Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (sometimes called the 'Qadiani' community, after the locality of Qadian, India) is based on the Ahmadiyya movement founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in 1889. 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 offshoot.)

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Ahmadiyya - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad - 1889 - Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement

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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. Members of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community consider him to be a prophet.

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Ahmadiyya - Mujaddid - Messiah - Mahdi - Second Coming

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These claims have proven to be extremely controversial among Muslims. Mainstream Muslims believe that no prophet or messenger will come after Prophet Muhammad and that Jesus himself will descend from heaven at the End of Days to wage war against the forces of evil.

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Muslim - Muhammad - Jesus - End of Days

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Due to this, and other reasons, the unanimous consensus of Muslim scholars (both Sunni and Shia) vehemently denounces Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his followers as being outside the fold of Islam.

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Ahmadis belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (as opposed to those belonging to the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement), however, argue that Muhammad, whom all Muslims believe to be the greatest of all prophets, was the last law-bearing prophet and that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad did not create a new religion or bring a new law, but rather revived and rejuvenated the teachings of Islam. They divide prophets between law-bearing and subservient prophets. The latter follow the given law of the law-bearing prophet and act as a restorative prophet. A historical comparison given by them are of Jesus and Solomon who were ?subservient prophets? and the successors of Moses, ?the law-giver?. Prophets

Related Topics:
Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement - Muhammad - Islam

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Ahmadis believe that:

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• The Qur'an has no contradictions (or abrogations), and has precedence over the Hadith or traditions; i.e., that one verse of the Qur'an does not cancel another and that no Hadith can contradict a verse of the Qur'an.
• Jesus (called Yuz Asaf) was crucified and survived the 4 hours on the cross, then was revived from a swoon in the tomb. He died in Kashmir of old age whilst seeking the ?Lost Tribes of Israel?. He also clearly foretold the coming of Muhammad after him, which Christians have misinterpreted.
• There is only one God, and He revealed the knowledge of religion to all humanity through nation-based prophets up to Muhammad. Islam is the first universal religion.
• That Jihad can only be used to protect against extreme religious persecution, not as a political weapon or an excuse for rulers to invade neighbouring territories.concept of Jihad
• That the ?Messiah? and ?Imam Mahdi? are the same person, and that Islam will defeat the Anti-Christ or Dajjal in a period similar to the period of time it took for nacent Christianity to rise (300 years). Mainstream Muslims believe that Jesus was not crucified, but made to look as though he had been, and that he ascended to heaven from where he will return personally in the flesh to revive Islam, ?kill the pigs and break the crosses?.
• The central value of prayer, charity, good intention, et cetera.

Other beliefs include: Accountability, afterlife, angels, conscience, creation, destiny, doomsday, evolution, happiness, Heaven, Judgment Day, knowledge, life, miracles, prophecy, punishment, resurrection, spirituality, suffering, and truth. See http://www.askislam.com/Concepts/index.html

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