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KADİYÂNÎLİK BAĞLAMINDA MEHDİLİK
MAHDIYYAH IN THE CONTEXT OF QADIYANIYYAH

Author(s): Ahmet Yönem
Subject(s): Islam studies, Comparative Studies of Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Sakarya üniversitesi
Keywords: Islamic Sect; Mahdi; Shia; Qadiyaniyya; Ghulam Ahmad;

Summary/Abstract: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is the founder of the Qadiyaniyyah whose opinions are based on the context of Mahdi and the Nabi. According to their own claims, the reformer (Mujaddid) is the Mahdi, the Messiah, the Messenger and even the prophet. He expects the Mahdi awaited by Muslims, the Messiah awaited by Christians and the Krishna awaited by Hindus are all the same one Mirza Ghulam who is the Mahdi and the Messiah is supposedly carrying the spiritual power of Jesus as well as Muhammad. Therefore he is peaceful; he will emit Islam and his Jihad through propaganda, and not the sword. He suggests that the period of jihad by the sword is over and that he will spread Islam to the world only through the use of the pen and prayer and vows not to use another method.

  • Issue Year: 13/2011
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 175-191
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Turkish