Ahmadiyya

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. What is the founding date?March 23, 1889
2. What is the founder?Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908)
3. What is the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at?The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at is a group of Muslims that follows a special way of Islam. It was founded in 1889 in British India and believes that Islam is the final and complete religion.
4. Who started the Ahmadiyya movement and when?The movement was started by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who was born in 1835 and died in 1908. He founded the community on March 23, 1889.

Messianic Movement: A religious movement anticipating the advent of a messianic figure believed to bring salvation and usher in a new era.
Mahdi: An eschatological redeemer figure in Islamic tradition, prophesied to appear before the end of time.
Caliphate: The institution and office of the Caliph, the spiritual and political leader of the Ahmadiyya community.
Khatam an-Nabiyyin: An Arabic term meaning 'Seal of the Prophets,' referring to the belief that Prophet Muhammad is the last prophet in Islam.