Jihad and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Nonviolent Efforts to Promote Islam in the Contemporary World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20199341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John H Hanson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 77-93 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/nr.2007.11.2.77 |
| OpenAlex | W2084086484 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community emphasizes the nonviolent aspects of jihad or religious "effort." Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), the South Asian Muslim scholar who founded the movement, argued that the Quran only authorized jihad as defensive military action in certain contexts and otherwise encouraged peaceful initiatives in support of Islam. Ghulam Ahmad also claimed, as the spiritual manifestation of the Messiah and Mahdi, to usher in a new era in which nonviolent activities alone defined jihad. These arguments have not persuaded most Muslims, but the Ahmadiyya Muslim community continues to stress jihad of the pen, that is, efforts to promote and defend Islam in various media. Many take up the pen, but few are granted the spirit to conduct the jihad in the most acceptable manner . . . It is the Jamaat Ahmadiyya only which has not stopped this great struggle . . . It has become the only vehicle to usher in the revival of Islam through its peaceful, yet determined intellectual process which was initiated a century ago by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi in Islam.1
Islam · Messiah · Muslim community · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Religious studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2022 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |