The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 398
T he S ystem of M ush A warat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya Jadld to immediately start preparing this book. He also said that since this was an administrative matter, it should be dealt with at the administrative level. A fe male delegate suggested that the book should be made available to every AhmadI in all countries, and particu larly to new Ahmadls. Hudur said: [English] “I know the background o f this proposal. Benin is justified in expressing some doubts and m isgivings re garding this, but unfortunately, as I told you earlier, they belong to just a small branch o f Ahmadiyyat. What they saw there is not representative o f what is happening elsewhere in the field. So I gave them the opportunity to express this here so that it w ill serve as a warning to Te- hrik Jadld. It is the duty o f the Centre to monitor the activities o f all the missionaries. It is the duty o f every Ahmadi to report such matters as they find contrary to Is lamic traditions, or in some way censurable, to the local Ahmadi authorities. And if they find that no action has been taken they should report directly to me. If you are w ell informed and kept informed in time, then there is no possibility o f the matter developing to a stage where it can cause damage. So the flow o f information should be established, channels should be established, so that peo ple know how to reach whom, in what matter. That also requires to be attended in the booklet which we are going to publish. Quote a few examples. Sometimes grave damage is done to the whole Jama'at and all that is done by the missionaries. So do not think they are above cen sure or beyond committing mistakes. Some missionaries, o f course, have been expelled from the Jama'at. Why? Why were such severe measures taken against them? 398