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Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya is one of the three suborganizations of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...

. The other two being Majlis Ansarullah, Lajna Imaillah

Lajna Imaillah

Lajna Imaillah is an auxiliary, non-political and religious organisation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. It is for women above the age of 15. The organization was established by Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second Caliph of the community....

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Majlis Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya is the youth branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. It is for male members of the community from the age of 16 until age of 40.

Foundation

Majlis Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya (MKA) was founded in 1938 by Khalifat-ul Masih II, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad

Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad

Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad , was Khalifatul Masih II, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the eldest son of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad from his second wife, Nusrat Jehan Begum...

, the second Caliph

Caliph

The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the ruler of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transcribed version of the Arabic word which means "successor" or "representative"...

of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. According to the auxiliary's founder, the name Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya literally means that its members are Servants of Ahmadiyya.

Motto

Pledge

Members of Khuddamul Ahmadiyya swear an oath

Oath

An oath is either a statement of fact or a promise calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually God, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. To swear is to take an oath, to make a solemn vow...

of allegiance to their faith, country and nation particularly in gatherings. Initially Durood is recited out aloud together three times followed by its translation and then the rest of the pledge:
I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is One and has no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad (saw) is His servant and Messenger. (translation of Durood)

I solemnly pledge that I shall always be ready to sacrifice my life, wealth, time and honour for the sake of my faith, country and nation. Likewise I shall be ready to offer any sacrifice for guarding the institution of Khilafat-e- Ahmadiyya
Khalifatul Masih
Khalifatul Masih sometimes simply referred to as Khalifah is the elected spiritual leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and is the successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian...

. Moreover I shall deem it essential to abide by any "Maroof" decision made by Khalifatul Masih. Insha'Allah
Insha'Allah
Insha'Allah is an Arabic term to indicate hope for an aforementioned event to occur in the future. The phrase translates into English as "God willing" or "If it is God's will", sometimes spoken as DV; the Latin abbreviation for Deo volente or simply "God willing"...

[God willing].

Worldwide establishments

In the United States, MKA USA was founded in 1969 with the appointment of its first National Qaid, Munir Hamid. This position is now titled Sadr Majlis, put into effect in 1989 under the direction of Mirza Tahir Ahmad, fourth Caliph of the community.

In 27.-29. July 1984 the first European Ijtema was celebrated in Hounslow in Britain

Great Britain

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Germany

Majlis Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya Deutschland (MAKD) was founded in 1973 in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

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First National Ijtema in Deutschland was celebrated 1980 in Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach is the capital of the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on the Nahe river, a tributary of the Rhine...

. Since 2006 it is celebrated in Maimarkt-Gelände

Maimarkt-Gelände

The Maimarkt-Gelände is the largest regional consumer exhibition of Germany, which always begins on last Saturday in April and lasts for eleven days...

in Mannheim

Mannheim

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In 24.-26. October 1986 the third European Ijtema was celebrated on the „Nasir Bagh“-Campus in Groß-Gerau

Groß-Gerau

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(Germany

Germany

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Norway

Madsjlis Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya Norge (MKA Norge) was founded in 1981 in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

with the appointment of its first National Qaid, Ch. Maqsood Virk. Denne stillingen heter nå tittelen Sadr Madsjlis. Endringen ble gjennomført i 1999 i henhold til retningslinjer gitt av Mirza Tahir Ahmad, den 4. kalifen.

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