Intro
Watch my video on this herein. Ahmadiyya seems to have spread to the Dutch colony of Guyana (Suriname) in the 1950’s (Mostly Lahori-Ahmadi’s). Ahmadi’s were already in the Dutch colonies, read about the history of Ahmadiyya in Indonesia herein and in the Netherlands herein. Nevertheless, we estimate that there are barely 200-300 Ahmadi’s in the entire country by 2021, Lahori and Qadiani. By 1979, the Ahmadiyya Movement was claiming to have only 1 mission house and 1 mosque in the entire country.

Lahori-Ahmadi’s began to  build their place of worship in 1929-1932, however, it wasn’t completed until 50 years later, in 1984. It’s the famous Mosque Keizerstraat. The mosque is located in the Keizerstraat, adjacent to the Neveh Shalom Synagogue. Also called, “Surinaamse Islamitische Vereniging” (SIV). Lahori-Ahmadi’s and Qadiani-Ahmadi’s in Suriname have been dying of old age and their younger generation has totally abandoned religion, this is evident in the size of the Jamaat. In fact, in the 2010’s, there was an incident of mass conversion, wherein Ahmadi’sof Javanese descent converted to Christianity {(in Dutch) MOZAÏEK VAN HET SURINAAMSE VOLK: VOLKSTELLINGEN IN DEMOGRAFISCH, ECONOMISCH EN SOCIAAL PERSPECTIEF [2] Archived 2017-09-02 at the Wayback Machine page 118}. See—mozaiek van het surinaamse volk – versie 5.

Qadiani-Ahmadi sources claim that the Ahmadiyya Jamaat was established in the country in 1956 (see “Mosques around the World”, 1994). It is unknown who the Ahmadi murrabi’s were sent or when their first few places of worship were built.

It also seems that both the Qadiani and Lahori-Ahmadi’s manage these Jamaat’s directly from the Netherlands.
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Amount of Qadiani and Lahori-Ahmadi’s in Suriname by 2021

We estimate that there are barely 7,000 Ahmadi’s in the entire country by 2021, Lahori and Qadiani.

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Qadiani-Ahmadi place of worship in Suriname

1—Ahmadiyya Muslim Nasir Mosque, Address:  Ephraimszegenweg #67, Paramaribo, Suriname. +597 481-689

2—Ahmadiyya Moskee Nasr, Address: Nieuwzorgweg, Paramaribo, Suriname.
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Qadiani-Ahmadi imams

By 2020, there seems to be only one Qadiani-Ahmadi imam, Laiq Ahmad Mushtaq. In 1994, Maulvi Hameed Ahmad Zafar was the Qadiani-Ahmadi missionary-in-charge.

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Lahori-Ahmadi place of worship in Suriname

Lahori-Ahmadi’s began to  build their place of worship in 1929-1932, however, it wasn’t completed until 50 years later, in 1984, this is a huge mystery. It’s the famous Mosque Keizerstraat, they claim that its the biggest mosque in the entire country. The mosque is located in the Keizerstraat, adjacent to the Neveh Shalom Synagogue. Also called, “Surinaamse Islamitische Vereniging” (SIV).

They also seem to have 2 places of worship in Nickerie.

3–Haqiqatul Islam Mosque.

4. Mufidul Islam mosque, where three jamaats were joining together (Qamarul Islam, Azmat-i
Islam and Mufidul Islam) to celebrate 100 years of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement.

5. Shane Islam mosque

6. Taqviatul Islam mosque

7. Shamsul Islam

8. Mosque Sadr Tartiboel in Nickerie

9. Imdadia Mosque

10. Mosque Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Meerzorg

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Lahori-Ahmadi publications
https://aaiil.org/suriname/

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Lahori-Ahmadi imams

Imam Saeed Chaudhry seems to have been working in the country in 1999. Mr. Ali Azimullah was an executive of the Suriname Ahmadiyya Jamaat (SIV) for a considerable time, most likely from 1942 up till his retirement in 1987.

Another famous Lahori-Ahmadi imam was Maulana Bashir Ahmad Minto, who was working in America in the 1930’s and 40’s, he seems to have travelled to Suriname in that time-frame and got Al-Hajj Maulana Abdur Rahim Jaggoe to go Lahore and get trained as a missionary. He returned to Suriname in 1951 and began working with the local Sunni Muslim population. He served as a missionary for almost 30 years.

Maulana Abdul Haq Vidyarthi arrived in Suriname in 1959, however, he was only visiting.
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1923-1925

Both groups of Ahmadi’s, Lahori and Qadiani begin working with the Dutch Empire (Holland) in Indonesia. They both send Ahmadi mullahs to Indonesia. It seems that the Lahori-Ahmadi’s were also invited to some of the other Dutch colonies in South America, Dutch Guyana, which is modern day Suriname.
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1929

Per Lahori-Ahmadi sources, they began to build the famous Mosque Keizerstraat, however, it wasn’t opened until 1984.
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1943

Sufi Muti-ur-Rahman Bengali has an essay in the ROR of March-1943 entitled, “The Ahmadiyya Movement”. From Chicago! He also alleges that Ahmadiyya has spread around the world in countries/continents like England, North and South America (Trinidad and Suriname), various parts of Africa (mostly, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya), Italy, Palestine, Dutch East Indies (aka Indonesia), Straight Settlements (aka Malaysia), China, Japan and Mauritius.
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1970’s
file:///C:/Users/xobas/Downloads/art2016HassankhanHindustaniMuslimsfinal28Febr.pdf

The Ahmadiya movement was popular in Suriname, because it was being regarded as a
modern reform movement 23 . Because of its positive image in Suriname many people
sympathised with the Ahmadiyat. However, they became more critical after it was
proclaimed to be non-Islamic at an international Islamic conference and was banned in
Pakistan because some members believe that the founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a
prophet. Many people in Suriname thought that Ahmadiyat, as explained by the Ahmaidya
Isha‟at Islam of Lahore, was a progressive and modern movement in Islam, in which the
women had much more rights than within the Suriname Muslim Association (SMA), that was
regarded as an orthodox movement (Hassankhan, 2014). Within the SIV there have been two
divisions since 1975: one who propagated that although they sympathised with the
progressive aspects of Muslim tradition, SIV should be a non-sectarian Islamic organisation
in which all Muslims could find a place. The pro-Ahmadiya movement wanted to proclaim
SIV as an Ahmadi organisation belonging to the Ahmadiya Isha‟at Islam Lahore (AII). In
1978 the non-Ahmadis lost the elections within the SIV and left this organisation and
established the Suriname Islamic Organisation (SIO), which is non-sectarian Muslim
organisation. This can be regarded as the second large schism within the Hindustani Muslim
community in Suriname (see also Hassankhan, 2014).

Once they united they could propagate their beliefs in a more efficient manner. They had
extensive contacts with theologians from the Bareilwi school and invited them to come
regularly to Suriname to propagate Islam. Several of them were also known in other girmitya
countries. They argued well before 1973 that Ahmadis were non-Muslims and should be
shunned. As a consequence the relative small Hindustani community in Suriname was
divided into Sunnis and Ahmadis.

Madjlies Moesliemien Suriname
The Madjlies Moesliemien Suriname is an association of all Muslim organisation in which all
Indonesian and Hindustani umbrella organisations were united since 1974. This organisation
was set up as the official counterpart of the Musliemien for relation to the Government. The
members were originally the SIV, the SMA and the SMF and four Javanese organisations.
Because of the problems with the deciding about the new moon at the occasion of Eid ul fitr,
te SMA decided to withdraw, while in 1978 the SIV was replaced by the SIO (Suriname
Islamic Organisation), because the SIV became officially an Ahmadiya organisation.. Since
then the SMA and the SIV are invited separately by the government for consultations
regarding different issues. In the IRIS is the MMS represented as one collective member.
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1979

By 1979, the Ahmadiyya Movement was claiming to have only 1 mission house and 1 mosque in the entire country.

The March-June-1979 edition of the Muslim Sunrise was edited by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir only. It’s unclear as to who was the missionary-in-charge in the USA. Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir’s private addres is given out for those who have questions about the subject matter, all questions about the business affairs of the Muslim Sunrise are addressed at 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C., at the American Fazl Mosque (which was the headquarters of the USA jamaat). It has essay’s by B.A. Munir on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Sheikh Abdul Qadir, Dr. Qazi Muhammad Barkatullah. It also discusses the “Yuz Asaf” theory and even mentions how it was published in “The Japan Times” of July 14, 1978. It also alleged that Prof. Yasin, head of the post-graduate department of history at Kashmir University, who they allege is a Sunni Muslim, admits that this is the tomb of Eisa (as). The book by German philosopher Andreas Faber-Kaiser whose book “Jesus died in Kashmir” is also mentioned. The Chief Kadhi of Kenya, Sheikh Abdalla Saleh Farsy is mentioned and his opinion on 3:144 is twisted. Ahmadiyya locations around the world are given: the Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Canada, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Burma, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. They also give 5 Ahmadiyya locations in the USA, 2141 Leroy PL, N.W. Washington D.C., 637 Randolph Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45408, 1064 Union Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., 112225 and 3336 Maybelle Way, Oakland, CA 94619.
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1980

The Jan-Apr-1980 edition of the Muslim Sunrise was edited by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir only. It’s unclear as to who was the missionary-in-charge in the USA. Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir’s private address is given out for those who have questions about the subject matter, all questions about the business affairs of the Muslim Sunrise are addressed at 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C., at the American Fazl Mosque (which was the headquarters of the USA jamaat). In this editorial, Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir writes about the visit of the Pope to the USA in 1979 as well as Dr. Abdus Salam winning the Nobel Prize in 1979. A speech by Zafrullah Khan which was given in Oct-1979 at the University of Calgary (department of religious studies) is reproduced. Zafrullah Khan quotes 62:3 and alleges that Muhammad (Saw) was destined to come back into this world. There is also an essay by Abdullah A. Odeh (on Jihad)(from the Odeh family of Kababir, Haifa, Israel). An essay about the Shroud of Turin is also given. Ahmadiyya locations around the world are given: the Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Canada, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Burma, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. They also give 5 Ahmadiyya locations in the USA, 2141 Leroy PL, N.W. Washington D.C., 637 Randolph Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45408, 1064 Union Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., 112225 and 3336 Maybelle Way, Oakland, CA 94619.
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1982

The Jan-1982 edition of the Muslim Sunrise was edited by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir (named as the Editor in Chief), Mubasher Ahmad (M.A., L.L.B.) is named as the managing editor and there are 3 associate editors, Dr. Muhammad Abbas, Dr. M.H. Sajid and Dr. Bashir uddin Usama. Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir’s private address is given out for those who have questions about the subject matter, all questions about the business affairs of the Muslim Sunrise are addressed at 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C., at the American Fazl Mosque (which was the headquarters of the USA jamaat). A book by Zafrullah Khan is quoted, as well as an entire essay entitled, “The Concept of the Second Coming in World Religions”. A speech by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir which was given at the Ahmadi USA-Jalsa of 1981 is reproduced (held on Sep-5-6-1981 in Washington D.C.), the essay was on the shroud of Turin. A quote is given from Tohfa Golarhviyyah, however, the page number is not given, this is about Ahmadiyya taking over the world. 7 locations of the Ahmadiyya Movement in the USA are given, 2141 Leroy PL, N.W. Washington D.C., 1064 Union Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., 112225, 637 Randolph Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45408, 4448 South Wabash Ave, Chicago, Ill, 60653, 4401 Oakwood St, St. Louis, MO, 63121, 8218 Wyoming, Detroit, MI, 48204 and 3401 Sitrus Ave, Walnut Creek, Ca 94598. Ahmadiyya locations around the world are given: Benin, the Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Canada, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Burma, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

The July-1982 edition of the Muslim Sunrise was edited by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir (named as the Editor in Chief), Mubasher Ahmad (M.A., L.L.B.) is named as the managing editor and there are 3 associate editors, Dr. Muhammad Abbas, Dr. M.H. Sajid and Dr. Bashir uddin Usama. Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir’s private address is given out for those who have questions about the subject matter, all questions about the business affairs of the Muslim Sunrise are addressed at 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C., at the American Fazl Mosque (which was the headquarters of the USA jamaat). Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir wrote about USA President Ronald Reagan and abhorred how he spoke about Jihad. The 2nd Qadiani-Ahmadi Khalifa’s speech at the Annual Jalsa of 1925 at Qadian is reproduced. An essay by Abdullah Nasir, who works as a Director of a Special Training College in Winneba, Ghana is given. Mubarak A. Malik has an essay wherein he alleges that there was a prophecy about Ahmadi’s moving out of Qadian in 1947, he quotes the Al-Fazl of August-16-1947, and July-20-1947. Mubarak A. Malik alleged (via Al-Fazl of July-20-1947), that a group of Sikhs attacked a train full of Qadiani’s. On Aug-21, allegedly, 50 men were killed in Qadian. The family of MGA left Qadian on Aug-25, allegedly, Mirza Nasir Ahmad stayed in Qadian. On Aug-29, the 2nd Qadiani-Ahmadi Khalifa gave his final sermon in Qadian (See Al-Fazl, Sep-1-1947). It was also alleged that 2000 Muslims from the surrounding areas are in Qadian and seeking refuge. 6 locations of the Ahmadiyya Movement in the USA are given, 2141 Leroy PL, N.W. Washington D.C., 637 Randolph Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45408, 4448 South Wabash Ave, Chicago, Ill, 60653, 4401 Oakwood St, St. Louis, MO, 63121 ,8218 Wyoming, Detroit, MI, 48204 and G.P.O. Box 1828 New York, NY,  10116 and 11584 Circle Way, Dublin, Ca 95466. Ahmadiyya locations around the world are given: Benin, the Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Canada, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Burma, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
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1983

The Sep-Dec-1983 edition of the Muslim Sunrise was edited by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir (named as the Editor in Chief), Mubasher Ahmad (M.A., L.L.B.) is named as the managing editor and there are 2 circulation managers, Nazir A. Ayaz and Saeeda Lateef. Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir’s private address is given out for those who have questions about the subject matter, all questions about the business affairs of the Muslim Sunrise are addressed at 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C., at the American Fazl Mosque (which was the headquarters of the USA jamaat). Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir wrote an editorial on “Current Trends in Islamic Thought”. The 1925 Jalsa speech by the 2nd Qadiani-Ahmadi Khalifa is given. An essay by Zafar Ahmad Chaudhry? (Air Marshall of the Pakistani Air Force) on “Ahmadiyya Beliefs: Some Allegations Corrected” is given, in this article he talks about Ahmadiyya Takfir, the Ahmadiyya violation of the Kalima, the Ahmadiyya violation on Jihad, the split in Ahmadiyya and etc. In the next essay, the Munir Inquiry of 1953-54 is mentioned, Zafrullah Khan is mentioned, this is an essay by Dr. Syed Barakat Ahmad. Jihad is also discussed via a newspaper from Ghana named “The Guardian” of Dec-1982. 5 locations of the Ahmadiyya Movement in the USA are given, 2141 Leroy PL, N.W. Washington D.C., 637 Randolph Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45408, 4448 South Wabash Ave, Chicago, Ill, 60653, 4401 Oakwood St, St. Louis, MO, 63121, G. P. O. Box 1828, New York, NY 10116. Ahmadiyya locations around the world are given; Benin, the Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Canada, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Australia, Burma, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

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The famous Mosque Keizerstraat, the grand mosque is finally opened.

The March-1984 edition of the Muslim Sunrise was edited by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir (named as the Editor in Chief), Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir’s private address is given out for those who have questions about the subject matter, all questions about the business affairs of the Muslim Sunrise are addressed at 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C., at the American Fazl Mosque (which was the headquarters of the USA jamaat). Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir wrote an editorial vs. William Safire. Sheikh Mubarak Ahmad is announced as the Missionary-in-Charge for the USA, he also has a short essay wherein he mentions Zafrullah Khan. An essay by Zafrullah Khan is given thereafter, Sheikh Mubarak Ahmad wrote the forward. In this essay, the review by Batalvi is mentioned, Sufi Ahmad Jan is also mentioned, it is also alleged that there are 10 million Ahmadi’s in the world. Ahmadiyya locations around the world are given; Benin, the Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Canada, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Australia, Burma, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
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1991

Mirza Tahir Ahmad visits Suriname and gives a speech wherein he addresses the Inter-Religious Consults. This small speech is converted into a book and published in 1992. Mirza Tahir Ahmad also seems to have made derogatory remarks towards the Lahori-Ahmadi’s, they responded herein.
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2015
https://youtu.be/log0xC5ShuI

Maulana Laiq A. Mushtaq  is working as a Missionary in Suriname.
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2018

Qadiani-Ahmadi imam Azhar Haneef visited Suriname and attended the Qadiani-Jalsa and made derogatory remarks about the Lahori-Ahmadi’s.
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2024

In Suriname, Lahori-Ahmadi’s are celebrating 95 years of Ahmadiyya in Suriname and 110 years of Lahori-Ahmadism. In this video, an Ahmadi man can be seen singing in Urdu.

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Links and Related Essay’s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque_Keizerstraat

The history of Ahmadiyya in the Netherlands (the Dutch)(Holland)

The history of Ahmadiyya in Indonesia

Qadiani Ahmadis vs. Lahori-Ahmadis, sectarianism within Ahmadiyya–2018 version

https://aaiil.org/suriname/

Surinaamse Islamitische Vereniging​

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Suriname#cite_note-3

https://aaiil.org/text/biog/biog/abdurrahimjaggoe1.shtml

Click to access hopebulletinaugust2014.pdf

 

Dr Muhammad Yahya on X: “Lahoris should be ASHAMED of themselves. They rejected Khilafat Ahmadiyya and Allah SWT has finished them both spiritually and in numbers. بلا شک و شبہ خلافت احمدیہ ہمای ڈھال ہے – الحمدللہ لاہوری جماعت نے 1914 میں خلافت سے ناطہ توڑا اور یہ دیکھ کر میرا دل خون کے آنسو رویا کہ https://t.co/Tx9txMKPli” / X

https://twitter.com/dryahya1969/status/1857513430271263105

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