Ahmadiyya

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An Islamic denomination, considered by some to be a separate religion, founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, who is considered to be the Mahdi.

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"In 1980, the Indonesian Ulama (religious scholar) Council, the country’s highest Muslim body, declared Ahmadiyya a "deviant sect.""

Etymology

From Arabic أَحْمَدِيَّة (ʔaḥmadiyya), after Ahmad, another name of Muhammad in the Quran.

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