Souvenir on Baitur Rahman Mosque USA Inauguration — Page 27
P R 0 C L A M A T I 0 N WHEREAS, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a worldwide movement in Islam, was founded more than one hundred years ago in Qadian, India; and WHEREAS, Alexandria is home to many members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; and WHEREAS, the Supreme Head of the Islam, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Tahir inaugurating the Bait-ur-Rehman Mosque Maryland, on October 14, 1994; and Ahmadiyya Movement in Ahmad, is officially in Silver Spring, WHEREAS, this will be one Washington Metropolitan area congregation of Muslims who are the United States; and of the largest mosques in the and will attract a large the fastest growing minority in WHEREAS, this Islamic Movement advocates peace, tolerance, love and understanding among followers of different faiths and rejects the use of force in matters of faith according to the teachings of the Holy Quran; NOW, THEREFORE, I, PATRICIA s. TICER, Mayor of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, and on behalf of the Alexandria City Council, do hereby proclaim October 14, 1994 , as: •AHMADIYYA MOSQUE DAY• and the week of October 9 through 15 as Ahmadiyya Mosque Week in the City of Alexandria. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Alexandria to be affixed thi s 7th day of October, 1994. ATTEST: 9af;k L J)f tL-t PATRICIA S. TICER MAYOR On behalf of the City Council of Alexandria, Virginia