Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 324
324 AHMADIYY AT missions made such good progress that mosques were built during the Rabwah period of the Second Khilafat in Zurich, Frankfurt, the Hague and Hamburg. During the Third Khilafat Mosques have been opened in Copenhagen and in Gothenburg. Recently a beginning has been made with the establish- ment of a branch in Poland. All this activity has stemmed from the initiation of the Tahrik Jadeed by Khalifatul Masih II in 1934. English, Ger- man, Dutch, Danish, Esperanto, Swahili and Lugandi trans- lations of the Holy Quran have been published, and French and Russian translations have been prepared and are being revised. With regard to the activities of the Movement inside Pakistan the Khalifatul Masih felt the need of strengthening the machinery for propagation in the rural areas. For this purpose he instituted the scheme which was given the name ofWaqfJadeed (New Dedication). At the start the scope of this scheme was somewhat limited but after some time it became one of the regular permanent departments of the Central Organization of the Movement. The purpose of the scheme was to infuse fresh spirit and vigour into the rural sections of the Community, to urge them to greater and more eager conformity to the moral and spiritual values inculcated by Islam, and to convey the message Qf the Move- ment to wider and wider circles, both by precept and by example. The workers of the scheme were chosen with great care for their spirit of devotion and their eagerness to set an example of austerity, righteousness, helpfulness and service of humanity in their daily lives. They were not required to possess high academic qualifications, but they had to be ready to make every kind of sacrifice in the cause of duty. This institution began to yield beneficent results on a large scale within a short time. The activities of its workers achieved a remarkable measure of success among a community of non- Muslims that formed an enclave in the Province of Sindh