A member of the Ahmadiyya Islamic community, which emerged in 19th-century India and believes in a modern interpretation of Islam.
From Ahmad, the Arabic name, as the movement was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. The suffix '-i' is Arabic for 'follower of' or 'belonging to.'
The Ahmadiyya movement is controversial in the Islamic world precisely because it challenged traditional beliefs in a way similar to how Protestants challenged Catholicism, showing that religious reform movements appear across different faiths.
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