Islam Press: The 48th Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK concluded on Sunday 31st August 2014 with a faith inspiring address by the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad.
This year more than 33,000 people attended the Jalsa Salana from 97 countries. Apart from the thousands of Ahmadi Muslims who attended, many non-Ahmadi and non-Muslim guests also came to attend the event.
One of the highlights of the Jalsa Salana was the pledge of allegiance, known as Bai’at that took place on Sunday afternoon where the participants pledged allegiance to Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad as theKhalifa (Caliph) of the Promised Messiah. The participants formed a human chain leading to the Khalifa as they repeated the words of the pledge in unison.
Prior to the ceremony, His Holiness announced that more than 550,000 people had joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community during the past year.
In his concluding address, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad spoke of how the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, who was the Promised Messiahand Imam Mahdi, came to re-establish the peaceful and original teachings of Islam.
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