The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 254
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya Hudur replied: In this situation, I feel that a period o f four months should suffice. Efforts should be made to publish the re port within four months o f Mushawarat. But my decisions must be published within one month. Your re quest and my instructions should be read out on the occasion o f Shura. (Signed) Mirza Mahmud Ahmad Khallfatul Maslh II 08-04-1930 [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1930, p. 54] S i g n i f i c a n c e o f t h e S h u r a R e p o r t s Proposals continued to be presented in Shura regarding the publication of detailed Shura reports during the time o f Hadrat Khalifatul Maslh IIIrh. In Mushawarat 1976, for instance, a representative said that since the proposals presented in the previous years are quite elaborate and contain some matters relating to legislation, therefore, if the report is prepared and sent out to the members who are coming for Mushawarat, they can go through it before they come here and can offer better advice. Such suggestions continued to be presented even during International Majlis-e-Shura. On one such occasion, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh said: [English] “But if you go back to some preceding years, you would notice that this practice was omitted during the Majlis-e-Shura held in the Headquarters as w ell as some preceding years. So it is not an issue which only applies to this International Majlis-e-Shura. The decision 2 5 4