The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 401
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama * at - e -A hmadiyya himself appoint his ‘Amila (executive committee). If the Amir himself has appointed the office-bearers, he has the authority to remove and replace them as well. Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra discussed both the positive and negative aspects o f this proposal, enlightened the mem bers about the injunction [Differences among my umma are a blessing\ and finally decided that, instead o f being nominated, office-bearers should be elected by the electoral college. He said: “Though this seems to be a minor issue, it is in essen tially very important, and there are both positive and negative aspects to it. W hile’-there is the need to invest more authority in the Amir and to elect office-bearers who are competent, so that the work can go on smoothly and with mutual cooperation, some members have also raised the question that this could alienate some sections o f the Jama'at and they might be led to think that they are only asked to give Chandas but are not allowed to do any practical service for the Jama'at. Another thing which we cannot ignore is that while this method w ill increase co operation among you, there is also the danger that the spirit o f cooperation despite differences—which distin guishes the Jama'at today— might grow weak. Therefore, the members o f our Jama'at are trained in such a way that while they w ill cooperate in work that they are w ill ing to do, they are also ever ready to do anything which they are asked to do by their superiors even if it is against their own w ill. But if we give an Amir the authority to always choose office-bearers according to his own choice, the spirit o f cooperation in the Jama'at w ill suf fer. We are working to establish Imarats in all the 401