New York USA Souvenir 1989 — Page 3
[ FOREWORD It gives me a great pleasure in presenting this prestigious souvenir on the auspicious occasion of Ahmadiyya Muslim Cen- tenary Thanksgiving Celebrations being held throughout the World. It heralds the completion of the first century of the estab- lishment of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam in 1889 by its holy founder Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, who claimed to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, the coming of whom was foretold by the Holy Founder oflslam Hazrat Muham- mad Mustafa, peace be on him. The Promised Messiah had prophecied that Allah would cause his message to spread to the corners of the earth and we, the people of this Age are witness to the fact that the message which had emanated from a small remote village of Qadian one hundred years ago, has now spread to the corners of the earth and today, by the grace of Allah, the adherents to the faith exceed ten mil- lion in 118 countries throughout the world. The present souvenior is being presented by the New York Chapter of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Movement, the interna- tional headquarter of which is at Rabwah, Pakistan and the U. S. headquarter at Washington, D. C. It is hoped the contents of the souvenior will be found interesting and informative and would lead to a better understanding of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. 3 AFT AB A. BIS MIL Editor