Ahamadiyyas

Subject : History

Section: Modern History

Concept :

In the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, the Ahmadiyya community has approached the Central government to intervene against a case of their exclusion from the larger Muslim community.
This follows a resolution passed by the Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board in February declaring them as ‘Non-Muslims’ or ‘Kafirs’.

Ahamadiyas

Ahmadiyya Muslims are a sub-sect of the Sunni Muslims who originated in the 19th century in undivided Punjab, India.
Its founder was Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, a reformist who wanted Islam to adapt in tune with modern times and assume a more liberal tone and tenor.
He stressed on the role of Islam as a matter of personal faith and took an apologetic stand against ‘jihad’ which is using violence to spread Islam or for political motives.
The Ahmadiyya sect as founded by him became a key example of the reformist movement in the Indian subcontinent in the late 19th century, a time when even Hinduism was also witnessing revivalist and reformist movements of its own, including the Arya Samaj and the Brahmo Samaj movements.
But ironically, unlike the Hindus who received the reformist movements positively, Ahmadiyyas have become a major irritant for orthodox Muslims across the world.

Ahmadiyya Movement

The Ahmadiyya forms a sect of Islam which originated from India. It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in 1889.
It was based on liberal principles. It described itself as the standard-bearer of Mohammedan Renaissance, and based itself, like the Brahmo Samaj, on the principles of universal religion of all humanity, opposing jihad (sacred war against non-Muslims).
The movement spread Western liberal education among the Indian Muslims.
The Ahmadiyya community is the only Islamic sect to believe that the Messiah had come in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad to end religious wars and bloodshed and to reinstate morality, peace and justice.
They believed in separating the mosque from the State as well as in human rights and tolerance.
However, the Ahmadiyya Movement, like Bahaism which flourished in the West Asian countries, suffered from mysticism.