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20. . \bdur Rashid Yahya (1977- 1981 ; 1986-1994) worked in USA as a missionary from July 1977 to May 1981. lk rewrned for a second tenure m June 1986 and served till 21 Syed Mir Mahmud Ahmad Nasir (1978-1982) served a\ Missionary - in Charge from O\embcr 1978 for l\\ o year\. He \erved tn California for another year. He rep- rc-. cnted the Ahmad1n a J amaat at the U n11cd at ions Conference of World Religions. His cxtendmg the Quranic invitation to come to the common denominator nf ''orshipping One God was received with appreciation. At the conclusion of its his- t missionary duty in 1981 and mainly served in the Chicago area. 2-'· , Ua11/a11a Shaikh Mubarak Ahmad (1983- 1990). Had/ma Khlaifatul Masih IV (ABA) , isited USA for the first time in 1987 during the tenure of Maulana Shaikh Mubarak Ahmad. fhe Thant. . . sgiving Celebration of the I OOth Anniversary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was held on 23 March 1989. The ce l ebra ti on~ were held in a par exce ll ence ''}le in every Jama'at in USA. lf tull1rat Khalifatul Masih IV (ABA) graced this land once again with his historic visit on the occasion of the Annual Convention that year. A special souvenir commemorating the Ahmaddiyya Centennial Celebrations was published. For the first time a large exhibition was set up at the University of Baltimore, Maryland, the venue of the annua l convention that year. S}cd ~lir \l ahmud Ahmad Nasir \1011/0110 Shaikh Mubarak Ahmad The index of the 5-Volume Commentary of the ll oly Qur'an was prepared by the Lajna lmaillah USA. rhe mosques in C l eveland. New York, Los Angeles, Portland and Willingboro and the mission house in /11rn were opened and the lands for the mosques in Detroit, Houston, New Or l eans and the ational Mosque were acquired under his leadership. The foundation stone for Baitur Rahman Mosque and National l l eadquarters Complex building was laid by Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV (ABA). Di5tribution of the audio easseues of Khutabat of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV (ABA) were s t arted. Thousands of llycrs and brochures were printed and distributed in a well planned Tabligh campaign. Regular dialogues \\ere held with the West Minister Theological Seminary in Philadelphia every month for over three }Cars. Lecture' were deli,ered to schools, churches. and al the Un i \ersity of Pennsylvania and Gc11ysburg College. Professor Louis J. H ammond of the Gettysburg Co ll ege wro te "An Int roduction to Ahmadi yyat" al th e r eq u est of Ma11/ww Shaikh Mubarak Ahmad. The g l oba l marketing of the Five Volume Commentary of the I lo ly Qur'an was laun ched. The Persecution Cell to help a ll ev i ate the oppression of the Ahmadiyya Commu nity was set up under th e chairmanship of Sahib1ada M. M. Ahmad. Maulau11a Shaikh Mubarak Ahmad retired in 1990. but has remained active in the service of Islam in various official and personal capacities. Syed Shamshad A. Nasir, l. H. Kausar, Chaudry Munir Ahmad, Maulana Shaikh Mubarak Ahmad, M. A. R. Yahya, Zafar A. Sarwar and Muba sher Ahmad