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ix many Muslims and non-Muslims seem to be asking today: 'Is Islam progressive?' It also answers the wider question 'Is religion progressive?' The Ahmadiyya solution of the problem of inequality, it is as well to say, will, spread in the world at the rate at which Ahmadiyyat spreads. The pace cannot be forced, as Ahmadiyyat is obliged under Islamic teachings to use only one method for its propagation—the method of argument and honest conviction. Those, who accept the general principle of this solution but think its establishment throughout the world will take too long, can assist in the solution by applying its principles in their own way. Until, however, the scheme of Al- W a s iyyat becomes reasonably effective, another scheme known as the Ta h r i k-e-Jad i d (The New Scheme) will take its place. This scheme was announced by the Am i rul- Mu’min i n in a series of Friday sermons in 1934. Its nineteen clauses may be summarised as an organised effort for the promotion of discipline, simplicity and voluntary sacrifice by the members for the conservation of a Central Fund, devoted ultimately to strengthening and promoting the work which Ahmadiyyat is doing for the spread of Islam and its institutions. The Ta h r i k-e-Jad i d , therefore, is a forerunner of and is intimately