Perseverance — Page 167
PART III – My Return to the United States 167 I contended that these individuals had no authority to take such actions. The property was owned by the International Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam and transactions could only be delegated by national office holders. I notified the national Missionary in Charge, who was then Maul aw i Shukr-Il a h i , in Washington DC, of my findings. He stated that he would leave for Chicago immediately. When he arrived, he notified me that he would contact the national Financial Secretary to determine what actions to take. When the national Financial Secretary arrived, he told the Missionary in Charge not to tell me about this matter. The Missionary in Charge notified him that I was the one who discovered the issue. Their further investigation determined that the borrowed funds were utilized for mosque repairs. On the other hand, the bank realized that they failed to attain the corporate seal of our organization and so they decided to settle the matter with our national officers. As a result of this issue, the National Jam ā ‘ah had rewritten our By-Laws to prevent recurrence of such issues that may be inappropriate. AN ATTEMPT TO FORCIBLY BREAK INTO THE MOSQUE Two individuals came to the Chicago Mosque at night with the intent of breaking in. When they knocked on the door at midnight, I went downstairs and asked who was at the door. The response was, “N u r-ul-Isl a m. ”