Guidance Library

Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor · Broadcast mulaqat with Lajna & Nasirat, Switzerland

A parent's direct question on whether un-Islamic content in mainstream school curricula justifies moving a child to a private, non-Ahmadi Muslim school — logged here as an open episode reference; the full answer is in the broadcast, not yet transcribed in text sources found.

Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor · Broadcast mulaqat with Ansar USA and Jama'at Vaudreuil, Canada

Asked directly how parents should guide children facing bullying at school, replied that Ahmadi children are being raised to become future leaders, that hostility from others is therefore to be expected, and that the answer is to build courage and confront it rather than avoid it.

Al Hakam contributor (Ahmadi Muslim woman writer) · Opinion essay · N/A — publication

A first-person Ahmadi woman's essay extending modesty guidance specifically into the digital realm — framing modesty as covering both outward appearance and online conduct together, and calling for digital literacy so women can critically evaluate content and platforms rather than absorb them passively. The closest verified Ahmadi-sourced material found to a 'makeup and appearance' guidance category; it addresses the underlying modesty principle rather than makeup specifically.

Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor · MTA studios (mulaqat broadcast)

States it is a parental duty to watch that children are not spending excessive time on mobile phones, and to explain — with love and kindness rather than force — that they have a life purpose beyond online games.

Khalifatul Masih V · Meeting with Virginia Khuddam members · USA (virtual/in-person meeting)

Told Khuddam that knowingly continuing a harmful social media habit despite understanding its damage to family relationships, social bonds and work is 'foolishness,' and that firm personal determination is the only real solution.

Lajna Ima'illah UK (institutional) · Annual Tabligh Planner & Resource Booklet 2025–26 · UK

The current national Tabligh resource booklet includes a standing section on outreach 'through the Press and Media,' showing structured, planned media use as an ongoing institutional priority, not an occasional topic.

Naib Amir USA (National Vice-President) · Closing session address, National Ijtema, Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Canada 2025 · Baitul Islam Complex, Maple, Ontario, Canada

A US national officeholder (not the Khalifa) delivered the closing address on how young Ahmadis can protect themselves from the harmful effects of wider society, framing obedience to Khilafat itself as a protective shield — illustrating how this theme gets carried by national/regional leadership at auxiliary events, not only by the Khalifa. The 2025 Ijtema also launched a 'Light of Quran' campaign responding to Quran burnings abroad, covered by CTV Toronto, the Globe and Mail, OMNI News and the Vaughan Citizen.

MTA Canada production team (institutional report) · MTA Canada delegation report to Khalifatul Masih V · Islamabad, Tilford, UK (report delivered to Huzoor)

MTA Canada's own social media activity has been under direct MTA International/Markaz supervision since 2018, alongside compliance, IT and production — internal evidence that the Community treats its own social media output as tightly governed, not incidental.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Not specified in report

Opponents use foul language online against the Community and its founder; instructed that Ahmadis must never respond with ill or derogatory speech, however hurtful the provocation.

Fareeha Aleem (Canada) — Al Hakam contributor · Opinion essay · N/A — publication

A detailed lay-member essay translating multiple Khalifa addresses into a practical checklist: no unsupervised online chatting, no profile photos, gender-segregated tabligh, and phones off at Jamaat events.

Fareeha Aleem (Canada) — Al Hakam contributor · Opinion essay (companion reference to entry #45) · N/A — publication

Explicitly names Instagram, Snapchat, X (formerly Twitter) and WhatsApp as the platforms 'widely used by the majority of teenagers' in the Community, citing clinical research on their mental-health effects before translating the Khalifa's general guidance into platform-specific practical advice.

Various local Jamaat presidents & Chief Missionary Javed Rahim — Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Sri Lanka · Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) Sri Lanka 2025 · Baitul Basit Mosque, Pasyala, Sri Lanka

Illustrates how leadership addresses are distributed at smaller national conventions: separate local Jamaat presidents spoke on Nizam-e-Jamaat, the founder's love for the Prophet, and financial sacrifice, the Chief Missionary also addressed attendees, and a headquarters-appointed representative delivered the concluding address in the Khalifa's stead — a template likely repeated at dozens of smaller national Jalsas not individually logged here.

Education Ahmadiyya USA (institutional) · National Youth Camp policy · USA

A stated zero-tolerance policy on visiting or sharing inappropriate websites or images at official Community youth programmes — a concrete institutional rule, not just sermon guidance.

Education Ahmadiyya USA (institutional) · National Youth Camp curriculum · USA

A dedicated module explicitly covering pornography, sexual abuse and rape, consent, drug and alcohol use, and #MeToo, framed as 'a men's problem' — designed to give practical, Islamically grounded answers rather than avoid the topics.

Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya Canada (institutional) · National Amila (executive) structure · Canada

Some national Khuddam chapters now maintain a dedicated deputy-president-level office solely responsible for the organisation's social media conduct and presence — evidence this has become permanent institutional structure, not just recurring sermon advice.

Khalifatul Masih V / MTA (institutional) · Ongoing MTA programme: mulaqats (meetings) with delegations worldwide · Global — weekly broadcast

A weekly MTA programme built entirely around His Holiness granting audiences to Khuddam, Lajna, Ansar and Jama'at delegations from a different country each episode — consistently the venue where the most specific, real-world parenting and youth questions (bullying, phones, schooling) get answered directly and on the record.

Khalifatul Masih V (archive) · Named historical collection, updated continuously · N/A — ongoing archive

Every Friday Sermon delivered by the current Khalifa, bound into a single named Urdu-language archive — the definitive primary source for anyone wanting to search the full corpus in the original language rather than relying on English translations or secondary summaries.

Majlis Ansarullah UK (Short Question & Answers series) · Short Question & Answers — a recurring Ansarullah UK video series · UK

A direct, named parenting question from Ansarullah UK's own short-form Q&A video series — addressing the gap between children mechanically going through Khilafat-related routines (pledges, events) versus developing genuine emotional attachment to it.

Majlis Ansarullah UK (Short Question & Answers series) · Short Question & Answers — a recurring Ansarullah UK video series · UK

A short-form video aimed specifically at Tarbiyyat (moral-training) officeholders — evidence that this video series functions as an internal training and refresher tool for local office-bearers, not just general-audience content.

Majlis Ansarullah UK (Short Question & Answers series) · Short Question & Answers — a recurring Ansarullah UK video series · UK

Not about children specifically, but directly relevant to this site's wider theme of new technology reshaping trust and authority — a working Muslim professional asking how to handle patients who now challenge medical advice using AI chatbots, indicating the Community's guidance content has already begun extending from social media to generative AI.

Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor — timestamp 33:35 · Broadcast mulaqat with Atfal, Norway

One of the most direct child-safety moments in the whole archive: a Tifl (young boy, Atfal age-group) explains he received an iPad from school and asks Huzoor directly how he can be safeguarded from 'the ills of social media' — the question of a child, not a parent, put straight to the Khalifa.

Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor — timestamp 16:01 · Broadcast mulaqat with National Amila & Regional Nazimeen, Majlis Atfal-ul-Ahmadiyya Canada

Atfal (boys' auxiliary) national officers asked this directly — a live organisational question about how to prepare and protect children going through mainstream sex-education curricula, distinct from the sermon material on the same theme.

Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor — timestamp 19:58 · Broadcast mulaqat with Waqifaat-e-Nau, Belgium

A young Waqifaat-e-Nau member asked this question directly; logged here as a confirmed episode reference — worth watching in full for the complete answer, which addiction-recovery language elsewhere in this index (istighfar, prayer, avoiding reinforcing friendships) likely echoes.

Khalifatul Masih V, interviewed by Lat Blaylock (Editor, R.E. Today magazine) · This Week with Huzoor — recorded interview segment, timestamp 14:10 · UK

A non-Ahmadi religious-education journalist asked directly how Ahmadi Muslims respond to Islam being misrepresented in mainstream media — a rare instance of the question being put by an outside media professional rather than a Community member.

Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor — timestamp 1:38 · Broadcast mulaqat with Waqf-e-Nau, UK

A girl preparing to start secondary school asked directly for advice on wearing hijab despite anxiety about how classmates would react — a first-person account of the social pressure Ahmadi teenagers navigate at school.

Azhar Goraya — Imam, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mexico · Missionary field report · Latin America

Documents how Review of Religions en Español used podcasts, weekly live broadcasts and short-form video for outreach in Latin America, explicitly describing the initiative as carried out 'through the permission and guidance of His Holiness.'

Al Hakam editorial · Historical feature article · N/A — publication

Traces how anti-Ahmadiyya narratives have moved from 19th-century print newspapers to today's social media platforms, drawing a direct historical line rather than treating online hostility as a new phenomenon.

Khalifatul Masih V · Concluding Address, Lajna Ima'illah UK National Ijtema (6,800+ attendees) · Old Park Farm, Kingsley, UK

States that very young children are being taught 'inappropriate and immoral things' in schools that they are too young to comprehend, that children's cartoons and computer games now include wholly inappropriate storylines, and instructs parents to build a strong Islamic home atmosphere to counter secular conditioning at school.

Khalifatul Masih V · Same address as #25 — concluding Lajna Ima'illah UK Ijtema address · Old Park Farm, Kingsley, UK

Instructs mothers especially to talk with children daily, build genuine friendship and trust, encourage open questions, and to research answers rather than dismiss a child's curiosity — framed as the practical counterweight to harmful outside influences.

Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor — timestamps 5:57 & 9:37 · Broadcast mulaqat with Khuddam, Australia

A young Khadim asked how to help educate his own parents on raising Ahmadi children in a Western context without conflict, and separately how to bridge the generational gap between children and parents — both live, unscripted questions rather than sermon material.

Sahibzada Mirza Maghfoor Ahmad — Ameer Jama'at USA (example) · Closing Address, Jalsa Salana USA 2022 · USA

A structural fact worth logging in its own right: whenever the Khalifa cannot attend a national convention in person, the country's Amir (elected/appointed National President) delivers the concluding address — the convention's most significant speech — in his place. This entry uses the USA 2022 example, but the same pattern holds at national Jalsas worldwide.

Khalifatul Masih V · Virtual mulaqat · MTA Studios, Islamabad, Tilford, UK (virtual meeting with Waqf-e-Nau girls, UK, aged 12–15)

States plainly that depression and similar conditions are an illness like any other, requiring proper diagnosis and treatment — and that no one should mock or take lightly those who suffer from it. One of the most direct, quotable destigmatizing statements on mental health found from any Khalifa.

Al Hakam opinion contributor · Opinion essay · N/A — publication

Argues that online hostility toward Ahmadis is disproportionately concentrated compared to other groups, and grounds the case for restraint in the Prophet's own conduct toward hostile critics rather than in strategy alone.

Khalifatul Masih V · Guidance to the National Amila (executive) of Finland · Finland (virtual meeting)

A short, frequently cited line reminding Community officeholders that outreach and organisational work must never come at the cost of neglecting their own children's upbringing.

Lajna Ima'illah UK Tarbiyyat Dept. · Tarbiyyat Syllabus 2021–22, Term 1 · UK

Compiles the Khalifa's Lajna Ijtema 2021 remarks on children's exposure to harmful content and its mental-health impact into structured discussion questions, tasks and reflection prompts for local study circles.

Lajna Ima'illah UK Tarbiyyat Dept. · Tarbiyyat Syllabus 2021–22, Term 1 · UK

A structured unit walking Lajna members through the Khalifa's guidance that purdah applies online exactly as offline, with discussion prompts on why photo-posting is discouraged.

Khalifatul Masih V · Eid Sermon, discussed in a follow-up Review of Religions interview · Not specified

Explains Islam's framing of happiness versus grief: social interaction and gathering with others brings happiness, while prolonged solitude intensifies grief and can lead to depression — though for a believer, remembrance of God remains the deepest source of comfort. Presented as complementary to, not a replacement for, addressing isolation practically.

Masood Ashraf (USA) — Al Hakam contributor · Opinion essay · N/A — publication

Connects the founder's 19th-century writing on new inventions to present-day social media use, arguing the same 'boasting and bragging' warning applies directly to platforms like Instagram and TikTok.

Al Hakam editorial · Feature essay revisiting entry #23 in light of the later Times grooming report · N/A — publication

Frames the 2019 Fortnite warning through a hadith describing the Imam as a 'shield,' arguing that Khilafat's warnings on specific apps or games often surface protective value that only becomes publicly evident later — using the Times' 2021 report on Fortnite-enabled grooming of children into drug trafficking as its central example.

Khalifatul Masih V · Concluding Address, Lajna Ima'illah UK National Ijtema 2021 · UK (national event)

Describes children switching to 'child-friendly' screens the instant a parent enters the room, pop-up ads exposing them to harmful content mid-video/game, and cites a Wall Street Journal report that Instagram's own research found 13% of UK teens with suicidal thoughts linked them to Instagram use.

Khalifatul Masih V · Meeting with PAAMA UK members · UK (organisational meeting)

Advises adult women, not only girls, against displaying their own photos as profile pictures, warning explicitly that men of bad character can misuse such images or use them for blackmail or unwanted contact.

Al Islam editorial team · 'Quest of the Curious Muslim' Q&A series · N/A — reference resource

A standing FAQ page compiling the Khalifa's guidance on pornography addiction into a single practical answer — citing the 6 July 2012 and 20 May 2016 sermons and explaining the psychological harm of objectification and unrealistic expectations.

Khalifatul Masih V · Meeting with Waqifaat-e-Nau, Canada · Canada (virtual meeting)

Explains that social media has sharply increased the speed and reach of rumour-spreading compared to the past, and advises turning off phones and cameras at Community events, especially for Lajna, as a practical safeguard.

Lajna Ima'illah USA (institutional) · National Tabligh Guidelines · USA

A firm national rule: Lajna and Nasirat (girls) should never use their own photos as profile pictures or post them on social media under any circumstance, framed as protecting the dignity of the organisation's online representation.

Al Islam editorial team · 'Quest of the Curious Muslim' Q&A series · N/A — reference resource

A standing FAQ explicitly normalising depression as a real, common, treatable condition — not something to be ashamed of — and distinguishing several clinical types (major/clinical, chronic, situational, bipolar, atypical, postpartum, seasonal affective disorder) while directing readers toward professional help rather than offering to substitute for it.

MTA / Al Islam programming team · English discussion programme on contemporary youth issues · N/A — broadcast programme

An entire episode of a standing English-language discussion series is devoted to depression and mental health specifically — evidence the Community treats this as a recurring programming topic, not a one-off sermon aside.

Qamar Zafar — National Executive of Social Media, Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya UK · Journalist profile, independent (non-Community) publication · Baitul Futuh Mosque, Morden, UK

A named, trained Imam holding a specific national role — social media lead for the UK youth organisation — describes the role explicitly as youth safeguarding: countering extremist manipulation of vulnerable young Muslims online and making sure they have 'someone they can talk to' in a difficult situation, illustrated by a post-Christchurch-attack video campaign that drew over 20,000 views.

Sabah Ahmedi — Imam, Baitul Futuh Mosque, Morden, UK · Journalist profile, independent (non-Community) publication · Morden, UK

One of the youngest Imams in the UK, describes using direct Twitter messaging with journalists and the public as core to his role — an example of an individual missionary's own working model for media use, distinct from institutional policy or sermon guidance.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon, later referenced in This Week with Huzoor, 15 Feb 2019 · Not specified

Named the game Fortnite directly, warning that youth were wasting money on it and that parents and auxiliary organisations must protect children from escalating in-game spending (v-bucks) that can empty family bank accounts. Fortnite was the dominant example of its category at the time — the same reasoning (in-game purchases, open contact with strangers, heavy child use) extends to Roblox, Minecraft's multiplayer modes, PUBG and comparable games, whether or not each has its own named sermon. Parents worldwide wrote in reporting their children stopped playing Fortnite once told the Khalifa had prohibited it. Years later, The Times reported criminals were using Fortnite's reward system to groom children as young as 12 into acting as drug mules — which Al Hakam wrote up as a case of the Khalifa's warning anticipating a danger later documented publicly.

Khalifatul Masih V · Social Media (book), pp. 39–40 · N/A — book excerpt

Instructs that internet-based tabligh (outreach) contacts should be strictly gender-matched — women contacting women only, men contacting men only — citing the problems that arise otherwise.

Khalifatul Masih V · Address to children · Germany

Rather than only instructing parents, addressed children directly: idly watching TV or endlessly scrolling on electronic devices can damage both physical and mental health.

Khalifatul Masih V (compilation) · Full Urdu-language edition of the 'Social Media' book · N/A — book

The Urdu-language edition of the same official compilation used throughout this site in English translation — for a fluent Urdu reader, this is the primary text, not a secondary rendering. Same chapter structure as the English edition (entries #1–11 above).

Khalifatul Masih V (compilation) · Chapter within a separate Urdu compilation on purdah (پردہ) · N/A — book chapter

A dedicated chapter, within an entirely separate Urdu book on purdah, addressing social media specifically — quotes the 20 May 2016 Gothenburg sermon on MTA and the Community website as the antidote to being drawn toward Satan via media, plus a Majlis-e-Shura closing address urging fuller use of MTA.

Khalifatul Masih V · Message for Annual Ijtema Khuddam & Atfal-ul-Ahmadiyya, India · India (message, not delivered in person)

Directly names the misuse of internet and social media for inappropriate chatting between boys and girls, and internet access to indecent and immoral films including pornography, as spreading vices — alongside smoking and shisha.

Khalifatul Masih V · خطبہ جمعہ — Friday Sermon · Baitul Futuh Mosque, London

An extended sermon on parental responsibility for children's moral and spiritual formation, drawing extensively on the Promised Messiah's own writings on raising righteous children — general parenting content rather than media-specific, but foundational to the whole theme.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Frankfurt, Germany

Quoting the Promised Messiah on avoiding polytheistic gatherings, extended the principle directly to any internet or TV habit that causes neglect of prayer.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Baitul Futuh Mosque, London

Grounds the whole discussion in Sura an-Nur's command to guard eyes, ears and chastity from anything not permissible, describing these organs as the primary channels through which carnal passion is incited.

Khalifatul Masih V · Address, Annual Ijtema Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya UK · Kingsley, Surrey, UK

Told young Ahmadi men that at their age of peak physical strength there is no excuse for irregular or non-congregational prayer.

Khalifatul Masih V · Address at Jalsa Salana UK · Hadiqatul Mahdi, Alton, UK

Cites over a million people reached through alislam.org, social media, YouTube and exhibitions as evidence that the same technologies causing concern can spread real benefit when purposefully used.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Gothenburg Mosque, Sweden

Erecting spiritual 'defences' at home against distraction; internet and TV named as the two chief modern evils causing missed dawn prayer across whole households.

Khalifatul Masih V · Social Media (book), p. 36 · N/A — book excerpt

A pointed critique of Facebook's design philosophy of openness, describing it as eroding personal boundaries and secrets in a way that invites indecency rather than protecting people. Facebook was the dominant social app when this was said; the same reasoning — platforms built around openness, posting, and unsupervised contact — applies equally to Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Discord and whatever comes next, whether or not each has been named individually.

Unattributed local circular (unofficial) · Numbered household guidance circular · Unspecified

Instructs that any male member found posting photos on Facebook should be reported to the Sadr Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya and local Amir, and that any Lajna/Nasirat photos found online should prompt an immediate removal request; parents are described as having a conscientious duty to monitor children's TV and internet use.

Note: Unverified provenance — not hosted on an official Community domain. Content is consistent with verified official guidance but should be confirmed locally before being treated as binding.

Khalifatul Masih V · خطبہ جمعہ — Friday Sermon · Not specified

Not found in the English-language sources used elsewhere on this site — an Urdu-only sermon describing how electronic media has shrunk the world into a single neighbourhood, and how the standards of good and evil have shifted as a result, with evil now spreading faster than good.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Baitul Futuh Mosque, London

Human nature inclines children to copy their surroundings; parents who watch what they watch and monitor internet use at home are shaping their children's character whether they intend to or not.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Baitul Futuh Mosque, London

Evil used to stay local — a neighbourhood's, a city's; now travel, television and the internet have turned individual, local evils into evils with unlimited international reach.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Baitul Huda Mosque, Sydney, Australia

Names obscene films and songs on TV/internet, including content that portrays devotion to multiple deities, as a form of shirk to be avoided entirely, with Quranic prayers offered as protection against Satan's incitement.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Not specified

Instructs that men and women should not video-chat or message one another one-on-one on Skype or Facebook, describing the emotional risk this carries as a route to disobeying a clear command.

Khalifatul Masih V · Address to Ladies, Jalsa Salana Germany · Karlsruhe, Germany

Advertising for 'indecent clothes' now spans billboards, TV and the internet; a decent man should lower his gaze, and this is presented as broad-mindedness rather than what it is.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Baitul Futuh Mosque, London

Best results in any work come from a fresh, rested start; those up late on the internet or in front of the TV arrive at dawn prayer half-asleep and unfocused.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon, cited in Ask Islam FAQ · Not specified in citing resource

States plainly that viewing pornographic material is a form of addiction; advises avoiding friendships that reinforce the habit and turning to remembrance of Allah, istighfar and prayer as the primary recovery path.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Baitur Rehman Mosque, Silver Spring, MD, USA

Before MTA, the Khalifa's voice could not reach every home instantly; now that it can, half-heartedly listening to sermons breaches the pledge of obedience taken at initiation.

Khalifatul Masih V · Waqf-e-Nau Class · Masjid Baitur Rasheed, Germany

Told Waqf-e-Nau (lifelong dedicated) youth that being engrossed in TV dramas and the internet to the point of delaying prayer prevents real love of God from developing.

Khalifatul Masih V · Gulshan-e-Waqfe Nau Lajna/Nasirat Class (same occasion as entry #2, Facebook-specific portion) · Hamburg, Germany

The Community's own video library isolates and titles this specific segment 'Guidance about Facebook' — evidence that Facebook-specific guidance was considered distinct and important enough to clip and index separately from the general class recording.

Khalifatul Masih V · Address, Annual Ijtema Lajna Ima'illah Germany · Germany

Describes cases where girls were drawn into harmful online groups by boys and left home as a result, becoming a source of disgrace to their families; instructs parents to permanently block harmful TV channels and limits screen time to decent content only.

Khalifatul Masih V · Address, National Atfal-ul-Ahmadiyya Ijtema Germany · Germany

Directly addresses parents giving phones to children as young as 10; warns that people can contact children directly through phones and 'incite them into bad habits' — advises against giving phones without real need, and permits only cartoons/informative TV content, not vulgar programming.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Switzerland

Warns that agreeing to a child's demands against a clear command of Allah is a form of covert shirk, and that some parents have left the faith after their children did, having given excessive freedom; vulgar TV/internet content is described as 'pits of fire' dressed up as entertainment and freedom.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Switzerland (see also #14)

A widely quoted passage naming certain 'wrong acts' done in the name of broad-mindedness as, in reality, 'pits of fire' dressed as entertainment and freedom — addressed directly to young men and women.

Khalifatul Masih V · خطبہ جمعہ — Friday Sermon (Urdu original of entries #14 & #34) · Switzerland

The Urdu original of the widely cited sermon naming vulgar TV and internet films shown in some Ahmadi homes as a cause of moral harm, describing viewing such content as 'zina of the eye and mind.'

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Baitul Futuh Mosque, London

TV and the internet have redefined the historically established standard of modesty; an Ahmadi's standard of modesty must not be borrowed from what is shown on screen.

Khalifatul Masih V · خطبہ جمعہ — Friday Sermon (Urdu original of entry #7) · Baitul Futuh Mosque, London

The Urdu original text, audio and video of the sermon on TV and the internet redefining the historical standard of modesty — the primary-language source behind the English translation used elsewhere in this index.

Khalifatul Masih V · خطبہ جمعہ — Friday Sermon · Not specified

An early (pre-social-media) sermon arguing that newspapers and television had already eroded the public sense of shame well before the internet-era guidance most of this index focuses on — useful for tracing how far back this concern actually goes.

Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon · Baitul Futuh Mosque, London

Explains that guarding chastity is not limited to physical acts — it begins with guarding the eyes and ears; states plainly that viewing pornography is to forgo the chastity of one's eyes and ears.

Khalifatul Masih IV · Founding of Muslim Television Ahmadiyya International · London, UK

Established the first round-the-clock Muslim satellite television station from the Community's new London headquarters, explicitly to correct misunderstandings about jihad, women's status and Islamic dress.

Khalifatul Masih IV · Address, cited retrospectively · Pakistan (reported)

Identified the inappropriate use of video cassettes as one of several moral ills taking root in Pakistan at the time, showing the same pattern of concern applied to whatever the newest medium happened to be.

Khalifatul Masih II & III · Historical background, cited on MTA's 25th anniversary · N/A — historical retrospective

Decades before MTA existed, both the second and third Khalifas expressed a wish for the Community to run its own radio station, unrealised at the time for practical reasons — the direct ancestor of MTA's later founding.

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (Promised Messiah, founder) · Urdu couplet composed on first hearing the phonograph · N/A — poem

On hearing one of the earliest sound-recording devices, the Community's founder wrote that new inventions should be used to draw people toward God — 'not through boasting and pomposity' — treated by later writers as the seed of every subsequent Khalifa's guidance on technology.