Africa Speaks — Page 79
Radio Sierra Leone reported the opening of the Leicester Mosque, thus: The Supreme Head of the Ahmadiyya Movement, Nasir Ahmad Khalifatul Masih the Third, today opened the Ahmadiyya Mosque at Leicester. In his sermon at prayers, Hazrat Nasir Ahmad said that man's success comes through his faith in God. The foundation stone of the mosque was laid, in 1965, by the President of the Ahmadiyya Foreign Missions, Monsieur Mobarak Ahmad. It was built through communal labour by the people of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat of Leicester and Freetown. The Sierra Leone Muslim Congress, this evening, held a reception in honour of the Supreme Head. The UNITY carried this report in its May 9, issue. AHIVIADIYYA HEAD HAS A BUSY TIME The Spiritual Head of the Ahmadiyya Movement, Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II L who is on a nine-day visit to Sierra Leone, has been having a busy time this week. Yesterday, before a large crowd of distinguished personalities, he opened and dedicated a new mosque of Leicester Village. Hazrat Ahmad seen (right) about to open the door of the new mosque with a key. Among the distinguished guests was M. S. Mustapha MP (below). Hazrat Ahmad arrived in Freetown on Tuesday and, on Wednesday, he paid a courtesy call on the Acting Governor General Mr. Justice Banja Tejan-Sie and the Prime Minister Dr. Siaka Stevens. He is seen (left) with the Acting Governor General and in the last picture (bottom right) with the Prime Minister. 79