Khuddam USA Souvenir 1989 — Page 35
wonderful results Regional and local pride was developed through flags. banners, and colored t-shirts A khuddam Honor Branch was also named each year based on a point system rewarding regularity in Chanda, Branch reports, and how well national programs were earned out The Honor Branch was given the flag of the National Ma1ils for the year to raise and lower at the National ljtema Results were '75-'76 Boston. Mass ; '76-'77 Day- ton, Ohio. '77-'78 Dayton, Ohio. Awards were also set up for ind1v1dual Khuddam. The Proficient Khadim Award (PKA), and the Leading Khadim Award (LKAJ. As mentioned, in 1979 when Yahya Shariflen the Khud- dam at age 40. he len a report on the activilles of the Khuddam during his Qaidship At the end of this report he mentioned five Khuddam who had earned Qa1d's Honor Awards, the "highest ofKhuddam Service Awards," as well as fourteen brothers who had earned honorable mention It was true as he said: ". these brothers stand as architects of the Khuddam in America. . . The five were: Mubasher Ahmad. Nurrudin Abdul Latif, Hajji Dhul Waqar Yaqub, Rashid Ahmad Arshed, and Nasirullah Ahmad Another scene from 1979 1j1cma (Photo by A Sam1 KhaliqJ Early Eighties In 1979 a new National Qaid from Chicago. Abdul Kab1r Haq, was approved He had previously held regional Khuddam offices. Until 1983 , when the next National Qaid was appointed, the period was marked by a conllnuation of most of the major programs already established. One practice that had begun in the ' 70s and tallowed through by Kabir Haqq and his stafT. was travelling to many Khuddam branches to establish or revive members and to answer any questions. National Aamila meetings were held for planning and year's activities such as one held in 1980 in New York. Habeeb Shafeek as General Secretary was active in the Midwest along with Muzaffar Zafr These brothers to- gether with others who were very familiar with the Khuddam organization kept activity going in the Midwest with such events as a regional Khuddam "rally ," regional iJlemas, and a summer school in Dayton. In the November 1982 issue of the Ahmadiyya Gazette, the Naib Sadr of the Khuddam, Imam Ala Ullah Kaleem, wrote a letter stating that a new Qa1d had been appointed Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya U. S. A. - 35