Intro
In 2013, Patrick Bowen did some amazing work on Ahmadiyya (see herein). I used lots of his work to write essay’s on Muhammad Yusuf Khan, Sheikh Nasir Ahmad, Wali Akram, the Ahmadiyya schism in the USA (in Pittsburgh in 1934 and Cleveland in 1934-36).
Bowen’s work was mostly about Islam and conversion by African American’s, however, he found lots of rare newspaper articles from the Cleveland Call and others which really help in understanding the context of the early 1930’s in America.
Bowen also wrote about White American Muslims before 1975, which is mostly about Alexander Webb (See Bowen, A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1, White American Muslims before 1975). Mufti Muhammad Sadiq and other Ahmadi editors lied about white converts to Ahmadiyya from Europe and America.
In the Lahori-Ahmadi newspaper “The Light” on 1943, the Lahori-Ahmadi mission in the USA is discussed. William Phillips, President Roosevelt’s personal representative, visited Lahori representatives in Lahore in February 1943, he was informed that the group currently had no mission in the us nor planned for one in the immediate future. (See “Mr Phillips Sees Anjuman’s Representatives,” Light, March 1, 1943, 8., “Islamic Mission for America,” Light, April 16, 1943, 3., “Islam Mission for America,” Light, May 16, 1943, 3., (See Bowen, A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1, White American Muslims before 1975). Almost immediately after the Light’s editorial came out, an American, whose identity is unknown, wrote a letter—which was published in the Light—to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of Pakistan’s independence movement, asking that he send a mission to the United States. In April of 1947, Via the Lahori-Ahmadi newspaper, “The Light” (See page 2), (Mrs.) Nadira Usman, “The ‘Light’ in New York,”, Bowen infers that she is a white woman, (See Bowen, A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1, White American Muslims before 1975). Bowen calls her Lahori Nadira, in the Light, she seems to indicate that her child is half Egyptian. Nadira also seems to have written letters to Wali Akram in 1943. She is mentioned 39 times in Bowen. Bowen mentioned Bowen calls her Lahori Nadira, in the Light, she seems to indicate that her child is half Egyptian. Nadira also seems to have written letters to Wali Akram in 1943. She is mentioned 39 times in Bowen.
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Links and Related Essay’s
The Ahmadiyya schism in the USA (in Pittsburgh in 1934 and Cleveland in 1934-36)
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