Baitur Rahman Mosque in Valencia, Spain

By Ch.Maqbool Ahmad, India

On the second day of the annual convention (Jalsa Salana UK) Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad Khalifatul Masih V, addressed the first session of women. He said Islam is the only religion which has protected women rights. Today many countries are making laws for the welfare of women but these laws are for a time passed.

If world adopts Islamic Law which came 1400 years, then there will be no need to make new laws for women welfare. He said that in addition to their privileges women should also understand their responsibility.

In his second session address he said Ahmadiyyat has been spread in 204 countries. During the year 540,733 people have accepted Ahmadiyyat, True Islam. He presented the progress and improvements of the past year. He said new conversions were recorded in 116 countries. In India 3322 peoples joined Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad further told in his speech that 394 new mosques worldwide during the year, which includes 353 locations newly added by the community and the rest of the locations came to the community, due to the mass conversions in the localities where the mosques were situated.

His Holiness announced that there were 565 new chapters established during the preceding twelve months and 121 new mission houses were added in 108 countries, bringing the total to nearly 2600 mission houses worldwide.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has already completed and published the Holy Quran translations in in 71 major languages of the world and there are over a dozen more translation in various near-completion stages.  Multitudes of people worldwide received Ahmadiyya message of peace through door-to-door knocks and distribution of millions of pieces of printed materials offering rel event snippets of Islamic teachings.

The convention proceedings are being broadcast live from Hadeeqatul Mahdi (Alton, UK) via the worldwide Muslim Television Ahmadiyya, International (MTA) and available in many languages.

Contact Ch.Maqbool Ahmad: ahmadmaqbool@hotmail.com