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  2. Ahmadiyya - Wikipedia

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    Ahmadiyya, [a] officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ), [4] [b] is an Islamic messianic [5] [6] movement originating in British India in the late 19th century. [7] [8] [9] It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who said he had been divinely appointed as both the Promised Mahdi (Guided One) and Messiah expected by Muslims to appear towards the end times and bring about, by ...

  3. Wahhabism - Wikipedia

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    The Wahhabi movement was part of the Islamic revivalist trends of the 18th and 19th centuries; such as the Mahdist movement in 19th century Sudan, Senussi movement in Libya, Fulani movement of Uthman Dan Fodio in Nigeria, Faraizi movement of Haji Shariatullah (1784–1840) in Bengal, the South Asian Mujahidin movement of Sayyid Ahmed Barelvi ...

  4. History of Wahhabism - Wikipedia

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    The Wahhabi movement was perceived as an endeavour led by the settled populations of the Arabian Peninsula against the nomadic domination of trade-routes, taxes as well as their jahiliyya customs. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab had criticized the nomadic tribes and the Wahhabi chroniclers praised Saudi rulers for taming the Bedouins. [121]

  5. Islamic schools and branches - Wikipedia

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    The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was founded in British India in 1889 by ... The Wahhabi movement was founded and spearheaded by the Ḥanbalī scholar and ...

  6. Muhammad Husayn Batalwi - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad Hussain Batalvi was born around 1840 in Batala.His father, Sheikh Rahim Bakhsh, was an apothecary. In his childhood, he received elementary education, from Molvi Gul Ali Shah, a Shia, these were the times when Mirza Ghulam Ahmad also attended the same teacher.

  7. Ahmadiyya in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Ahmadiyya movement was the main channel through which many African American musicians were introduced to Islam during the mid-20th century. [61] [62] It was contended that converting to a Muslim faith provided spiritual protection from harmful pitfalls that accompanied the profession, alongside a safeguard from the stigma of white supremacy ...

  8. Ahmadiyya by country - Wikipedia

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    The population is almost entirely contained in the single, organized and united movement, commonly referred to as the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC), headed by the Khalifa. The other is the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement , a separatist group which, though historically significant, has failed to attract a sizeable following representing less than 0 ...

  9. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab - Wikipedia

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    Wahhabi chronicler and scholar Ibn Ghannam's Rawdhat al-Afkar wal-Afham or Tarikh Najd (History of Najd) and Husain ibn Ghannam (d. 1811), an alim from al-Hasa was the only historian to have observed the beginnings of Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab's movement first-hand. His chronicle ends at the year 1797.