Intro
Falah ud Din Shams is the son of a famous Qadiani-Ahmadi Maulvi named Jalal ud Din Shams. In fact, the great-grandfather of Falah ud Din Shams was an imam in Qadian from what seems to be 1876 to 1890.
Falah ud Din Shams is National Vice President of Ahmadiyya Movement in the USA. He was President of Chicago chapter of the Ahmadiyya Community for over 35 years and has served the community as the National Auditor for twelve years.
From 2006 through 2015, he held the position of Chief Editor of the longest running Muslim magazine in America, The Muslim Sunrise. Currently he is the consulting editor of the magazine.
It was under his administration that the Mosque in Glen Ellyn, IL (2004) and a new mosque in Chicago (1994) at the site of the first Ahmadiyya Mission house on Wabash Ave were built.
He also supervised the construction of the first Ahmadiyya Mosque in South America, in Petropolis, Brazil in 2016.
He is also in-charge of missions in Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, and Palau. In 2011, he supervised the construction of the first mosque in Micronesia in the city of Majuro, Marshall Islands. A mission house was also built in Kosrae, FSM in 2015.
Mr. Shams is an enterpreneur and as a CPA spent most of his career in financial management. He is a speaker and a writer and has written numerous articles on Islam and Ahmadiyyat. He published a book Titled “Straight Talk” in 2016. He is the son of Maulana Jalalud Din Shams, the ex-Imam of London Fazal Mosque (1936 to 1946) who also established Ahmadiyya missions in Syria (Damascus) and in Kababir, Haifa, Palestine in 1928 (currently part of Israel). Maulana Shams is well known for his writings and speeches especially his book “Where Did Jesus Die?”.
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His great grandfather
His grandfather’s name was Khwaja Imam-ud-Din Wyne Sekhwani, and his grandfather’s name was Khwaja Muhammad Siddique. His grandfather is listed in the 313 companions of MGA in 1896. They were ethnically Kashmiri and that’s why they have the foretitle Khwaja and the surtitle Wyne (“n” is silent) around their names, but they lived in Punjab, India.
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His grandfather
His grandfather, Imam-ud-Din, had two brothers: Jamal-ud-Din and Khair-ud-Din (also listed in the list of 313 companions) and they were known to be exceptionally poor. However, they strived so much financially that even though their combined amounts were still pretty meagre, MGA gave them special attention. For example, for the construction of the white Minaret-ul-Masih (the minaret of the Messiah), which symbolised the mission of MGA and the minaret mentioned in the hadith prophecies, there was a special call for construction funds. A minimum contribution of 100 rupees entitled the person’s name to be commemorated near the foundation. The three Sekhwani brothers, as they were called, asked for a special exception if they all three could combine their contribution to add up to 100 rupees. This was still a great financial sacrifice for their families and MGA accepted their request and included their names along the list of those who made the 100 rupee contributions.
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His brothers
His eldest bro was Dr. Salah ud Din Shams who was the first ever President of the Zion jamaat in the 1980’s.
Another one is Munir ud Din Shams, he is currently working as a Qadiani-Ahmadi missionary in the UK and is a major editor of MGA’s books into English. He is also Additional Wakilut-Tasnif.
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His son or nephew
Umair Malik showed up to the Dialogue with Imtiaz stream and made some serious errors.
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1983
The Jan-1983 edition of the Muslim Sunrise was edited by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir (named as the Editor in Chief), Mubasher Ahmad (M.A., L.L.B.) is named as the managing editor and there are 2 circulation managers, Nazir A. Ayaz and Saeeda Lateef. Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir’s private address is given out for those who have questions about the subject matter, all questions about the business affairs of the Muslim Sunrise are addressed at 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C., at the American Fazl Mosque (which was the headquarters of the USA jamaat). Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir wrote an editorial on Khilafat, Communism and Democracy, he also announced the election of Mirza Tahir Ahmad as the new Khalifa. An Ahmadi from Denmark, Abdul Salam Madsen has an essay. An Ahmadi student at Sacramento State University named Jamil Mahmood has an essay. Falah-ud-Din Shams has an essay too. Dr. Abdus Salam’s Nobel prize is discussed.
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1994–2004
Falahuddin Shams – Profile Page & Archives (ahmadiyya-islam.org)
It was under his administration that the Mosque in Glen Ellyn, IL (2004) and a new mosque in Chicago (1994) at the site of the first Ahmadiyya Mission house on Wabash Ave were built.
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2006-2015
Falahuddin Shams – Profile Page & Archives (ahmadiyya-islam.org)
From 2006 through 2015, he held the position of Chief Editor of the longest running Muslim magazine in America, The Muslim Sunrise. Currently he is the consulting editor of the magazine.
He is also in-charge of missions in Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, and Palau. In 2011, he supervised the construction of the first mosque in Micronesia in the city of Majuro, Marshall Islands. A mission house was also built in Kosrae, FSM in 2015.
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Falahuddin Shams – Profile Page & Archives (ahmadiyya-islam.org)
He also supervised the construction of the first Ahmadiyya Mosque in South America, in Petropolis, Brazil in 2016.
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Links and Related Essay’s
Falahuddin Shams – Profile Page & Archives (ahmadiyya-islam.org)
Who is Jalal-ud-Din Shams? 1901-1966 – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
https://youtu.be/DsdCR7FamZY?si=pKRHWnT6wuj8q0Z6
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