Ahmadiyya in Switzerland
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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Mīrzā Ghulām Aḥmad was a religious figure from India and the founder of the Ahmadiyya Community. He claimed to be the Mujaddid of the 14th Islamic century, the promised Messiah , and the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims in the end days...
(1835-1908). Ahmadiyya is dedicated to the revival and peaceful propagation of Islam.
In Switzerland, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...
was founded by three Missionaries,
Sheikh Nasir Ahmad, Abdul Latif Ahmad and Ghulam Bashir, were they met on 13. October 1946 first time in Zurich.
History
On 13 October 1946 brought together three missionaries of the AMJ, Sheikh Nasir Ahmad, Abdul Latif Ahmad and Ghulam Bashir in Zurich. The foundation of the Mahmud mosque was on 25 August 1962 by Amatul Hafiz Begum, daughter of the founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. The opening ceremony was on 22 June 1963 by Sir Muhammad Zafrullah KhanMuhammad Zafrulla Khan
Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, international jurist, and scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, known for drafting the Pakistan Resolution, for his representation of Pakistan at the United Nations, and serving as a judge at the International...
, President of the 17th UN General Assembly and also opened in the presence of the mayor of Zurich, Dr. Emil Landolt. Currently, a second mosque in Wigoltingen is in plan. Until 1962 in Switzerland have been three significant priority tasks: The first edition of the Arabic-English edition of the Koran (1954), the creation and publication of the journal "Islam" and the construction of a mosque. The Ahmadiyya Movement of Islam in Switzerland (national organization of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat) has about 700 members and the emir (president) of this Jammat is Walid Tariq Tarnutzer and the Missionary Incharge Sadaqat Ahmed.
Missionaries in Switzerland
| Noob | Zeitraum | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheikh Nasir Ahmad | 1946 to 1962 |
| 2 | Mushtaq Ahmad Bajwa | Juni 1962 – January 1975 |
| 3 | Mir Masud Ahmad | February 1975 – June 1976 |
| 4 | Naseem Ahmad Mahdi | April 1977 – November 1983 |
| 5 | Mansur Ahmad Khan | November 1983 – November 1984 |
| 6 | Masud Ahmad Jehlmi | December 1984 – August 1990 |
| 7 | Basharat Ahmad Mahmud | August 1990 – January 1997 |
| 8 | Sadaqat Ahmad | since 2000 |
Publications
- Ahmadiyya-Bulletin – Magazine of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Switzerland
- Khadim – Magazine of Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya Switzerland