Message of Love and Brotherhood to Africa — Page xiv
xiv Several new Ahmadiyya Installations including a new mosque at Accra, were inaugurated by the Head of the Movement, Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, during his recent tour. This white- bearded Pakistani, a Balliol graduate, happens to be a descendant of the founder of the Movement, Ghulam Ahmad: the succession is not hereditary, however, Ghulam Ahmad preached that he was the Messiah whose coming the Prophet [of Islam] foretold, and the title of his present successor is Khalifatul Masih (Messiah) III. One of the main points of Ghulam Ahmad has been its rejection of "HOLY WARS" and forcible conversion; the Ahmadiyyas revere Dan Fodio as a reformer. . . . Because of a prophecy by Ghulam Ahmad, the Ahmadiyya reserved a special blessing, to be conferred by their founder’s garments, for the first Head of State to follow their Movement. This blessing was conferred on Alhaji Sir Farimang Singhateh, who as Governor General of the Gambia, was first to earn it. . . . '