دورۂ قادیان 1991ء — Page 255
255 Telephone: 680001 PRESS-CLIPPING SERVICE "Hari Bhari", C-48, East of Kallash-1, New Delhi-110006 Name of the Paper: DECCAN CHRONICLE Published at Dated | SECUNDERABAD 23 DEC 1991 (City Edition) The Punjab again L Mirza Tahir Ahmed Ahmedia Imam in India THE day after Christmas there will be a historic meeting of hundreds of thousands of Ahmadia Muslims at Qadian in district Gurdaspur۔It will be historic beacuse for the first tirbe since Independence that the head of the James, Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmed, will be visiting India۔Amongst the celebrities expected is Nobel Laureate Dr۔Abdus Salam۔The Ahmadia movement was launched in 1996 by Mirma Ghalem Ahmed of Qadian۔As it began to catch on they opened centres in 130 countr- married on vigoros conversion campaign among African blacks, bu and madrass in all counties of Europe and the Middle East inchating lareal۔Amongst mont calebrated members of the community was Chaudhry Str Zafrullah Khan and now Dr۔۔Abdus Salam۔Their cord the tre of orthodox Sunni Mullahs۔They fall that by proclaiming a new mah, the Ahmadias, also known as Ondland and pejoratively an Mirais, they denied a basic of blam viz۔that Mohammed was the Just meish and seal of proph sthood۔However much the Almedies denied the charge, the anti-Ahmedia campaign caught da, particularly in Pal- stan where they have a large and Sourising township at Ra Erwah The persecution of Ahmad- in Pakistan has come up before Human Rights Organis ation many times۔First, they were declared non-Muslims by the Supreme Court of Pakian Following the judgm en they were forbidden to call for prayer from that monques and not allowed to great other Mustion with the usual As Salamu Waleikum (peace be upon you)۔I۔a Sikh, can use tha greeting; an Ahmadia Musli may not By contrast secular Indla, despite its communal apheavals, will welcome the arrival of Mira Tahir Ahined and Ahmadias from all countr- les of the world۔