The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 229
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. Ahmadiyya Community became a truly international organization. . Khalifatul Masih II died in November 1965 after a period of Khilafat lasting 51 years. Khalifas are elected for life. . Hadhrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the eldest son of the second. Khalifa, was elected as the third Khalifa in 1965. He had a long career as an educator and held many other high offices in the organization of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat prior to his election. During his Khilafat, the. Ahmadiyya Community continued to progress. He started the Nusrat. Jehan scheme to serve West Africa in the field of health care and education. This scheme has been a great success which can be judged by the statistics givers earlier. He guided the Ahmadiyya Community during the crisis of 1974 when the Bhutto government of Pakistan declared Ahmadi Muslims to be "non-Muslims". His motto was: "Love for All, Hatred for None". His personality reflected love and great humility. . The present Khalifatul Masih IV was elected in 1982 when the third Khalifa passed away. We have already written about him. He is a grandson of the Promised Messiah. Since his migration to London in 1984, the International Ahmadiyya Community has benefitted greatly by his leadership. He is a great scholar, speaker, and writer. . He travels extensively worldwide serving Ahmadiyyat and Islam. He is well regarded by many non-Ahmadi Muslims, and non-Muslims as well. He is the author of the following books in English: 1. Murder in the Name of Allah 2. Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues 3. The Gulf Crisis and the New World Order 4. Christianity: A Journey from Facts to Fiction. The great success which the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. has made is to a great extent the result of the blessings of Khilafat. . Respect, love, and devotion is mutual between the Khalifa and the members of the community. Ahmadis follow all the instructions of the Khalifa with sincerity and zeal. The Khalifa is always engaged in making schemes for the welfare, training, and progress of the community and for the propagation of Islam to non-Muslims. He is 229