Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement

The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement is a branch of the Ahmadiyya movement, an Islamic religious group founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Ahmad claimed to be the Mahdi, the Christian Messiah, and a reappearance of Muhammad. The Ahmadiyya movement's doctrines are considered unorthodox by mainstream Islam, particularly their beliefs about Jesus and their reinterpretation of jihad as a peaceful struggle.12

A schism occurred within the Ahmadiyya movement in 1914 after Ahmad's death. The group that seceded and established its center in Lahore accepted Ahmad only as a reformer (mujaddid), not as a prophet. This faction, the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, focuses on proselytizing for Islam generally, rather than exclusively for their specific sect. They are known for their publishing work and for promoting a more liberal interpretation of Islam.13