Mirza Masrur Ahmad

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Mirza Masrur Ahmad

Mirza Masrur Ahmad ( Urdu مرزا مسرور احمد; born September 15, 1950 in Rabwah , Punjab ) is a Pakistani agricultural economist and head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community . He was elected fifth caliph ( Khalifat ul-Masih ) on April 22, 2003 .

Signature of Mirza Masrur Ahmad

Life

Mirza Masrur Ahmad attended Talim-ul-Islam High School in Rabwah (Pakistan), later he received a Bachelor of Arts from Talim-ul-Islam College there . In 1967, at the age of 17, he joined the Nizam-e-Wasiyyat (commitment to greater financial sacrifice). He attended the agricultural college in Faisalabad and graduated in 1976 with a Master of Science (M. Sc.) In agricultural economics.

Between 1977 and 1985 he worked in Ghana in the service of the community. He was the headmaster of various schools run by the community. For two years he served as the manager of the Ahmadiyya farm.

In 1985 he returned to Pakistan and held various senior positions in finance, education director, chief executive officer, and executive director. He also held many other high-ranking positions in the ward.

In 1999, Ahmad was arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy and released after eleven days.

Election as caliph

Mirza Masrur Ahmad was elected Khalifat ul-Massih V on April 22, 2003 in the Fazl Mosque in London . Mirza Masrur Ahmad is the successor to Caliph Mirza Tahir Ahmad, who died on April 19, 2003 . At the same time he is also the great-grandson of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , the founder of the religious community. His father was named Mirza Mansur Ahmad, his grandfather Mirza Shareef Ahmad. He lives with his family in an apartment on the site of Britain's first mosque, the Fazl Mosque in London .

According to its own account, the caliphate represents a spiritual direction for Muslims all over the world. Since the establishment of the community, the Ahmadiyya caliphs have spoken out in favor of the separation of state and religion. In an interview in May 2015, Ahmad emphasized the difference between his caliphate and the terror “caliphates” of the so-called Islamic State or the Boko Haram group : “The caliphate of my community is based on the teachings of Islam and its established principles. I didn't set myself up. I resisted it more when I was awarded the caliphate. And the destiny of a caliph is placed in people's hearts by God. A secular caliphate, on the other hand, will be seized by force, ”he is supposed to have said. In addition, according to Ahmad, every caliphate is by definition linked to the mission of a prophet and referred to the founder of the community, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad .

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Visits abroad as a caliph

Since his election, he has traveled worldwide to meet members of the community and to discuss their annual gatherings. In many of the countries he has visited, this was the first visit by an Ahmadiyya caliph. Since taking office, Mirza Masrur Ahmad has toured a total of 26 countries, including seven African countries, where he opened new hospitals, mosques and schools.

Germany

Since taking office, Mirza Masrur Ahmad has visited Germany every year to attend the Jalsa Salana and in 2006, 2008 and 2011 the national Ijtema of Khuddam ul-Ahmadiyya and Lajna Imaillah . He also opened some mosques , including the Khadija Mosque in Berlin.

Publications

  • Conditions of Baiat - Responsibility of an Ahmadi. Islam International Publications, ISBN 978-1-85372-759-7 .
  • The gateway to the second century of Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya. Verlag Der Islam, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-932244-33-9 .

Web links

Commons : Mirza Masroor Ahmad  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Khalifa of Islam. (No longer available online.) In: www.ahmadiyya-islam.org. Archived from the original on February 24, 2019 ; Retrieved February 23, 2019 (American English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ahmadiyya-islam.org
  2. ↑ Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. In: www.muslimsforpeace.org. Retrieved February 23, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ The current head - Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany. In: www.ahmadiyya.de. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Where does the caliph reside? ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ahmadiyya.de
  5. ↑ Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad: On the relationship between Sharia, State and Islam. In: www.ahmadiyya.de. Verlag der Islam, 2011, accessed February 23, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Tahir Chaudhry: Caliph in Germany: "The supposed guardians of Islam export extremism" . In: The time . June 2, 2015, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed on February 23, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Jalsa Salana: Annual Spiritual Meeting
  8. ^ Ijtema: gathering with sports and knowledge competitions


personal data
SURNAME Ahmad, Mirza Masrur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ahmad, Mirza Masroor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani Islamic theologian, Khalifat ul-Massih (Spiritual Head) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Rabwah