Ahmadiyya in Bangladesh

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Bangladesh or Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Bangladesh (Bengali: আহমদীয়া মুসলিম জামা'ত, বাংলাদেশ) is the branch of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Bangladesh. There are an estimated 100,000 Ahmadi Muslims in the country as of 2004.[1][2]

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Bangladesh
আহ্‌মদীয়া মুসলিম জামা’ত, বাংলাদেশ
TypeReligious Community
HeadquartersBakshibazar, Dhaka
Websitewww.ahmadiyyabangla.org www.alislam.org
Ahmadiyya by country

Persecution
Main articles: Persecution of Ahmadis § Bangladesh, and Freedom of religion in Bangladesh § Persecution of Ahmadis

Since its establishment in Bangladesh, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community have faced persecution from other Muslim groups. In 1963 two Ahmadis were killed in Brahmanbaria. In 1992, the Ahmadiyya headquarters in Dhaka were attacked by a mob and a number of Qurans & other books were burnt. In 1999, a bomb blast at an Ahmadiyya mosque killed seven people. On 29 October 2003, an Ahmadi Imam named Shah Alam in Roghunathpurbak village in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore was killed.[3] In 2004, the International Khatme Nabuyat Movement (IKNM) besieged several Ahmadiyya mosques countrywide.[4] In 2004, the Government of Bangladesh banned all religious texts of the Ahmadiyya community.[5]

On 17 June 2010 an angry mob vandalised an Ahmadiyya mosque and the house of an Ahmadiyya believer at Ghatail upazila in Tangail Thursday.[6] In February 2013, a mob set fire to Ahmadiyya property at a site which had been prepared to hold the community's centenary celebrations, causing tens of millions worth of damage in local currency.[7]

Countrywide centers
Masjid Baitul Baset chittagong
  • The Bangali Ahmadiyya Community currently has 120 local chapters across the country, in 425 cities and villages.[8]
  • There are 65 missionaries, an MTA (Muslim Television Ahmadiyya) studio in Dhaka and a Jamia Ahmadiyya (Missionary Training College).[8]
  • Maharajpur Mosque in the Natore District [9]
  • Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Khulna [9]
  • Galim Gazi Mosque in Betal, Kishoregonj [9]

References
  1. "Bangladesh bans Islam sect books". BBC News. January 9, 2004. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. "Bangladesh Religious Freedom 2007". US Department of State. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  3. "Bangladesh: Continued attacks on the Ahmadiyya community | Women Reclaiming and Redefining Cultures". Wluml.org. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  4. "Religious Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community - Updates April-June, 2004". Thepersecution.org. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  5. "Ahmadiyya books banned". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  6. "Ahmadiyyas in Tangail attacked - The Daily Star, Bangladesh". Thepersecution.org. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  7. "Bangladesh: Ahmadiyya persecution overview; New Religion". newreligion.eu. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  8. Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around the World, pg. 118
  9. Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around the World, pg. 119
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