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the S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya semblance o f arbitrariness. All these facts have been preserved in the record of the Jama'at and have been published in various magazines and newspapers, and in vite everyone interested to deliberate upon them. Here we give a few examples: (1) A proposal was put before the Shura, that if the pro vincial Amir is present at a place where the local Amir is also present, the local Amir will lead the Friday prayer. The provincial Amir may, however, lead the prayers after informing the local Amir. When this resolution was put to vote, it was accepted by the. majority. Commenting on this majority opinion, Hadrat Khallfatul Masih n ra said: “I believe that the majority opinion in this case is not cor rect. The provincial and local offices being separate, we shall have to ensure that wherever the provincial Amir happens to be, he should have an opportunity to express his view s. I, for my part, am able to convey my view s to the people because the newspapers note my speeches and my sermons and convey them to the Jama'at, but the provincial Amirs do not have this privilege and what they say at one particular place is not conveyed to all the Jama'ats o f the province. Therefore, despite the fact that the majority opinion has gone the other way, my decision is that the provincial Amir, wherever he may be in his province, w ill have the right to deliver the Friday ser mon. The local Amir, or anyone else, may lead the prayer only with his permission. But if the provincial Amir is not present, and no Imam has been appointed by the cen tre, then the local Amir w ill have the prior right to deliver the Friday sermon. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1936, p. 57] 35 5