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THE AMERICAS:. GUATEMALA. Jama'at Established in 1989. Bait-ul-Awwal Mosque in Guatemala. The President of Guatemala, Mr. Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo, with Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmadaba at the Presidential Palace in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1989. Ahmadiyya Muslim Association USA: 1994 Souvenir uilding a house of Allah in this part of the land is an event of great historic significance. All the expenses to build this mosque and mission house have been donated by. Chaudhry Mohammad Ilyas,. President of the Calgary Jama'at in Canada. His father, Chaudhry. Mohammad Ishaq, was among those who were put behind bars in the way of Allah. In order to express his joy and gratitude upon the release of his father, he shared his desire with Hazoor to build seven mission houses in different countries of South and. Central America, and donate all of them to the Jama'at after dedicating them to the AsiraneRahe-Maula (Ahmadi prisoners in the cause of Allah). Hazrat. Khalifatul Masih IVaba accepted his offer, and the first fruit of this proposal is seen in the construction of Bait-ul-Awwal. Mosque in Guatemala. (Ahmadiyya Gazette, July-September, 1989) 59