Source: allafrica.com | By Mohammed Awal

Accra — A sea of colour and merrymaking heralded the Accra International Conference Centre on Sunday, as thousands of Ahmadi Muslims thronged to observe the ‘Khilafat’ (caliphate) Day.

The day, which is celebrated yearly by the Ahmadi fraternity to draw the attention of its members, as well as the general public to the importance of ‘Khilafat’ (caliphate) as an institution in Islam, was marked with a symposium themed:

“The Institution of ‘Khilafat in Islam.”

‘Khilafat’ literally means succession in Arabic and it is the genesis of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community founded by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in 1889.

Addressing the gathering, the Ameer and Missionary in-charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, said that ‘Khilafat’ as a spiritually ordained institution is here in the form of Khilafat Ahmadiyya.

The institution, he added, since its establishment has offered the world and humanity a golden principle, which guaranteed peaceful co-existence and prosperity.

Today (Khilafat Day), Ameer Bin Salih mentioned, would go down in history as the day Ahmadiyya Muslim Community decided to come out to “announce and expose” to humanity the existence of the true ‘Khilafat’ in Islam.