Mullahs on the Mainframe is an ethnographic account of Daudi Bohras, an Ismaili sect in India, and a rare subject of research. It has both the blessing of the community and the reflexivity of the author. The title of the book promises an interesting exploration of the intermingling of religion and new media. But the interesting vignettes are more proto–Internet glimpses than solid analyses of the subject. However, the book has other things to offer. It is about the history and ethnography of a Shiעi community, and it examines questions concerning their encounter with modernity.