num_pages: 240
description: Since its inception in colonial India in 1889, the Ahmadi movement has been, arguably, the most controversial movement in modern Islam. Friedmann provides an interesting insight into the origin and spread of a proselytizing mission that claims prophetic status for its founder, inviting thevehement opposition of the Sunni orthodoxy, that holds Muhammad to be the last prophet.
language: English
title: Prophecy Continuous: Aspects of Ahmadi Religious Thought and Its Medieval Background
titlecomplete: Prophecy Continuous: Aspects of Ahmadi Religious Thought and Its Medieval Background
genres: Islam
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Oxford University Press