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Fazle Umar 230 standard of education among the men and women of the Movement is today consider- ably higher than that prevailing among the sister communities in each region. This is true not only in respect of the branches of the Community in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India but also in the case of the branches of the Community in other backward regions, more particularly in Africa. The Madrassa Ahmadiyya , which had been established for religious instruction was raised to the status of Jamia (Higher Seminary) designed to train scholars to serve as missionaries of Islam in different parts of the world. I SL A M IC S OL A R C A L E n d A R An Islamic solar calendar was introduced supplementing the current lunar calendar for facilitating the comparative study of the history and progress of Islam. P ROPAG AT IO n OF I SL A M The Khalifatul Masih kept reminding the Community of the obligations that lay upon it with regard to the propagation of Islam. For instance, he said: “Today the way of promoting the progress of Islam through swords, or rifles, or cannon, or naval vessels, or aircraft has been wholly blocked. Every citadel that the companions of the Holy Prophet had constructed by shedding their blood is being demolished and there appears no possibility of safeguarding those citadels with swords, rifles, cannon and aircraft. But there is on the surface of the earth a Community whose hearts are filled with the faith and the certainty that these crumbling citadels will be restored not through cannon, swords, rifles or aircraft, but through propaganda, education, admonition and exposition. That Community is the Ahmadiyya Community. The renaissance of Islam will be undertaken by that Community. The flag of the Holy Prophet [saw] will