The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 362
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya rate assessment. In the country as a whole, however, the number o f males is more than females. From this point o f view , our decision should be to accept girls from outside, otherwise some o f our boys w ill remain unmarried, and their morals w ill be adversely affected. Suppressing the sexual instinct that God has created in man can only be useful in rare circumstances, m ostly it is dangerous and it is not advisable to block this natural flow. So whereas we should consider this issue in the light o f the disparity be tween the number o f boys and girls, w e should also consider what w ill happen if we get girls from outside. If we reach the conclusion that such an action w ill be more harmful than good, then we should not open this door. The figures presented by Nazir Sahib Umur ‘Amma also need to be looked at from another angle. A good number o f boys may not be eligible for marriage, we should keep these figures in mind as w ell. There could be some other factors, such as the morals o f the young men, which could effectively make the ratio irrelevant. Unless we take all these factors into account, the statistics cannot be relied on. But even if we do not take them into account, the question we are discussing is not only whether we should accept girls from outside the Jama'at or not, the issue is that if someone wants to marry a non-Ahmad! girl, he must first seek permission from Markaz. This means that the Department acknowledges the necessity (for such a marriage), but wants to keep the decision in its own hand as to whether a particular AhmadI should be given such permission or not. It acknowledges the neces sity, otherwise the proposal would have been to completely ban marriage with non-Ahmadi girls. This permission is required in order to ascertain whether such a marriage would be good or harmful for the Jama'at. If 362