The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 240
THE S ystem of M ush A warat in J ama ' at - e -A hmadiyya A ttendance of Z a ’ hun in S hura Many members from the outside Jama'ats who come to benefit from the Shura as visitors are given separate passes as Z a’irin, upon recommendation of their District Amir, local President, or a Central Department. In the Shura hall these Z a’irin are seated behind the delegates. They listen to the proceedings o f the Shura silently and attentively. They are never allowed to speak during the Shura proceedings. On some occasions Za’irin are not allowed into the Shura. For instance Z a’irin were not given passes in the extraordinary Majlis-e-Shura held on 27th May, 1973. [Report Extraordinary Majlis-e-Shura 1973] Similarly, Z a’irin were not allowed to attend the con cluding session o f Majlis-e-Shura 1984. [Report Majlis-e~Shura 19S4, p. 190] T hose on D uty M ust W ear B adges Many people are posted within the Shura hall to attend to miscellaneous duties. But it sometimes becomes diffi cult to distinguish between them and the delegates. To remove any such misunderstanding, Hadrat Musleh-e- M au‘udra gave the following instructions: “The second point which I want to make is that, though our Shura has continued to be held since 1922, the organ izers have not benefited from their long experience. Here in this hall delegates and workers are sitting together, but it is difficult to distinguish between them. If we had tried to solve such problems as and when they occurred, we 2 4 0