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During the first decade of the Ahmadiyya movement in modern-day Ghana, the Ahmadiyya mission had only a single Indian missionary at any one time, supported by a Fante interpreter. [15] By 1946, there were up to three Indian missionaries and five West African missionaries, and four teachers in the country. [15]
Ahmadiyya is an Islamic religious movement originating in 1889 in northern India around the teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who claimed to have been divinely appointed as both the promised Mahdi and Messiah expected by Muslims to appear towards the end times.
Bashir Ahmad Orchard – first Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Community of European descent; Abdul Wahab Adam [5] – Ameer (Head) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana; member of National Peace Council; member of National Reconciliation Commission
Ahmadiyya, [a] officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ), [4] [b] is an Islamic messianic [5] [6] movement originating in British India in the late 19th century. [7] [8] [9] It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who said he had been divinely appointed as both the Promised Mahdi (Guided One) and Messiah expected by Muslims to appear towards the end times and bring about, by ...
According to the Ghana Statistical Service's Population and Housing census (2021), the percentage of Muslims in Ghana is about 19.9%. [ 2 ] According to a comprehensive report by the Association of Religion Data Archives , 63.2% of Muslims are followers of Sunni Islam , while approximately 36.8% belong to the Ahmadiyya movement.
Yadgar Mosque, the "first" mosque of Rabwah. Rabwah. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community established itself in Rabwah on September 30, 1948. [4] Rabwah was a town founded and created by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the time of its Second Caliph, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad and was named ‘Rabwah’ by the Ahmadiyya Missionary Jalal-ud-Din Shams.
The school was established by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, in 1968 as a middle school. The following year, the school was converted into a secondary school.
This led to the inception of Ahmadiyya Muslim Presentation (AMP) in January 1992 which would broadcast the weekly Friday sermons, and in 1993, the first Jalsa Salana to be broadcast live. [4] This became the first TV channel run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community as well as the first TV channel to broadcast Islamic programmes globally.