MMS2011 Bashir Mahmud

Respected Bashir Mahmud from Phoenix, AZ was awarded the 2011 Mufti Muhammad Sadiq Lifetime Award.

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Bashir Mahmud Sahib was born on April 23rd, 1944 and became an Ahmadi Muslim in 1967. Bashir sahib’s mother was a staunch Christian, but he was turned away from the fallacies in Christianity at the early age of 13 years old and consequently he kept questioning Christianity. The hypocrisy of church members was also very problematic for him to reconcile. Bashir Sahib was very bothered by the mysterious doctrines. As a young man in Illinois, Bashir sahib started attending meetings for the black power movement (Stokely Carmichael, Huey P Newton, Bobby Seale). It was at that time that he met a few Ahmadi brothers as well - he was specifically impressed by Ali Wazar - who told him, “Brother, you want some power? I’ll teach about the real Islam”. He then went on to tell him amazing narrations of the stories of Islam. This way Bashir Mahmud sahib was introduced to Islam Ahmadiyyat. He was so inspired that he went on to covert over 50 converts within just a few months. This was in Waukeegan, IL which later moved to become the Zion Jamaat. Bashir Mahmud sahib has the distinction of being one of the original members of this jamaat, and has served the jamat in multiple capacities especially in the Ansar and also as Vice President. He currently resides in Phoenix Jamaat and is still active with tabligh and is still an avid golfer and has interested and trained several khuddam and atfal in Pheonix. His advice in tabligh (preaching) is: “Foremost, do it peaceably.”
He has travelled to London, Qadian & Rabwah (1994).