Ahmadiyya Author:Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ahmadiyya is a religious movement founded towards the end of the 19th century and originating with the life and teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908). Ghulam Ahmad was an important religious figure who claimed to have fulfilled the prophecies about the world reformer of the end times who was to h... more »erald the Eschaton as predicted in the traditions of various World religions and bring about the final triumph of Islam as per Islamic prophecy. He claimed that he was the Mujaddid (divine reformer) of the 14th Islamic century, the promised Messiah ("Second Coming of Christ") and Mahdi awaited by Muslims. Ahmadi emphasis lay in the belief that Islam is the final law for humanity as revealed to Muhammad and the necessity to restore to it its true essence and pristine form, which had been lost through the centuries. Thus, Ahmadis view themselves as leading the revival and peaceful propagation of Islam. The Ahmadis were among the earliest Muslim communities to arrive in Britain and other Western countries. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the movement on 23rd March 1889 and termed it the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (community) envisioning it to be a revitalisation of Islam.« less