Intro
In this video, an Ahmadi named Engr. Mahmood Mujib Asghar gives lots of information about Ahmadiyya in Bhera. In the past, he has worked as the Ameer of the Ahmadiyya jamaats in Attock and Muzaffargarh. He also says that he was on the Ahmadiyya Khilafat committee in 2003 and participated (in the election of Mirza Masroor Ahmad, he got a temporary visit visa). He worked at NESPAK and retired recently.
He says that his family is from the same neighborhood as Maulvi Nur ud Din. He says that lots of women breast fed lots of boys and thus became family with Maulvi Nur ud Din. Thus, they were heavily influenced by Maulvi Nur ud Din and his new religion.
He alleges that in 1924, his grandfather (Mian Abdul Rahman) converted to Ahmadiyya. His great-grandfather (named AlaDin, he was previously ahl-e-hadith) converted soon thereafter. He says that his father wrote a book about the history of Ahmadiyya in Bhera. He then contradicts himself and says that his great grandfather met MGA. He simply saw the face of MGA and converted and never asked a question. His great grandfather died in 1905, the same time as Maulvi Abdul Karim Sialkoti. His father was the eldest son. He then says that his grandfather went to the Jalsa of Maulvi Nur ud Din (1908–1910), they stayed at the house of, Engr. Mahmood Mujib Asghar alleges that he was barely 4-5 years old at the time. He alleges to have seen the face of Maulvi Nur ud Din. He alleges that his grandfather and great grandfather were “sahaba” of MGA. His great grandmother died in 1930. He claims that she died and was buried in Mecca. He says that his grandfather was in Jeddah and connected with the future family of Mirza Wasim Ahmad (Aboo Bekr Yoosaf). There were some Ahmadi’s there and they would stay at his house when travelling through Mecca. He says that his grandfather also died in Mecca and was buried in Jeddah. In 1924, His father was thereafter dropped off at Qadian and given to the 2nd Ahmadiyya Khalifa. His father was raised in Qadian and even went to college.
In 1974, his father and whole family moved to Rabwah from Bhera and became a teacher for the Ahmadiyya Movement. Ahmadiyya sources allege that on Jul 12 – Ahmadi families in Bhera started starving due to severe boycott. Ahmadiyya sources allege that Jul 01 – Faces of Ahmadis were blackened and they were forcibly moved through the streets of Bhera. On
May 31 – 7 shops in Bhera owned by Ahmadi’s were ransacked and burnt (Ahmadiyya sources only).
At 25:00, he says that he wrote a book about Dr. Abdus Salam. He also mentioned how he is the pioneer of the International Association of Ahmadiyya Architects and Engineers (IAAAE).
He says that he had went to work in Oman for a few years. However, in 1982, he was the last person to speak to Mirza Nasir Ahmad in public before he died in Islamabad on 9 June 1982 at 12:45 p.m. He then tells about how in 1980 (it was actually late 1979 and early 1980), when Dr. Abdus Salam came to Pakistan on an official state guest type of visit. He says that Mirza Nasir Ahmad had went to go and get a visa to travel abroad. He was working as Qaid many times in this area. Mahmood Mujib Asghar says that he spoke to Mirza Nasir Ahmad about the trip of Dr. Abdus Salam. Mahmood Mujib Asghar says that Ahmadi’s were not allowed to speak to him (as a matter of strategy). Mirza Nasir Ahmad told Mahmood Mujib Asghar a story from 1978 and the “Shroud of Turin Conference” wherein Mirza Nasir Ahmad had met with Dr. Abdus Salam. Allegedly, Dr. Abdus Salam spoke to Mirza Nasir Ahmad about his regret that he had won so many awards already, but lacked the Nobel Prize. Soon thereafter, Mirza Nasir Ahmad allegedly told Dr. Abdus Salam that he would win the Nobel Prize in 1979. Mahmood Mujib Asghar says that he is convinced that Dr. Abdus Salam only won the Nobel Prize via the dua of
Mirza Nasir Ahmad.
He says that his father died on Jan-10-1993, at age 84, his life story is given in Al-Fazl. In the end, he recalls a story from the riots of 1974. He mentions that Master Fazlur Rahman was the Ameer-e-Jamaat in Bhera, the riots even reached his house.
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