Souvenir on Baitur Rahman Mosque USA Inauguration — Page 34
THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF montqomeQy county maQylanb The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was founded by llazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in India in 1889 and is now established in 140 countries; and lnternationally, the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam operates forty hospitals and 390 schools in the West African countries of Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and ~ambia; and Locally, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organization provides help and supervises ho~ele~s shelters; organizes tood drives for the needy; and helps the refugees from Bosnia, Somalia, Vietnam, and Haiti; and WHEREAS The l. ' orldwlde Ahmadiyya Muslim community has completed the building of the "llait-ur-Rehman" Mosque, located in Silver Spring, Maryland; and WHEREAS The Supreme Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, is officially inaugurating the "l:l ait-ur-Rehman" Mosque on October 14, 1994. NOW, TllEIU:FORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County Executive and the County Council of Montgomery County, Maryland hereby proclait:l OCTOBER 14, 1994 DEDICATION DAY FOR THE "BAIT-UR-REHMAN" MOSQUE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Executive and the County Council welcome the Supreme Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, to Montgomery County. Signed this ~~-2_6_t_h~~~ day of ~~~-A_u~g~u~s~t~~~ ~ - in the year ~-1_9_9_4~~ County Executive -------------------------------------------- 35 --------------------------------------------~