Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 243
! ! 243 The Women of the Ahmadiyya Jama ‘ at Should Take Note Written by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra I announced before that as it had become impossible to build a m osque in Berlin due to lack of funds, a m osque has been built in London using the donations from women. I asked the women if they would like to claim this [London] M osque on their behalf, or if they would prefer that men pay its cost and another mosque in another country be bu ilt on their behalf. Since the women did not respond, I have gathered that the women of our Jama'at are satisfied that they be attributed to the London M osque , which n ow carries worldwide fame. In my opinion, keeping in mind London’s importance as the center of Christianity , it is appropriate that a mosqu e is built by women. T his is because it becomes a practical answer to allegations made by Christianity whereby they claim that Islam violates women’s rights. H owever , I will once again pose this question in the coming S hura [ The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s advisory council] meeting. Until t hen the sisters should continue to ponder over whether they would like the London M osque to be attributed to them , or whether , when the time comes for another mosque to be built in America or another European country , they would like that mosque to be built on their behalf. At this time , I would like to draw women’s attention to another matter. Due to the building of this m osque , tabligh efforts have picked up quite a bit and by the Grace of God Almighty , this work is now beyond the capacity of two pe ople. Earlier , Sheikh Yaqub Ali Irfani brought this to my attention from England. He wrote that the drawback is that many important projects are discontinued after their initiation , therefore , the expected advantages do not materialize. Later , some other friends also brought this matter to my attention. Now, Khan Sahib Maulv i Farzand Ali also wrote a letter stating that the work appears quite substantial, and it will be necessary to increase the staff. To build a m o sque and then not appoint a proper team of