The Syedna of the Dawoodi Bohras appears in public only on religious/ceremonial occasions, with frenzied followers at a worshipful distance. So when a claimant to the Syedna’s post, Khuzaima Qutbuddin, appeared in court over two consecutive days, and was cross-examined in the witness’ chair, every English newspaper in Mumbai reported it. But not a word appeared in the main Urdu or Gujarati newspapers, or even on Muslim websites such as TwoCircles.net and Ummid.com. Gujarati is the Dawoodi Bohras’ mother-tongue. Wonder if these papers will continue to black out the legal proceedings when the current Syedna Muffadal Saifuddin takes the witness’ chair to argue his claim?