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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community San Diego

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community San Diego. Brief History. San Diego – Southernmost Jamaat of West Coast -. 7 Largest city in USA 2 nd Largest city in California Borders Mexico  border city

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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community San Diego

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  1. Ahmadiyya Muslim CommunitySan Diego Brief History

  2. San Diego – Southernmost Jamaat of West Coast- 7 Largest city in USA 2nd Largest city in California Borders Mexico border city borders Mexico

  3. San Diego Jamaat First Ahmadi family DrKarimullahZirvi (current editor of Ahmadiyya Gazette USA) 1979 First Missionary to give lecture on Islam in San Diego: Ata-ullahKalim 1980 The Tortilla connection: Hazrat Khalifa III sent ChHamidullah Sahib (VakilalaRabwah) to San Diego to go to Tijuana Mexico to learn how tortillas can be mass produced for jalsas in UK and around world 1980

  4. San Diego Jamaat Formally established 1991. The late missionary Sheikh Mubarak Ahmad is known to have visited in early 1990s First President - Ibrahim Naeem (African American) Followed by MoyenuddinSirajee (Bengali American) Current President – DrTahirIjaz (since 2010) As Jamaat #’s were small, usually met in homes for meetings, until 2010

  5. Meeting at a home

  6. 2005 First public symposium

  7. 2010 – First Salaat Center for San Diego established

  8. Salaat Center entrance

  9. First Juma at our Center Dec 2010

  10. Formal opening of Salaat Center 2011

  11. First visit by national missionary in charge Naseem Mahdi sahib 2012

  12. Visit of Naseem Mahdi sahib

  13. Our center was used for national distribution of T shirts for Muslims for Life campaign 2011

  14. LA Jamaat’s visit and picnic in San Diego 2012

  15. First Seerat Nabi Jalsa at our Center arranged by Lajna 2013 (current sadrGazalaSirajee)

  16. Lajna, nasirat with non-jamaat members volunteering at food bank to help needy 2013

  17. Our Jamaat Diverse community Indo-Pakistani origin, Bengali, African. New Ahmadis: Japanese American, African American, Indian American Refugees from Pakistan (Five so far, more coming)

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