The Dawoodi Bohra community is a small Shia' sect of Muslims based predominately in India. In accordance with Islam's emphasis on education, the spiritual leader of this community Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin, (known as the Dai) founded an educational institute in 1814. This institute evolved into a university specializing in Arabic and Islamic studies, the sciences and liberal arts. With one campus in Surat, India and the other in Karachi, Pakistan, Al Jamea tus Saifiyah serves as the primary learning institute for the Dawoodi Bohras and attracts students from all over the world.

After the Fatemi Imams in Egypt chose seclusion in the 12th century, their Dais, their vicergents, in Yemen and then later in India sustained the Fatemi faith and culture. For hundreds of years now, these Dais have acted as the hub for the educational, philisophical, cultural and economical growth of the community. Al Mawaid Al Saifiyah is an outcome of this tradition. Read more...