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The 39th Jalsa Salana of The Gambia started on Friday 10th April and ended successfully on Sunday 12th April 2015. The Jalsa was held at Masroor Senior Secondary School, Old Yundum.

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The proceedings of the programme started with congregational Friday prayers followed by flag hoisting by the special guest from UK Bro. Ibrahim Ikhlaf Sahib and the Amir Sahib of The Gambia, Bro. Baba F. Trawally.

In opening the Annual Convention, Bro. Ibrahim Ikhlaf Sahib spoke on the advent of the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdias whose coming was foretold by the Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustaphasaw. He also mentioned the love and respect the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdias had for the Holy Prophet Muhammadsaw and the Arabs. He also stressed on the Quranic teaching that another community of believers would be raised, as if the Holy Prophet Muhammadsaw would be raised again among the non-Arabs of Persian descent. This prophecy of Suratul Jumuah of the Holy Quran was fulfilled in the person of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas who was a Persian by origin. He also drew a similarity between the prophesied community and the Gambian people who are also fulfilments of the prophecy of the Holy Quran. He said that he saw devoted followers of the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdias among the Gambians who are also non-Arabs, as a fulfilment of the prophecy. He quoted various verses of the Holy Quran and Ahadith in their original Arabic texts in support of his arguments. Bro. Ibrahim Sahib continued by mentioning the works of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and specifically the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi’sas writings in different languages especially in the Arabic language which still has no match, even in the Arab world. He also drew the attention of the crowd to various ways people all over the world, including the Arab world are accepting Ahmadiyyat through Divine guidance.

Bro. Ibrahim Ikhlaf Sahib, the special guest delivered a speech in the Lajna section (Women Wing of the Jama’at) where he elaborated on the sacrifices and devotion of the ladies of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat The Gambia. He commended them well for their good works and their love and spiritual closeness to the Khalifa, even though they are physically far from him.

In comparison to the wrong notion held in the west, that Muslim women are degraded, Bro. Ibrahim Sahib highlighted that in fact it is Islam that gives women their due rights and freedom, and supports them in every matter. He also said that Islam raises women to such a status that it even puts paradise under the feet of the mothers.

In the closing session of the 39th Jalsa Salana of The Gambia, Bro. Ibrahim Sahib drew a similitude between the Mosaic dispensation and the Muhammadan dispensation, both being… read more at allafrica.com