Khuddam USA Souvenir 1989 — Page 40
strong Khuddam activity and organization Good ideas and important work that had been done in the past were utihzed together with an ever mounting interest, knowl- edge. and expert leadership of today's Khuddam. Each month that passed brought a new program, event, book, or idea that was brought to fruition In March: the national cabinet was named in Tariq with the 16 major Nazims ranging from Naib Qaid to Nazim Atfal The same month the date for the National Ijtema was already fixed and officers of the ljtema put into action (Tahir Hameed was in charge of general arrangements. ) What was so excellent, was that both the national cabinet and iJtema officers utilized a strong balance in Khuddam members from all over the u. s Finally, in the same month, the Majhs of the Mol)th Award was reestabhshed from a deca~e ago, with Seattle, WA , winning October '86 Majlis of the Month In April. the full national scheme was laid out in a very easy-to-foll ow format as had been done the year before. Ell. 'ven different departments were enumerated from Taj need to Khidmat-c-Khalq (Service) All proper terms as lrnd out by Khahfatul Masih II were used and explained in various Tanq issues not only for departments but in other us. khuddam guarding the Ahmadiyya Flag at Rabwah. 40 - Centenary Souvenir contexts as well. Also in April, an excellent tw o-part edu- cation program was established by Khalil Malik and sent to local jama'ats. Brahm 1-Ahmadiyya and Essence of Islam Vol I were concentrated on Some local jama'ats devised charts to keep track of individual Khadim 's performance. On July 17 - 20 at a scout camp in Alpine, NJ. brothers camped out in log cabins and participated in yet another wonderful ijtema. The fourth one of its type in four years complete with camping. sports, salaal competition, and brotherhood, it established a much needed consistency and a national program all Khuddam could eagerly await The presence of Mahmud Ahmad Sahib. the International Sadr added a special excellent navor lo it The summer of 1987 saw the arrival ofTanq as a sepa- rat e magazine apart from the Gazette f or the first time since 1978. It was 17 pages in length, with a beautiful cover, professional print and table of contents It was more of a literary oriented magazine than a reporter of news. IL should be noted that interestingly enough, until 1989 , Syed Sajid Ahmad, the National Qaid. continued to edit Tariq himself. Up until this writing, Tariq has continued in the same style and substance.