The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 38
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at ~ e -A hmadiyya ture Jalsas would also be governed by these basic princi ples, i. e. , planning new strategies for the propagation of Islam and for winning the hearts o f new converts to Islam in Europe and America; considering schemes for the promotion of virtue, goodwill, righteousness and good morals, and elimination of immorality and ugly customs and innovations. A committee was constituted for imple menting these schemes and handling other organizational matters. Hadrat Maulawl Nuruddhi Bhervf3 was ap pointed its president and Mirza Khuda Bakhsh Sahib Atal!qra its secretary. The committee would consist of the following members: Khan Sahib Muhammad ‘AH Khan Sahib, Ra’Is M ain Kotla; Shaikh Rahmatullah Sahib, Municipal Commissioner Gujrat; MunshI Ghulam Qadir Sahib Fasih, Vice President and Municipal Commissioner, Sialkot; and Maulawl ‘Abdul Karim Sahib Sialkoti. [A’Tna-e-Kamalat-e-IsIam, Ruhani Khza’ln, vol. 5, pp. 615-616] G eneral C onsultations with M embers of the J ama ‘ at In the national census o f 1901, the government had de cided that there would be a separate column for every individual sect and it was decided that in all official documents each sect would be referred to by the name it proposed for itself. Members of the Jama'at, therefore, started writing to the Promised Messiah (as) asking him as to what name they should indicate in this column. The Promised Messiah3 5 , therefore, decided to consult the Jama'at on this point. One day, after ‘Isha prayer, he said: “I am receiving letters from everywhere asking what 38