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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Prophets, according to the Ahmadiyya Community, inspire humans to such an extent that faith (eiman) translates into practical application of the faith (a'maal).The prophets 'magnetize' and draw humans towards them and as a result of this, true faith – that is, eiman with a'maal (practical application) – is established amongst their followers.
Prime Minister Imran Khan selected Mian as one of Pakistan's economists, he reached international notability in 2018 after his forced removal because he is an Ahmadi Muslim. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) identified Mian as one of twenty-five economists it expects to shape the world's thinking about the global economy in the future.
Ahmadiyya consider themselves to be Muslim, but are not regarded as Muslim by mainstream Islam. Mainstream Muslim branches refer to the Ahmadiyya branch by the religious slur Qadiani, and to their beliefs as Qadianism [1] a name based on Qadian, the small town in India's Punjab region where the founder of Ahmadiyya, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was born.
The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was founded in British India in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, who claimed to be the promised Messiah ("Second Coming of Christ"), the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims as well as a "subordinate" prophet to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad [a] (13 February 1835 – 26 May 1908) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam.He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promised Messiah and Mahdī, in fulfillment of the Islamic prophecies regarding the end times, as well as the Mujaddid (centennial reviver) of the 14th Islamic century.