The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 176
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya the justice and fairness o f the men, to see whether or not they w ill give them their right by themselves. Anyhow, I w ill wait for four minutes and see whether any woman speaks or not, and then I w ill go on to something else. ” Upon this, Ustani Maimuna Sufia Begum said: “Our Leader and our Imam, J Atil I just wish to ask that while educational institutions are being established to educate us women, so that we can preach Islam, w ill it not be detrimental for us if it is de cided that we do not have the right o f representation in Shura? W ill other women not refuse to listen to us be cause we do not have the right o f representation in our own faith?” After this Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra delivered an elabo rate address on the rights o f women, at the conclusion o f which he said: “I believe that the discussion we have had on this subject is not sufficient. I w ill therefore not take a decision just yet and shall leave the matter as it stands. We shall take it up again next year and see what kind o f representation should be given to women. I have opened up a line o f thought. Members should consider their arguments and we shall discuss it next year. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1929, pp. 138-149] I n d i r e c t R e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f L a j n a During Majlis-e-Mushawarat 1930, the matter could not be debated formally due to shortage o f time. Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra, therefore, gave an interim decision: 176