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Article: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community elects Mirza Masroor Ahmad as their Fifth Caliph.
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- May 5, 2003
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SILVER SPRING, MD -- SILVER SPRING, MD, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 30,000 individuals from all over the world gathered at Tilford, Surrey, UK, to give their allegiance (bait) to the newly elected fifth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Masroor Ahmad and to attend the funeral of the fourth Caliph, Mirza Tahir Ahmad.
The fifth Caliph was elected on April 22, 2003 by the International Electoral College (Majlis Intekhab-e-Khilafat) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the London Fazal Mosque in United Kingdom.
After taking the allegiance of the over 30,000 attendees present and joined by millions of faithful via satellite, Ahmad led the ...