The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 79
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama * at - e -A hmadiyya Since there are no parties, and the Khalifa has a relation ship with everyone, the relationship is therefore like that o f father and son. Brothers may quarrel, but no one stands up against his father. Since the Khalifa maintains a relationship o f love with everyone, they bring their dis putes to him and things do not get out o f hand. Advantages of Shura: (1) Many new ideas come to light. (2) Since there is no rivalry, the delegates try to form the correct opinion. (3) New ideas and solutions emerge during the discus sions. (4) People who come from outside get to know the prob lems faced by Markaz. (5) The work o f the Khalifa is facilitated. Since the Khalifa is also a human being, he can be misled, but the Shura helps him to gauge the thinking o f the people. It takes a lot o f supervision to prevent people from get ting on the wrong track. In the Shura people are hesitant to go against their prevalent views until superior argu ments are presented to the contrary. The presence o f the Khalifa, therefore, facilitates matters. The Procedure of Majlis-e-Shura: (1) The Khalifa w ill give general instructions regarding the proposals that w ill be discussed, and the things members need to bear in mind. (2) Sub-committees shall then be formed for each D e partment, because opinions should not be formed in a hurry. Experienced people should sit down and propose schemes which should then be debated in the Shura. The committees should deliberate on the proposals at length and then present their reports for discussion in the gen eral meeting, where the participants should be given the 79