Ahmadis

Author : Antonio Gualtieri
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780773572058

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Ahmadis by Antonio Gualtieri Pdf

Dedicated to supernatural revelation and the divine governance of society, Pakistan's Ahmadi community has endured mob violence and penal sanctions for refusing to embrace the beliefs of the Sunni majority. They disagree with fundamentalist ideas of exclusiveness and consider themselves a reformed version of Islam. Although they have adopted Enlightenment ideas about the pursuit of scientific knowledge and produced a notable number of technicians, doctors, and scientists, women continue to live under a strict definition of purdah and the community remains conservative. The Ahmadis reveals a society strictly grounded in divinely prescribed patterns - including parental authority, close family ties, a disposition towards gender-specific roles, and separation of the sexes - but at odds with fanatical Muslim fundamentalism, whose wrath has spread beyond the Ahmadi minority to include the West.

Author : Ali Usman Qasmi
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783082339

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The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan by Ali Usman Qasmi Pdf

This path-breaking work traces the history of the political exclusion of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in Pakistan by drawing on revealing new sources. This volume is the first-ever scholarly study of the declassified material of the court of inquiry that produced the Munir-Kiyani report of 1954, and the proceedings of the national assembly that declared the Ahmadis as non-Muslims through the second constitutional amendment in 1974. The book chronicles the details of anti-Ahmadi violence and the legal and administrative measures adopted against them, and also addresses wider issues of politics of Islam in postcolonial Muslim nation-states and their disputative engagements with the ideas of modernity and citizenship.

Author : Antonio R. Gualtieri
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0773527389

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The Ahmadis by Antonio R. Gualtieri Pdf

Following on the work he began in Conscience and Coercion: Ahmadi Muslims and Orthodoxy in Pakistan, Antonio Gualtieri returned to Pakistan to continue his conversations with devotees of the Ahmadi community. He reveals how this traditional society deals with conflicts arising from contact with the non-Ahmadi and shows how the Ahmadi survive in a country that is generally hostile to them. Dedicated to supernatural revelation and the divine governance of society, Pakistan's Ahmadi community has endured mob violence and penal sanctions for refusing to embrace the beliefs of the Sunni majority. They disagree with fundamentalist ideas of exclusiveness and consider themselves a reformed version of Islam. Although they have adopted Enlightenment ideas about the pursuit of scientific knowledge and produced a notable number of technicians, doctors, and scientists, women continue to live under a strict definition of purdah and the community remains conservative. The Ahmadis reveals a society strictly grounded in divinely prescribed patterns - including parental authority, close family ties, a disposition towards gender-specific roles, and separation of the sexes - but at odds with fanatical Muslim fundamentalism, whose wrath has spread beyond the Ahmadi minority to include the West.

Author : B. A. Rafiq
Publisher : Islam International Publications Ltd
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Truth about Ahmadiyyat by B. A. Rafiq Pdf

Ever since God Almighty has instituted the system of prophet-hood for the guidance of mankind, the opponents of these holy prophets, peace be on them, have always charged them with falsehood and untruth. They were called sorcerers and madmen and were described as disorderly and rebellious. Every prophet and God’s elect was treated in that manner. The same was the case with the Promised Messiah, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, peace be on him. when he put forth his claim of being the Reformer of the age and the Promised Mehdi, not only Muslim divines, but the leaders of other religions also, rose up against him and assailed him with false charges and insupportable objections. Muslim divines proclaimed that his teaching was opposed to Islam and the practice of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and showered false charges upon him.

Author : Simon Ross Valentine
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781850659167

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Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at by Simon Ross Valentine Pdf

"This book is the first scholarly appraisal of the teaching, beliefs and lifestyle of the Ahmadiyya Jama'at, an Islamic reform group founded in the nineteenth-century India that has millions of followers world-wide." "Following an account of the life of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the movement's founder, Valentine discusses the history of the Ahmadi, their proselytisation strategies, the role of mosquqes and madrasas, the position of women and the Ahmadi doctrine of peaceful jihad."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Adil Hussain Khan
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253015297

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From Sufism to Ahmadiyya by Adil Hussain Khan Pdf

The Ahmadiyya Muslim community represents the followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), a charismatic leader whose claims of spiritual authority brought him into conflict with most other Muslim leaders of the time. The controversial movement originated in rural India in the latter part of the 19th century and is best known for challenging current conceptions of Islamic orthodoxy. Despite missionary success and expansion throughout the world, particularly in Western Europe, North America, and parts of Africa, Ahmadis have effectively been banned from Pakistan. Adil Hussain Khan traces the origins of Ahmadi Islam from a small Sufi-style brotherhood to a major transnational organization, which many Muslims believe to be beyond the pale of Islam.

Author : Nicholas H. A. Evans
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501715716

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Far from the Caliph's Gaze by Nicholas H. A. Evans Pdf

How do you prove that you're Muslim? This is not a question that most believers ever have to ask themselves, and yet for members of India's Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, it poses an existential challenge. The Ahmadis are the minority of a minority—people for whom simply being Muslim is a challenge. They must constantly ask the question: What evidence could ever be sufficient to prove that I belong to the faith? In Far from the Caliph's Gaze Nicholas H. A. Evans explores how a need to respond to this question shapes the lives of Ahmadis in Qadian in northern India. Qadian was the birthplace of the Ahmadiyya community's founder, and it remains a location of huge spiritual importance for members of the community around the world. Nonetheless, it has been physically separated from the Ahmadis' spiritual leader—the caliph—since partition, and the believers who live there now and act as its guardians must confront daily the reality of this separation even while attempting to make their Muslimness verifiable. By exploring the centrality of this separation to the ethics of everyday life in Qadian, Far from the Caliph's Gaze presents a new model for the academic study of religious doubt, one that is not premised on a concept of belief but instead captures the richness with which people might experience problematic relationships to truth.

Author : Arvin Ahmadi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780593202883

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How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi Pdf

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda goes to Italy in Arvin Ahmadi's newest incisive look at identity and what it means to find yourself by running away. Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew coming out to his Muslim family would be messy--he just didn't think it would end in an airport interrogation room. But when faced with a failed relationship, bullies, and blackmail, running away to Rome is his only option. Right? Soon, late nights with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel start to feel like second nature... until his old life comes knocking on his door. Now, Amir has to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth to a US Customs officer, or risk losing his hard-won freedom. At turns uplifting and devastating, How It All Blew Up is Arvin Ahmadi's most powerful novel yet, a celebration of how life's most painful moments can live alongside the riotous, life-changing joys of discovering who you are.

Author : Qaiser Julius
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783683291

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Ahmadi and Christian Socio-Political Responses to Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws by Qaiser Julius Pdf

The roots of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws can be traced back to the British colonial rule in India, but their harsher clauses were added to the Pakistan Penal Code during a wave of intense Islamization in the 1980s. Everyone in Pakistan is threatened by the misuse of these laws, even Muslims; however a disproportionate number of victims targeted by these laws have come from two minority groups, the Ahmadis and Christians. Dr Qaiser Julius focuses on how these two groups have been affected by Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, their different reactions to these laws, and more specifically, why they are responding differently despite living under the same circumstances. In this well-structured and understandable study, Julius provides a valuable tool for Christians to understand what it means to be a minority in a hostile culture. This thorough analysis presents a way forward for the Christian church in Pakistan, providing hope amidst the discrimination and persecution.

Author : Antonio R. Gualtieri
Publisher : Guernica Editions
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0920717411

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Conscience and Coercion by Antonio R. Gualtieri Pdf

Relates the tragic experience of members of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam and records their testimony of harassment and persecution resulting from their loyalty to their understanding of God and His revelation.

Author : Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Ahmadiyya
ISBN : 9782140208447

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Ahmadis and Muslim identity in Diaspora by Mahrukh Arif-Tayyeb Pdf

Author : Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad
Publisher : Islam International Publications Ltd
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848803152

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Invitation to Ahmadiyyat by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad Pdf

Da’watul-Ameer (Invitation to Ahmadiyyat) was written in 1926, specifically addressing the Amir of Afghanistan, Amanullah Khan, who ordered the execution by stoning of three Afghan Ahmadi Muslims a couple of years earlier. Such atrocities underscored the need to refute the false allegations and misconceptions that the orthodox clergy had been circulating about the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The purpose of the book, therefore, was to provide the King an authentic explanation of the beliefs, doctrines, and purpose of the Community, as well as the strong foundation upon which it stands. Although the specific events and the original book are now relics of the past, the book lives on as a general primer of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s doctrinal beliefs. Da’watul-Ameer elaborates upon the fulfilment of the prophecies made by the Holy Prophet Muhammad(sa) which are documented in the Holy Quran and the Ahaadees, highlighting their true essence and import. It presents an exposition of the claims of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian, and details the reasons in their support. It goes on to establish, on the basis of the Holy Quran and the Ahaadees, that the Promised Messiah and Mahdi who was prophesied to appear in the Latter Days had been fulfilled in the person of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad(as), and emphasises that humankind’s salvation lies in accepting and following him.

Author : Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Publisher : Islam International Publications Ltd
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781853727443

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With Love to the Muslims of the World by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Pdf

This message was written on the occasion of an international games even in Baku, Azerbaijan to which the Muslim Tigers Ahmadiyya Hockey team had been officially invited by the Azerbaijan Council of the Unionwide Voluntary Trade Union Sports Federation. This invitation followed a recommendation of Azineftechim team from Baku that had played against the MTA Hockey club when it toured England in April 1990. Then the message was translated into Russian and published. Originally addressed to the people of Azerbaijan and those of the former USSR, this message, with its universal import, is equally meant for peoples of all countries and religions.

Author : Marzia Balzani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351769532

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Ahmadiyya Islam and the Muslim Diaspora by Marzia Balzani Pdf

This book is a study of the UK-based Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the context of the twentieth-century South Asian diaspora. Originating in late nineteenth-century Punjab, the Ahmadis are today a vibrant international religious movement; they are also a group that has been declared heretic by other Muslims and one that continues to face persecution in Pakistan, the country the Ahmadis made their home after the partition of India in 1947. Structured as a series of case studies, the book focuses on the ways in which the Ahmadis balance the demands of faith, community and modern life in the diaspora. Following an overview of the history and beliefs of the Ahmadis, the chapters examine in turn the use of ceremonial occasions to consolidate a diverse international community; the paradoxical survival of the enchantments of dreams and charisma within the structures of an institutional bureaucracy; asylum claims and the ways in which the plight of asylum seekers has been strategically deployed to position the Ahmadis on the UK political stage; and how the planning and building of mosques serves to establish a home within the diaspora. Based on fieldwork conducted over several years in a range of formal and informal contexts, this timely book will be of interest to an interdisciplinary audience from social and cultural anthropology, South Asian studies, the study of Islam and of Muslims in Europe, refugee, asylum and diaspora studies, as well as more generally religious studies and history.

Author : Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Publisher : Islam International Publications Ltd
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781853720574

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Revival of Religion by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Pdf

Contrary to mythical tale that prophets descend from heavens like heroes, they are normal human beings. They suffer trials and tribulations. Their followers gain glory not through the toils of someone else but through their own sacrifices. These prophets turn the people away from materialism and return them to their Creator. This revival requires Divine intervention. In this short book, the author examines the prophecies in Islam about the Imam Mahdi and Second Coming of Jesus i.e. Promised Messiah. The concept of non-Ahmadi Muslims and the Ahmadiyya understanding of these prophecies in light of religious history and Quran.