The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 248
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e - ahmadiyya the traditions o f the Jama'at, they sometimes try to create problems. Now , as far as I remember, I had spoken on all these things which you have raised during my visit to Kenya in the National Executive meeting. We had a very lengthy session together. A lso, wherever I visit these questions are raised and I try to educate the executive members and other Jama'at members on these issues. So I thought I had done enough work to resolve all the am biguities. But it is a human process. Ambiguities w ill be bom again and again and w e w ill have to remove them. It took so long because o f all that you have suggested. It is a critical thing. It is a very sensitive area and I wanted the traditions to be captured in the best o f spirits and every thing to be explained. So w e hope that this has been realized. If there are problems, if there are further amend ments and queries which come our way after the publication, then, o f course, Inshaallah, from time to time we w ill take these things up in our hands and try to explain away the ambiguities, and so on and so forth, if any. . . The purpose was exactly to provide the countries with a document which would work as a source o f light for them for various issues which may be raised from time to time pertaining to the administrative setup in their coun tries. It is not for public distribution as you have w ell understood. But the advisability o f publishing smaller booklets like you do in your ships, etc. , is questionable here. In this case I feel— and this has been the effort throughout—to introduce the traditions without making people’s minds turn to the finer law points and things. Once it begins to happen, then the whole administration w ill become just form without substance. That is the fear which I have entertained generally and 24 8