Talk:Mohammed Burhanuddin

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If we're dropping the Dr. in the name for the actual article, shouldn't we add a "Mohammad" as his middle name?—iFaqeer | Talk to me! 00:53, Nov 3, 2004 (UTC)

agreed... he is usually referred to as Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (in sermons at the mosque etc.) and only in more formal contexts is he referred to as Dr. Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (usually in written form, on legal documentation etc...) Hulleye 10:38, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

It's been moved to Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin. Mohammed is the way that Bohras spell the name.

-Aebrahim 26 June, 2005

I believe that instead of just Mohammed Burhanuddin, the article tite and names in the article should be SYEDNA Mohammed Burhanuddin. Just like Dr. is an honorary title, so is Syedna (not to mention it is important as to who Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin is.

-Murtaza 18 Feb, 2006

Contents 1 Picture 2 Table on Islam 3 Attention 4 Respecting public sentiments (majority or minority doesn't matter) 5 Cleanup 6 A little tweaking 7 Burhanuddin article merge tag

[edit] Picture

We need to upload a pic of Syedna on his page.

[edit] Table on Islam

I have removed the table on Islam. It does not represent Dawoodi Bohra POV on Islam and hence is misleading. Dawoodi Bohras dont think too highly of Abu Bakr (who is listed as a major figure in the table) Sbohra 07:58, 7 February 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Attention

This article is not well structured. It has major details of the Syedna's life missing. This article should be rewritten as a biographic article. Sbohra 07:58, 7 February 2006 (UTC).

Perhaps someone should be contacted at Malumaat.com to provide this article with the relevant information. They are the official website of the Dawoodi Bohras, they are sure to have someone who can devote some time to this.

[edit] Respecting public sentiments (majority or minority doesn't matter)

Yes it is highly recommended that where ever his holiness is being referred to on any part of the website or the world wide web his name should be preceded by his title.

It should be noted that in order to maintain peace throughout the world, it is necessary to first respect each others thoughts and opinions irrespective of the differences. This rule should be applied by one and all.

[edit] Cleanup

This article lacks a summary at the beginning. Kindly remove the tag only after writing a summary. Sbohra 09:18, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A little tweaking

I tweaked a few things to clean up the article a little: Taher Saifuddin is not a link in Wiki, but Syedna Taher Saifuddin is. So, I added the word "Syedna" before the name at one place. The link is now seen clearly. There were a few grammatical errors and a bit of unnecessary verbosity, so I have "precised" the material a little. I changed the title of the third section to "Awards and Accomplishments" as this section pertains to His Holiness' accomplishments.

Please let me know if these changes look good.

-drtaher

[edit] Burhanuddin article merge tag

I have placed a merge tag on the Burhanuddin article, suggesting it be merged into this article. Perhaps a simple redirect would be better, but I thought it would be a good idea if someone had a look at the Burhanuddin article first, in case there is anything that should be included here Flowerpotman ^talk-_{wot I've done} 23:58, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I would just turn into a redirect. It was difficult enough removing the POV from this article. Cheers, CP 02:28, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

I am changing it from Burhannudin to Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin. Calling his holiness by name, without his title would be kind of disrespectful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.183.172.158 (talk) 10:46, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Some people worship satan, should we add "his holiness" in that article too just to make sure we're not being disrespectful? The best way to not be disrespectful is to equalize all across Wikipedia, hence the reason that the Pope and others don't have "his holiness" in them either. I could continue to argue against it spiritually, but I could also just as easily site that it's against Wikipedia policy. It's early, so I think I'll do the latter. Cheers, CP 15:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)