reserved, thus killing the very spirit of namaz<ref name="bohracult">{{cite web \| url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/4583-bohra-an-islamic-sect-reduced-to-a-cult \| title=Bohra: an Islamic sect reduced to a cult \| publisher=Milli Gazette \| accessdate=9 April 2014}}</ref>.By consolidating his absolute authority and becoming from Da’i-ul-Mutlaq to Qaderul-Mutlaq (Absolute in might), he took hold of all the trusts, properties and wealth of community and adopted a luxurious life of living in palaces, high-flying and big-spending.<ref name="bohracult" />
⚫	It is reported that deliberate rifts were created between Dawoodi Bohras and Muslims in order to keep them separate from each other. In 1988, Syedna Burhanuddin cursed Muslim caliphs and the wife of Prophet Muhammad Hazrat ] openly during Moharram, causing a riot in Mumbai, in which five innocent Muslims lost their lives and properties worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed<ref name="bohracult" />.



		⚫	.It is reported that deliberate rifts were created between Dawoodi Bohras and Muslims in order to keep them separate from each other. In 1988, Syedna Burhanuddin cursed Muslim caliphs and the wife of Prophet Muhammad Hazrat ] openly during Moharram, causing a riot in Mumbai, in which five innocent Muslims lost their lives and properties worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed<ref name="bohracult" />.
	It was reported in 1982 that Burhanuddin collected taxes which exceed Rs.11 crores each year from his half million followers in India<ref name="communalbohra">{{cite web \| url=http://www.pucl.org/from-archives/Religion-communalism/bohra.htm \| title=The Dawoodi Bohra's \| publisher=People's Union for Civil Liberties \| accessdate=9 April 2014}}</ref>		It was reported in 1982 that Burhanuddin collected taxes which exceed Rs.11 crores each year from his half million followers in India<ref name="communalbohra">{{cite web \| url=http://www.pucl.org/from-archives/Religion-communalism/bohra.htm \| title=The Dawoodi Bohra's \| publisher=People's Union for Civil Liberties \| accessdate=9 April 2014}}</ref>

	Abid Adeeb, president of the Udaipur Dawoodi Bohra Jamaat, spoke of how the Syedna levies a number of taxes on the Bohras that had no sanction in Islam. Through his representatives or amils, he said, the Syedna extracted several crores of rupees from his followers annually, demanding payment on almost every conceivable occasion. Even prayer spaces in Bohra mosques in the month of Ramzan are now up for sale, he revealed. As a result of this, he said, the Syedna now presides over a multi-billion dollar empire. Adeeb opined that opposition to the Syedna's crass exploitation was mounting among many Bohras, but that they were too scared to speak out.

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	* Congratulated by American president ] in a letter from the White House for when in August 2005, he inaugurated a mosque in the United States in ].<ref>{{dead link\|date=March 2014}}</ref>		* Congratulated by American president ] in a letter from the White House for when in August 2005, he inaugurated a mosque in the United States in ].<ref>{{dead link\|date=March 2014}}</ref>


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Syedna

Mohammed Burhanuddin

Syedna

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin delivering Muharam Waaz

52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohra sect

Remained Da'i al-Mutlaq

47 years

Became Da'i al-Mutlaq

at the age of 52 years

Predecessor

Syedna Taher Saifuddin

Successor

disputed between his second son Mufaddal Saifuddin and his half-brother Khuzaima Qutbuddin

House of Da'i al-Mutlaq

Mumbai

Born

(1915-03-06)6 March 1915
Surat, Gujarat, India

Died

17 January 2014(2014-01-17) (aged 98)
Saifee Mahal, Malabar Hill, Mumbai, India.

Burial

18 January 2014
Raudat Tahera, Mumbai, India

Spouse

Aaisaheba Amatullah Aaisaheba

Names
Syedna wa Maulana Abul Qaid Johar Mohammed Burhanuddin
Era name and dates
Burhani: 1965 - 2014

House

Saifee Mahal

Father

Syedna Taher Saifuddin

Mother

Aaisaheba Husaina Aaisaheba

Signature

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (Template:Lang-ar; 6 March 1915–17 January 2014) was 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohras, a subgroup within the Mustaali, Ismaili Shia branch of Islam. Buhranuddin was appointed 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq at the age of 52, in 1967.

Burhanuddin was presented highest national civic honor by the presidents of Egypt and Jordan. The Mayor of Houston has announced 8 August 1986 as "His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Day". He was the first Dai al Mutlaq to visit Europe and America.

According to Tabular Islamic calendar Mohammed Burhanuddin at age of 102( 20 Raby` al-THaany 1333 A.H.to - 15 Raby` al-Awwal 1435 A.H.) was the longest living Dai al Mutalq.

Early life

Burhanuddin was born to Syedna Taher Saifuddin and Aaisaheba Husaina Aaisaheba in Surat in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is said that, he survived a car accident at the age of twelve in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was educated by his father, Syedna Tahir Saifuddin.

Activities

In October 1999, Buhranddin was elected Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University. He is credited with expanding a two century old Arabic university Al Jamea tus Saifiyah, introducing state-of-the-art facilities and making it world-wide acceptable as an International Baccalaureate Office. In 1983, a new campus of "Al Jamea tus Saifiyah" was built in Karachi by him. He built "Burhaniyah Business Counselling Centre" in Mumbai to provide modern business solutions. He built Raudat Tahera, a mausoleum of his father Taher Saifuddin in Mumbai, India. It is unique of its kind for having entire Quran inscribed on its inner white walls in letters of gold and precious stones.

Burhanuddin has also initiated and involved with several notable Islamic projects including:

The repair and renovation of the Aqmar Mosque, Lulua Mosque and Juyushi Mosque in Egypt.
The gold plating/renovation of Zarih of the Shiah Imam Ali, Najaf and Imam Husayn & Maulana Abbas e Alamdaar, Karbala.

The 'The Makhallifat-al-Rasool' (next to Rasul Hussain, Imam Husain Masjid, Cairo), where some of the Fatimid Imams are buried.
The construction of Rasul Husayn, Maulatena Zaynab bint Ali and Sayyeda Ruqayya's Zarih at Cairo, Egypt and Ja'far at-Tayyar's Zarih, Jordan.
The construction/renovation of The Grand Mosque of Kufa. http://www.dawn.com/news/1081021/52nd-dai-will-be-remembered-for-dynamism

Zarih of Raous-us-Sohda-e-Karbala,Damuscus, Syria

Open Mosque at The burial place of Imam Husayn's head in Askelan, Israel.

Mosque Imam Abadullah, Salamia, Syria.

Mausoleum of Sayedna Hatim and a mosque in Hutaib, mausoleum of Syedna Ali Shamshuddin Bin Abdullah in Shareka and of Syedna Idris in Shibam, Yemen.

Honours, awards and accomplishments

Mohammed Burhanuddin was awarded the following:

Honours and awards

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan (Wisam al-Kawkab al-Urdani), Jordan

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile (Nishan al-Nil), Egypt

Honorary doctorates and certificates

Doctor of Islamic Sciences (Honoris Causa) from the Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt (13 March 1966) http://www.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=8991, AMU news,18Jan,2014

Doctor of Theology (Honoris Causa) from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India (17 October 1966)

Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) from the University of Karachi, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Criticisms

It is reported that Burhanuddin declared himself as the sole-owner of Bohra mosques and the sole-trustee of the community’s charitable properties. Under his ownership, Bohra mosques have become a playground for organizing birthday functions, cutting cakes, serving jamans , arranging vadhavnis , qadambosi, najwa and salam functions, mass marriages, meetings of politicians, putting cinema screen, video shooting, fund collection and lottery draws. Now even musalla spaces are priced and reserved, thus killing the very spirit of namaz.By consolidating his absolute authority and becoming from Da’i-ul-Mutlaq to Qaderul-Mutlaq (Absolute in might), he took hold of all the trusts, properties and wealth of community and adopted a luxurious life of living in palaces, high-flying and big-spending.

.It is reported that deliberate rifts were created between Dawoodi Bohras and Muslims in order to keep them separate from each other. In 1988, Syedna Burhanuddin cursed Muslim caliphs and the wife of Prophet Muhammad Hazrat Aisha openly during Moharram, causing a riot in Mumbai, in which five innocent Muslims lost their lives and properties worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed. It was reported in 1982 that Burhanuddin collected taxes which exceed Rs.11 crores each year from his half million followers in India

Other

Elected Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (3 October 1999)
Congratulated by American president George W. Bush in a letter from the White House for when in August 2005, he inaugurated a mosque in the United States in Fremont, California.

Recognition

8 August 1986 - "His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Day" by the Mayor of Houston.
"Wishah un Nil", a highest civic honour of Eqypt by the President of Egypt.
"Star of Jordan", a highest civic honor of Jordan by the President of Jordan.
"Honorary Doctrates", by Al-Azhar University, Egypt, Aligarh Muslim University, India and University of Karachi, Pakistan.
On 6 March 2011, Burhani Foundation, India made largest distribution of bird feeders (20,631) to celebrate Syedna Mohammed Buranuddin 100th birthday (according to the Islamic calendar). It was recorded in Guinness World Records.

Death

Syedna Burhanuddin died of cardiac attack at his home Saifee Mahal in Mumbai on 17 January 2014. The Bohra community announced a 40 day mourning period in respect of the departed leader. He was buried at Raudat Tahera Mausoleum in Bhendi Bazar, Mumbai beside his father Tahir Saifuddin. His second son Mufaddal Saifuddin led the "Namaz-e-Janaza" (funeral procession) of his father at the Saifee Mosque.

Photo gallery

A gallery of some renovated works done by the Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin.

Renovated Lulua Mosque, Cairo
Name plate inside Lulua Mosque, Cairo, Egypt Name plate inside Lulua Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Mosque of Imam Abadullah, Salamia, Syria
name plate inside Mosque Salamia, Syria
Zarih of Ja'far at-Tayyar, Jordan
Name plate of the zarih of Ja'far at-Tayyar, Jordan
Zarih of Sayyeda Ruqayya, Cairo
Name plate on the zarih of Sayyeda Ruqayya, Cairo
Zarih marking the grave of the heads of the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala, Damuscus, Syria
Name plate, Raus us Sohda, Damascus, Syria
Rauda of Syedna Hatim, Hutaib, Yemen
Syedna Idris, Shibam, Yemen
Renovated Masjid al Anwar, Cairo