USA Souvenir 1989 — Page 71
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR WASHINGTON, D. C. roclamation l\AZllAT KllZA TAl\11 AllKAD DAY OCTOllU. 7, 1987 llY THE KAYO!t or THI DISTRICT OF COLU H81A WB!JllAS, on Wednead•y, Octob r 7, 1987, to. . rk th~ lOPth ~rnlver••ry of the worldwide Ahmadlyya movement, Hu. rat Hlru T•hlr 1\11Mad, •plrltual le•der of lhe Ah••dlyy• Hu1l I• community w orld,. IJe, II vl•ltlng the United State•; •nd Wlll!Jll. AS, llaH•l Mirza T•hlr Ahmad waa born i n Qallan, lndl3 In 1~2~. •nd w•• aub•. q•ntlr educ•ted In Coverrwanr :olle • · i. hore, Pa•latan, the Ah11adlyy• Hua Im Semln. ry c•lled J•mml• Ahuwdlyya, and. c the School of Oriental Studle• of the Unlver1lty of London: •nd WKa£AS, lla:trat Ht z• T•hir Ah11ad I• lhe grandaon and fourth 1tlt1cted Kh•llfa (s u cceuor) of Hazr •t Mirza Chulam Ah1ud, who founded the Ah•adlyy1 movement, • •l1alon• <Y ••ct of 111. . In 188~; •nd WllUIAS, Haz rat Hlrza T•hlr Ahmad has eerved H o member of the Cenltal Executive Directorate of the lntern•tlond Ahmadlyy• Hua! I• co-unity, aa Pre•ldent of H•jlle-e-Khud•m-ul-Ahmadiyy•, •nd o! lhe lloard of Director• o( lhe fazle U. . r Foundetlon, an lnatllullon promotlna •c•demlc reaearch •nd new •laalon venture•; •nd WlllREAS, Under th!• Khall(a'• leadership the Ah11adlyya Mu slim cou~unlty w orld wid e haa diligently atrlven lo batter un kind thro ugh material al we ll •• apirltu•l me•n•: NOW, TH!REFORE, I, THE ~YOll OF Tri! DISTRICT 0} COLUl4111A, do hereby proclaim \lednesJdy , October 7 , 1987, H " HAZllAT Hl llZA T All lR Al\ltAD DAY " In llaahlngton, D. C. , •nd c•ll upon all th• rulder. LI of thl1 city to join with me In welcoming e gre. r splrltunl le•der LO our c. -unlty. 71