Título: Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Seção: The 'New Scheme'
Background: Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood was born to Ghulam Ahmad and Nusrat Jahan Begum on 12 January 1889 in Qadian, the same year in which Ghulam Ahmad established the Ahmadiyya Movement by accepting allegiance from his disciples. Due to chronic illness Mahmood Ahmad was unable to attend to secondary education. During his youth, he remained an active member in the service of the Movement by founding a journal entitled Tash'heezul Az'haan and accompanied his father on many of his journeys. On 26 May 1908, Ghulam Ahmad died in Lahore when Mahmood Ahmad was 19 years old.

Conteúdo: In 1934 Mahmood Ahmad claimed to have been divinely inspired to launch a twofold scheme for the establishment of foreign missions and the moral upbringing of Ahmadis. This initiative called upon members to volunteer themselves for missionary work, and to donate money towards a special fund for propagation in foreign countries during the course of which 46 foreign missions were established.  The Tehrik-e-Jedid and Waqf-e-Jedid or the 'new scheme' and the 'new dedication' respectively, initially seen as a spiritual battle against the oppressors of the Ahmadis, placed before them a number of demands and restriction such as leading simple lives, restrictions against eating, clothing etc.; a temporary ban on all forms of luxury and entertainment. It called upon the members of the Community to dedicate their time and money for the sake of their faith. In time the scheme produced a vast amount of literature in defence of Islam in general and the Ahmadiyya beliefs in particular. The funds were also spent on the training and dispatching of Ahmadiyya missionaries outside the Indian sub-continent and their sustenance. As part of this Mahmood Ahmad appointed 5 men to survey the Punjab in order to find out the best way of disseminating the Ahmadiyya teachings. For the first time an organised method of training members of the community for becoming missionaries was established. Addressing the Ahrari opposition Mahmood said:  In order to expand the propagation of Islam I have urged the yout

user: What was the "New Scheme"?

assistant: The Tehrik-e-Jedid

user: What was the New Scheme intended to do?

assistant: initially seen as a spiritual battle against the oppressors of the Ahmadis,

user: Were there special rules that were part of the New Scheme?

assistant: a number of demands and restriction such as leading simple lives, restrictions against eating, clothing etc.; a temporary ban on all forms of luxury and entertainment.

user: What else did they do under the New Scheme?

assistant: It called upon the members of the Community to dedicate their time and money for the sake of their faith.

user: Did followers of the New Scheme act as missionaries?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Did they try to spread the New Scheme to foreign countries?

assistant: they travel to other countries and propagate the message of Islam.

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: graduates are given only 15 rupees a month as an allowance. This is a small allowance that barely caters for their basic needs.