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10 Basharaat-E-Ahmadiyya Volume 2012 • December 2012
AAIIL USA International Convention
Audience at the course on Adam at Masjid ul Urooj.
Audience at the course on Adam at Masjid ul Urooj.
Eve, and the role of the devil were
posed. So great was the interest in
Dr. Malik’s presentation that the
audience requested an additional
session to be provided so that further
information/discussion could
be had. In order to satisfy this
demand, another two hour session
of classes was held the next morning
(Friday, June 29th). The audience
greatly appreciated the lectures
and it was recommended that
they be repeated in Nigeria and
compiled into book form.
Sadr-ud-Dean Sahukhan Esq delivering
the Jummah Khutba.
Friday, June 29th
The next three days, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday can only be
Congregation at the Jummah Prayer.
Congregation at the Jummah Prayer.
described as “tempestuous”.
Friday began quietly enough with
congregational Fajr prayers and
Quran dars in the morning, a final
session of the classes at mid-day,
and Jummah prayers with an inspiring
khutba by Brother Sadr-ud-
Dean Sahukhan at Masjid-ul- Uruj
in the afternoon. But this quiet
mood soon changed.
In the late afternoon a line of
severe thunderstorms rampaged
through Indiana, Ohio and
Pennsylvania with blinding rain,
hail, lightning and winds approaching
80 mph. At Masjid al Uruj, the
lights went out as high winds with
horizontally driven sheets of rain
battered the structure. The thunder
peals and lightning flashes with
swaying trees and churning waters
in the adjacent pond was a frightening
sight. Everybody gathered in
the masjid until the storm passed.
It was only when the storm
cleared and we went to the
Embassy Suites hotel for the
evening session that we realized
the extent and severity of the damage.
On the drive to the hotel, torn