Tradition · Abrahamic
Ahmadiyya
A modern messianic reform movement within Islam, committed to peaceful mission.
from 1889 CE → · South Asia, then worldwide · Abrahamic
The Ahmadiyya movement was founded in 1889 in British India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, whom his followers regard as the promised messiah and reformer awaited within Islam. It stresses the peaceful propagation of faith, the rejection of violence in religion, and rational engagement with the modern world. Because it accepts a prophet-like figure after Muhammad, it is considered heretical by many other Muslims, and its members have faced persecution.
Key figures
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (founder)
Texts
- The Quran
Beliefs
- Their founder as promised messiah and reformer
- Islam spread by peaceful persuasion
- Rejection of religious violence
Rituals
- The five daily prayers
- Organized preaching and service
Grew from
Connections in the atlas
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
- The messiah or saviour
- Shia Islam