SOCIOL 2TA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Joel Osteen
4 Jul 2018
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SOCIOLOGY 2TA3 SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
LECTURE THREE
- Ahmadis 10 million followers in the Muslim world
- First group that came from India to America in 1920 to invite people towards Islam
- Ghulam Ahmad was born in 1885 in India and as he grew up, he claimed to have received some
visions that God was talking to him
- In 1876, when his father died, he claimed that he received revelation that God was sending him
messages
- He claimed to be a prophet, this is an issue since in Islam there should be no prophet after
Mohammed pbuh
- Ahmadis are highly prosecuted, they live mainly in Pakistan
- Ghulam Ahmad studied different faiths,
- 1889, he claimed to be the messiah (Mahdi)
- Ahmadis say he is a spiritual guide and not a prophet
- He followed the same law as prophet Mohammed
- He felt like he should take a reformation of the Muslim world
- Ghulam Ahmed claimed he had the light of God that he wanted to express through writing and
speeches
- He died in 1908, however the coming of the Mahdi has to accompany certain signs
- Controversy over whether or not he was a Messiah
- His mission was not to have the end of the world, but more to restore the teachings of the
Quran
- He was engaged in spiritual jihad
- They believe they have a mandate to preach Islam to non-Muslims
- Many other see Ahmadis as non Muslims
- Jesus came down from the cross and looked for the lost tribes of Israel
- One of the signs of the return of the Messiah is the sun will rise from the West
- He believed it was the Muslims duty to convert Christians to islam
- More tolerated in the west than in their own countries
- Ibrahima was the first convert in America
- There was a split in the Ahmadi community when he died, some denied his preaching
- He was succeed by his son
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Document Summary
Ahmadis 10 million followers in the muslim world. First group that came from india to america in 1920 to invite people towards islam. Ghulam ahmad was born in 1885 in india and as he grew up, he claimed to have received some visions that god was talking to him. In 1876, when his father died, he claimed that he received revelation that god was sending him messages. He claimed to be a prophet, this is an issue since in islam there should be no prophet after. Ahmadis are highly prosecuted, they live mainly in pakistan. 1889, he claimed to be the messiah (mahdi) Ahmadis say he is a spiritual guide and not a prophet. He followed the same law as prophet mohammed. He felt like he should take a reformation of the muslim world. Ghulam ahmed claimed he had the light of god that he wanted to express through writing and speeches.
