Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Totally Explained

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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الأحمدية; transliterated: al-Jamā'a al-Ahmadīya) is the larger community of the two arising from Ahmadiyya Islam founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (1835-1908). The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder. (The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam is the second branch). The population of the The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community exceeded 200 million in 2006.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community is guided by the Khalifa (Caliph), currently Khalifatul Masih V, who is believed to be the spiritual leader of Ahmadis and the successor to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. He is called the Khalifatul Masih (successor of the Messiah)
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement, claimed to be the Mujaddid (reformer) of the 14th Islamic century as well as the Messiah, Mahdi and the Second Coming of Christ. These claims have proven to be controversial among mainstream Muslims. Mainstream Muslims believe that no prophet or messenger will come after Muhammad and that Jesus himself, as well as the Mahdi, will descend from heaven at the End times to wage war against the forces of evil.

History

The Ahmadiyya Muslim community was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in 1889. After the death of his first successor Hakeem Noor-ud-Din in 1914, there was a split upon the election of the second successor Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad which gradually led to certain doctrinal differences between those who accepted the Caliphate (namely those who accepted Mahmood Ahmad as their leader) and those who preferred the central Ahmadiyya council.

The split in 1914

The split in 1914 resulted in the formation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement. The reasons for the split were ideological differences as well as differences over the suitability of the elected Khalifa (2nd successor) Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad (the son of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad).

1953 Riots and Selective Martial Law

Selective Martial law was declared over Lahore in 1953 by the Pakistan Armed Forces, in response to civil unrest following anti-Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement agitations. Then-captain Rahimuddin Khan (later General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee) was part of the military deployment heading the army takeover of Lahore, culminating in the arrest of Maulana Maududi, who was considered the principal agitator behind the riots.

Persecution

Confident of state support, the Jamaat-e-Islami contested the 1970 elections in Pakistan, only to suffer big reversals. Thereafter, Jamaat started a widespread anti-Ahmadiyya movement in Pakistan. In 1973, Maududi condemned them as heretics in his book, Qadiani Problem (Qadiani is a derogatory term for Ahmadiyya).
They engaged in massacres against them which resulted in 2,000 Ahmadiyya deaths in Pakistani Punjab. This anti-Ahmadiyya movement led Pakistani prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to declare Ahmadis as constitutionally "non-Muslims"., which banned proselytizing by Ahmadis and also banned calling Ahmadis as Muslims. According to this ordinance, any Ahmadi who refers to oneself as a Muslim by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation, directly or indirectly, or makes the call for prayer as other Muslims do, is punishable by imprisonment of up to 3 years. Because of these difficulties, Mirza Tahir Ahmad moved the headquarters to London, UK.

Books & Literature

Europe

Great Britain

First mission station established in London in 1913.

First mosque built in London in 1924/26, Fazal Mosque.

Biggest mosque built in western Europe in 2003, Baitul Futuh.

Dar-ul Barakat Mosque in Birmingham in 2004

Nasir Mosque Hartlepool in Hartlepool in 2005

Qur'an translated into English by Maulawi Sher Ali.

Germany

Qur'an translated into German in 1954.

First mosque built in Germany after Second World War in Hamburg (1957) and Frankfurt (1959).

Biggest ahmadiyya mosque in Germany built in Groß Gerau (1992).

Khadija Mosque in Berlin built in 2008.

Switzerland

Mahmud Mosque built in Zürich in 1963.

Albania

Baitul Awwal in Tirana

Bosnia

Baitul Salam in Sarajevo

Denmark

Nusrat Jehan Mosque in Copenhagen in 1967

Norway

„Moske i Oslo“ in Oslo in 1980

Sweden

Nasir Mosque Gothenburg in Gothenburg in 1963

Spain

Mezquita Basharat in Pedro Abad in 1982

Canada

Bait'ul Islam Mosque

Successors of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

The history of the Ahmadi Khilafat has spanned an entire century, is still continuing, and has seen 5 Caliphs lead the community thus far.

Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din: 27 May 1908 - 13 March 1914

Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad: 14 March 1914 - 7 November 1965

Mirza Nasir Ahmad: 8 November 1965 - 9 June 1982

Mirza Tahir Ahmad: 10 June 1982 - 19 April 2003

Mirza Masroor Ahmad: 22 April 2003 - present

Ahmadiyya Firsts

The following are some world firsts accomplished by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

First Muslim place of worship in London - 1914

First Muslim/Pakistani to receive Nobel Prize was Dr. Abdus Salam.

First Muslim/Pakistani United Nations General Assembly President Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Sahib

First Recognized Martyr (because of the faith) - Hazrat Moulvi Abdur Rehman Sahib in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 20, 1901

First Jalsa Salana - in Qadian in December 1891

First Jalsa Salana Pakistan - December 1948

Famous Ahmadis

Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II: A political figure in pre-partition India. Chairman of Kashmir Committee and one of the pioneers of Kashmir Freedom struggle.

Sir Chaudhury Muhammad Zafrulla Khan: A leader of All India Muslim League, Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan and President of United Nations General Assembly.

Mr. M M Ahmad: Former Chief Secretary of Pakistan.

Dr. Abdus Salam: Nobel Laureate in Physics.

Malik Ram: Scholar of the Urdu language and expert on Mirza Ghalib.

Mahershalalhashbaz Ali: Well-known actor, a lead on the USA Network's program The 4400.

Yusef Lateef: Syncopater and Grammy Award winner.

Sahibzada Abdul Latif: Martyr of Ahmadiyya Islam, Afghan king's [AmirAbdur Rahman Khan] advisor and representative of the Afghan government in formation of the Durand Line

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