Intro
Watch my video on this herein. Modern day Netherlands is the home of the old Dutch Empire, which had many colonies all over the world, most notably in Indonesia, Africa and Suriname (South America). Although the Dutch Empire had allowed Ahmadi’s to come to Indonesia and Suriname in the 1920’s, they had not authorized Ahmadi’s to come to the Netherlands. It was after WW-2 and most likely via pressure from the British and the USA that Ahmadi missionaries were allowed into the Netherlands.
In relation to the early history of Ahmadiyyat in the Netherlands, we find the mention of Maulvi Abdur Rahim Dard’s visit to this country. The year commonly mentioned is 1926. For instance, it is stated in Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat (Vol. 11, p. 149) that the message of Islam Ahmadiyyat reached the Netherlands “after the inauguration of the Fazl Mosque London” in 1926, through Dard Sahib’s lectures in various societies there. Moreover, Hafiz Qudratullah Sahib – missionary to the Netherlands who established the Ahmadiyya mission there in 1947 – mentions the same year in his autobiography (Dastan-e-Hafiz Bazuban-e-Hafiz, p. 66).
Per Ahmadiyya sources, the jamaat was established in 1947 (See Mosques Around the World, 1994). Hafiz Qudratullah was the first formal missionary sent to Holland in 1947. However, Ahmadi missionaries had went to Holland and given lectures prior to this.
In 1955, the first Ahmadiyya temple/mosque was opened (the Mubarak Mosque). Zafrullah Khan was there and did the ceremony.
By 1979, the Ahmadiyya Movement was claiming to have 1 mission house and 1 mosque in the country. By 2021, there are only 2-3 Ahmadiyya places of worship and one mission house.
Also, read my report on the history of Ahmadiyya in Indonesia and Suriname (old Dutch colonies).
In 2025, a man from Holland arrived in the UK on an all expenses paid trip to the UK for the 2025 UK Jalsa and even met with the Khalifa. He didn’t speak in this clip. Also in 2025, via an episode of this week with hujoor, it was stated by the National Mohtamin Atfal for Holland reported that there were 198 Ahmadi’s boys under the age of 15 in the entire country.
In what seems to be July of 1946, in London, 14 Qadiani-Ahmadi Maulvi’s took a picture together (see Rashid Ahmad’s, “Perseverance”, page 44). The Al-Hakam alleges that 9 of them were sent from Qadian.
Standing (Right to Left)
Chaudhry Allah Ditta (Ataullah), Syed Safirud Din (stayed in London), Muhammad Usman Siddique (Sierra Leone), Maulvi Karim ilahi, Maulvi Ghulam Ahmad Bashir (first he went to Switzerland, then the Netherlands), Chaudhary Abdul Latif (first he went to Switzerland, then the Netherlands, then Germany), Hafiz Qudratullah (Netherlands), Chaudhry Zahoor Ahmad Bajwa, M. Ihsaq Saqi (Spain and then Trinidad and Tobago).
Sitting (Right to Left)
Master Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil (Italy and later Sierra Leone), Malik Abdur Rahman, Maulana Jalal ud Din Shams (London), Mushtaq A. Bajwa and Sh. Nasir Ahmad (Zurich, Switzerland).

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