Obituary: Maulana Abdur Rahim Jaggoe
The Light (UK), June 2007 Issue (p. 8)
The sad news of the death in Holland, on 8th May [2007], of Maulana Abdur Rahim Jaggoe at the age of 92 will be widely known by now — inna li-llahi wa inna ilai-hi rajioon. The Maulana was a veteran missionary of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement from Suriname and travelled all over the world to energise members of the Movement.
He had the great privilege of being trained as missionary in Lahore from 1949 to 1951 under the guidance of some of the great stalwarts of the Movement. Maulana Muhammad Ali took personal interest in his education and Maulana Abdul Haq Vidyarthi was one of his teachers. He worked as missionary in Suriname and that region of the world till moving to Holland in 1974 and had been Chief Imam and religious head of the Suriname Islamic Association from 1945 to that date. Several times he led groups to perform the Pilgrimage and Umrah to Makkah. In 1972 he received a special invitation from the Minister for Hajj of Saudi Arabia to attend a conference. He took a group with him and on arrival they were welcomed by the Minister. The local press covered his visit and published articles about him. In May 2001 he was decorated on behalf of the Queen of the Netherlands with the Knighthood of the Order of the House of Oranje Nassau (the name of the Royal family). He undertook two world tours during which he visited all the Lahore Ahmadiyya organisations and important personalities in each country, and he visited Indonesia several times.
We pray that Allah bestow His mercy upon the soul of Maulana Jaggoe and enable others to follow in his path of service to the faith, ameen. Mr Nasir Ahmad travelled from U.K. to attend his funeral service, and led the janaza prayers and paid tribute.