The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 178
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e - ahmadiyya receives from Lajna o f other Jama'ats should be for warded to him. It w ill be his responsibility to mention these proposals when the relevant issue is being dis cussed, and also to inform the house where the proposals have come from. Thus w e w ill not only leam about their opinions, but may also leam something useful and re ceive some w ise suggestions. But even if there is no other advantage, we w ill at least remain aware o f the mental development o f women in our Jama'at. When their suggestions are read out, some o f them w ill be ri diculous and w e w ill know that they are ignorant about certain matters; but at times their opinions w ill be very sound, from which we w ill leam that their opinion about those issues is quite mature. Thus from the opinions we receive from them, our members w ill be able to deter mine the mental development o f our women. It is also possible that on certain matters relating to women, the members might respect the opinion o f the women and al ter their own opinion in favour o f the women. The office should note that in future, after receiving in structions from me, they should send all the suggestions to the person who has been elected the Lajna’s represen tative, so that when those issues are being discussed, he should be able to inform the house that such and such La jna has given such and such an opinion about the matter. This w ill help us to cater for the feelings o f women as w ell, particularly in matter that relate to them. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1941, pp. 116-117] 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 The system of indirect representation of Lajna Imaillah continued till 1982. After Jalsa Salana, on 30th December, 178