[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 15 (Monday, January 27, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E115]
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   IN MEMORIAM OF HIS HOLINESS DR. SYEDNA MOHAMMED BURHANUDDIN SAHEB

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                       HON. GLORIA NEGRETE McLEOD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 27, 2014

  Mrs. NEGRETE McLEOD. Mr. Speaker, the Nation mourns the passing of 
His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb who passed away 
January 17, 2014 at the age of 102 in Mumbai.
   Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb was the 52nd Dai-al-Mutlaq of 
the Dawoodi Bohra community. Dr. Burhanuddin was the revered and 
beloved leader of over one million Bohras worldwide, many of which 
reside in the United States.
   Under his leadership the community has had great success throughout 
the world. In 2005, Dr. Burhanuddin was congratulated by President 
George W. Bush in a letter from the White House, when he last visited 
the United States for the inauguration of a mosque in Fremont, 
California.
   His Holiness' leadership and spiritual guidance to the Dawoodi Bohra 
community will be greatly missed. The Dawoodi Bohra community will 
observe days of mourning on his Holiness' passing. Many Dawoodi Bohras 
throughout the Nation have stayed home from school, work, and business 
in honor of His Holiness.
   I offer my sincere condolences on behalf of the United States 
Congress to the family, friends, and all worldwide followers of His 
Holiness, and especially to the local Anjuman E-Qutbi community in the 
City of Ontario in the 35th Congressional District which has over 120 
families who were spiritually guided by the teachings of Dr. Syedna 
Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb.

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