Intro
He was born in 1946, he was 26 years old in 1972 (See Troy Daily News of Wed, Dec 27, 1972 ·Page 6). He seems to be the first ever Ahmadi from Troy, Ohio. Check out the full history of Ahmadiyya in the USA herein. He seems to be the opposite of Muhammadi Ali (Cassius Clay), since the former refused military service and Dhul-Waqar Yaqub was pro-military and pro-USA. He claims to have converted to Ahmadiyya after reading “Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam” by MGA, which is essentially an Atheist manifesto wherein MGA denies the physical existence of heaven (see page 104).
By 1977, he was a member of the executive cabinet (Naib Qaid, see the Ahmadiyya Gazette of Oct-1977) the Ahmadiyya Movement in the USA. Even in 1998, he was working for the Ahmadiyya Movement as the Additional Secretary of Tabligh (see 50th year souvenir). The Ahmadiyya Gazette of July-Aug-1977 alleges that Dhul-Waqar Yaqub is a Khuddam scholar. In 1984, Dhul-Waqar Yaqub was in Chicago and wrote letters to President Reagan about the persecution of Ahmadi’s in Pakistan. In 1986, he gave a speech at the 38th annual Jalsa Salana of the USA (See the Ahmadiyya Gazette of May-June-1986). In 1991, he was made a member of the Qadha board in the USA for Ahmadi’s (See the Ahmadiyya Gazette of Jan-Feb-1991). He also gave a speech at the 43 annual USA Jalsa in 1991 (See the Ahmadiyya Gazette of Sep-Oct-1991). From 2007 to 2010, he worked on the National Executive Committee of Ahmadi’s in the USA as the Additional Secretary Mal (Finance)(See the Ahmadiyya Gazette of July-Aug-2007). In Sep-2008, he was the Vice President of the Milwaukee jamaat (See the Ahmadiyya Gazette of Sep-2008).
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