Ahmadiyya Militia
The Ahmadiyya Militia was raised during the 1947 Partition of India to protect members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim branch from communal violence, based on the guidance from their founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, that violence could be used only in defensive wars.[1]
References[]
- ^ Simon Ross Valentine. Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at: History, Belief, Practice. Columbia University Press, 2008. ISBN 0-231-70094-6, ISBN 978-0-231-70094-8
Categories:
- Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan
- Religious paramilitary organizations
- Partition of India
- Paramilitary organisations based in Pakistan
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