Souvenir on 50th Jalsa Salana USA — Page 65
• USA Jama'at continued to support the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Jamaica, which was originaly established through the efforts of Ahmadi Mu s lim s from USA. In dividua l efforts during the year l ed to Bai 'ats in Domini can Republic and Pi£ru. e. •Tel evision and Internet are becoming important in our Tabligh efforts. More than a dozen communities have l oca l TV programs which show the addres es and Question and Answer sessions by Ha zoor. Local communi- tie s a l so h ost l oca l radio talk programs on occasion. Int ernet is becoming popular especia ll y wit h the young students. Two bai'ats h ave so far t aken plac e through Int ernet, one in Milwaukee and the other, during the current year , in Utah. In 19 83, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV (ABA) launched a new divinely in spired sc heme to ca ll people towards Allah in the following words: "I warn Ahmadis all over the world that even if they were not calling people towards Allah previously, they will have to do so in future. To bring about the victory of Islam all over the world is a tremendous assignment. It requires many sacrifices which are being demanded from the Ahmadiyya Community. From today, let every Ahmadi decide that while he will continue to earn a living, wherever he is, he will give precedence to Da ' wat Ilallah ( calling people towards Allah). If you do that, you will soon witness that the spiritual revolution which had been eluding us will no longer be moving away from us. " Th ousands of Ahmadis aro und the globe have responded to the ca ll of Ha zoo r. Internationally , the r esu lt s h ave been phenomenal , even miracu- lou s. There were more than 200,000 bai 'a ts in 1 993, over 400 , 000 in 199 4, over 800,000 in 1 995, over 1. 6 mi 11 i on in 1 996, and over 3 millions in 1 997. Such amazing progress has not yet been seen in USA. Only a small number of Ahmadis are actively par ti cipating in propagation. Our bai 'ats are on ly in hundr eds. This is far lower than th e expectat ion of Ha zoo r, who would lik e to see I 00,000 Ahmadis in USA by the turn of th e century or soon thereafter. The nominal activ iti es in the area of Tab li gh, which are li sted above and whic h are ba s ically followed w ith some var i a- ti on every year, still have to produce the desired results. The divine message of the Promised Messiah (AS) remains dominant and carries its own guarantee of success as indeed was proved by 3 million bai 'a ts in one year in other parts of the wor ld. If , here in USA, the bai 'ats so far arc only in 1 OO's, it must be attributed to insufficient efforts or approach in an overly materialistic wor ld l arge ly indifferent to religion. This resistance has to be brought down through a s u stained all-out effort in vo l ving all Jama 'a t members.