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Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din (1870 – December 28, 1932), a lawyer by profession,〔(Life of Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din ); (Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din: Entry in Who’s Who ); (To the memory of Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din ), editorial in The Islamic Review in its first issue of 1962〕 was a member of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement and the author of numerous publications 〔(A Complete List of Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din Sahib's Books )〕 about Islam and the Ahmadiyya movement.〔Nathalie Clayer, Eric Germain Islam in Inter-War Europe -2008 Page 90 "The mission that Khwaja Kamaluddin (1870-1932) founded in Woking (Surrey) reactivated and increased Quilliam 's English reading public throughout Europe and within the British Empire."〕 == Life == Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din was born in Punjab, India, and received his education at the famous Forman Christian College, Lahore. His grandfather, Abdur Rashid, a famous poet, was at one time chief Muslim Judge of Lahore during the Sikh period. In 1893 he joined the Ahmadiyya Movement and became a close associate of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Founder of the Ahmadiyya movement. Before joining the movement he was planning on converting to Christianity but was convinced by Ghulam Ahmad not to convert. In 1912 he proceeded to England in pursuence of his legal practice and was instructed by Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, the first khalifa (successor) of Ghulam Ahmad, to keep three things in view, one of which was to try to get the Mosque in Woking opened which was originally built by the Begum of Bhopal, and had been reported to have been locked for some time. Having reached London, Kamaludin enquired about the Mosque, met with other Ahmaddiyyas and was able to have the Woking Mosque unlocked. He laid the foundation of the “Woking Ahmadiyya Mission and Literary Trust” 〔(Woking Muslim Mission Website )〕 as well as ''The Islamic Review''.〔(The Islamic Review online archive, 1913-1970 )〕 From 1912 until his death, he devoted his life to the propagation of Ahmadiyya. Besides visiting England several times for lengthy periods, he also toured other countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, including his home country of India, delivering lectures on Ahmadiyya. He performed his second ''Hajj'' in the company of Lord Headley,〔(Life of Lord Headley ) (Hajj of Lord Headley, 1923 )〕 the famous British Ahmadiyya convert and the Khwaja's close friend and associate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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