The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 170
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya system o f alternate representation. Once, during the In ternational Majlis-e-Shura, a lady representative had to go back to her country and another lady was permitted to take her place. [English] “Hudur invited names o f the speakers. On a point o f order, it was pointed out by a lady representative that Mrs. Al-Hassan was not a representative but was representing Mrs. Samoonoo, the Nigerian Lajna Presi dent, who had been there that morning but had to leave. Hudur said: All right, I appoint her as a delegate. So her name should be included. ” [Report International Majlis-e-Shura, 1988, p. 97[ Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh IIIrh took into consideration both the numbers and the quality o f representation in Shura. During Majlis-e-Shura 1976, Hudur instructed Secretary Shura to ensure that in future one fourth o f the representatives would be less then 30 years o f age. [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1976, p. 13] In 1989 rules and regulation concerning Shura were pub lished by Tehrik Jadid, but they did not include the above rule. Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya Canada, therefore, proposed in International Shura that there should be 25% representation for those under 30 years of age in the Shura o f Jama'ats in all countries. Although this pro posal was not included in the Agenda, the following explanation was given about its necessity: [English] “Canada Jama'at sent this proposal saying that: It has been a practice to elect 25% o f the delegates to the National Majlis-e-Shura from members who are below 30 170