Qadiani
Qadiani or Qadiyani (qādiyānī in Urdu and Arabic) is the term used by mainstream Muslims to refer to the Ahmadi people, primarily in Pakistan.[1] While it is considered pejorative by the Ahmadiyya, it is used in official Pakistani documents.[2] The term itself is a reference to the town of Qadian or Qādiyān, the hometown of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, whom the Ahmadiyya hold to be the promised Messiah and Mahdi.
It is also sometimes used to distinguish[citation needed] between the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam (Lahore-based) and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Qadian-based) branches of the Ahmadiyya, primarily by the Lahoris and other Muslims. While the Lahori continue to be based in Lahore, the Qadiani branch headquarters moved to Lahore in 1947, to Chenab Nagar (formerly Rabwah) in 1951 and the United Kingdom in 1984.
See also
- Ahmadiyya
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
- Ahmadis in Pakistan
- Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam
References
- ↑ Antonio R. Gualtieri (1989). Conscience and Coercion: Ahmadi Muslims and Orthodoxy in Pakistan. Guernica Editions. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-920717-41-7.
- ↑ Pakistan Penal Code Chap. XV "Of Offences Relating to Religion" pp. 79–81
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