Intro
Some sources claim that the Community was formally registered in the country in 1992, during the era of the Fourth Caliphate. However, “Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around The World”, claims that the Jamaat was established in 2001. Nevertheless, the history of Ahmadiyya in Ireland started when Bashir Ahmad Orchard converted to Ahmadiyya in the late 1940’s. He began working in Ireland from 1949–1952 and later 1966–1983. Bashir Ahmad Orchard was dead by 2002. Ibrahim Noonan was sent to Ireland to attempt to make progress in the early 2000’s.
There is only one Ahmadiyya temple in the whole country. The majority of the members are of Pakistani immigrants on asylum. Ireland consisted of five jamaats, allegedly with a total of 467 Ahmadis. About 40% of the Ahmadis in Ireland reside in Galway. There are an estimated 60 members who are under asylum in the country, a third of which are under asylum in Galway. Besides, Galway and Dublin, the Community has members in Cork, Limerick, and a number of smaller towns and cities across Ireland. There are two Ahmadiyya mosques in Ireland, one in Galway in the western coast, and in Lucan near the eastern coast in County Dublin. The first ever Jalsa Salana was held in 2002.
In 2025, a delegation from Ireland arrived in the UK on an all expenses paid trip to the UK for the 2025 UK Jalsa and even met with the Khalifa. Noonan was there too! In Aug-2025, the Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Ireland held another Jalsa-mela. Noonan simply read out what he was told to read out from the Khalifa in the UK. Noonan was made that there wasn’t an English translation of the Urdu poem which was recited. However, at the end, there was an Urdu speech, and there was no translation! Ironic! Yusuf Pender also gave a nonsensical speech. It should be noted that 95% of the Ahmadi’s in Ireland are refugees who’s first language is Urdu.
In 2026, the Ahmadiyya Movement in Ireland began selling its persecution narrative in Ireland as they continue to beg for asylum visas. Estimates show that in the past 10 years, 100+ asylum visas were issued by the Irish government to the Ahmadiyya Movement. In the photo, the brother of Nida al-Nasser can be seen, Usman Ahmad, who is working as the Head of the Ahmadiyya International Human Rights Desk.
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Ahmadiyya Murrabi’s??
Bashir Ahmad Orchard was the first ever Irish-Ahmadi. He was also the first ever Irish-Ahmadi-Imam. He seems to have been working in Ireland from 1949 to 1952 and 1966–1983. Barely anyone converted to Ahmadiyya in that era.
In the 2000’s, Ibrahim Noonan was made an imam and missionary in-charge and is working/living in Ireland for the past 20 years. Atta-ur-Rahman Khalid Sahib, a missionary who has recently been posted in Dublin (since 2019–2020).
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Ahmadiyya places of worship?
Maryam Mosque in Galway is the first purpose-build mosque in Galway, this is Ibrahim Noonan is working. It was built at a cost of €1.5 million, and can accommodate up to 300 worshippers.
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1919
The Jan-Feb-1919 edition of the ROR reports that Mr. A. Murray, who is an irishman, has converted to Ahmadiyya, he is working in and around Secunderabad, British-India and had ties with Seth Abdullah Allahdin.
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1949–1952
Bashir Ahmad Orchard was stationed at Glasgow, Scotland by the Khalifa. His wife went with him.
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late 1950’s
Mirza Tahir Ahmad visits the country for leisure.
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1966–1983
Bashir Ahmad Orchard returned to Glasgow, Scotland. Even though he was a paid-employee of the Mirza family, he was allowed to sell stamps and thus make money for his own welfare as well as other random expenses. His wife and kids lived in the mission house in Glasgow. Thus, Ahmadiyya INC saved money.
Via the Muslim Sunrise of July-1973, the Ahmadiyya Movement has 5 locations in America, 2141 Leroy Place, Washington D.C. 20008, 637 Randolph St, Dayton, OH, 185 North Wabash Ave, Chicago, iL, 60601 (this seems to be down the street from the Ahmadiyya temple-residence at 4448 S. Wabash Ave), 604 Wandless St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, 2519 Arch St, Philadelphia, 19139, 4385 N. Greenbay Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53209, 147-20 Archer Ave, Jamaica-Queens, 11435. It also gives out its global mailing addresses in Nairobi-Kenya, Tabora-Tanzania, Accra-Ghana, Kumasi-Ghana, Lagos-Nigeria, Freetown-Sierra Leone, Monrovia-Liberia, Bathurst-Gambia, Rangoon-Burma and Toronto,-Canada. A Friday sermon by Mirza Nasir Ahmad from May-4-1973 is given, this is the speech wherein he discusses the fact that Ahmadi’s were declared as Non-Muslim in Azad Kashmir. The next issue of the Muslim Sunrise (September-October issue) will be most probably distributed at the annual convention of the
Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, to be held during August-31-September 2, 1973, at Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois. Meanwhile, the subscribers are requested to send their subscriptions ($3.00 per year) to the Missionary-in-Charge, 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20008. Please send your complete mailing address to the Manager, Sister Rehana Salam, c/o the Dayton Mosque, 637 Randolph Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45408. Thank you. It has an essay by Muhammad Ali Chaudhri, who is the Principal, T. l College, Rabwah, Pakistan. It also has an essay from Dr. Qazi Muhammad Barkatullah. Ahmadiyya global missions are mentioned, in the UK, Denmark, Germany (Hamburg and Frankfurt), Holland (Netherlands), B.A. Orchard in Ireland, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Japan, Indonesia (Suva), Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad, Mauritius, Borneo, Sri Lanka, Syria and Singapore.
The EDITORIAL BOARD is as follows:
Editor— Mian Muhammad Ibrahim
Advisory Editor— Imam Sharif Ahmad Bajwa
Contributing Editors— Hasan Hakeem, Dr. Basharat Ahmad Munir, Dr. Qazi Muhammad Barkatulla.
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1980’s
In the 1980s, an entrepreneur, Muhammad Hanif, held congregational prayers in his home, which became the Ahmadiyya Community’s first makeshift mosque in Ireland. The house was later donated to the Community, to be used as a mosque.
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1989
The 4th Khalifa visits via an official tour.
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2001
Ibrahim Noonan is made missionary-in-charge.
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2002
Bashir Ahmad Orchard dies. The first ever Jalsa-Salana was held.
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2010
The 5th Khalifa visits the country.
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2014
Maryam Mosque in Galway is the first purpose-build mosque in Galway, this is Ibrahim Noonan is working. The 5th Khalifa laid the foundation stone.
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2019
In July of 2019, an Ahmadiyya mosque located in Galway was vandalized. The mosque in question was the Maryam Mosque. The mosque was thought to be targeting by Sunni and Shia Muslims. Bishop Brendan Kelly of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora spoke out against the vandalism, saying “I wholeheartedly condemn the actions of the perpetrators.” Charlie Flanagan, the Irish Minister for Justice and Equality, also spoke out against the attack, saying he was “greatly disturbed” by the news of the attack.
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2021
https://www.alhakam.org/national-amila-of-ireland-meets-hazrat-khalifatul-masih/
First-ever charity cycle by Ireland Jamaat alongside annual charity walk
Dr Muhammad Anwar Sahib, National Sadr (President) Ireland and 19 members in the national amila had a sitting with the Khalifa.
Dr Hamid Ahmad Khan Sahib, Sadr Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya and National Secretary Tabligh (Preaching) reported that this year, only one person in Ireland joined Ahmadiyyat, who was Irish and worked as a lecturer. Huzooraa then asked what the bai‘at target was for the year; to which Dr Hamid Ahmad Khan Sahib stated that the target was 10 bai‘ats. Hearing this, Huzooraa said:
“You have accomplished one [bai‘at] out of the 10-bai‘at target. If you had set a big target, you would probably have worked with more effort. You have set a small target, so the effort was less too.”
Dr Hamid Ahmad Khan Sahib said that they would increase the target next time.
Huzooraa then asked how they conducted and carried out tabligh. The National Secretary Tabligh, Dr Hamid Ahmad Khan Sahib answered that they usually organised leafleting and tabligh stalls. Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa then said that one-to-one meetings should also be held, and more relations should be built. Huzooraa explained that leafleting was one way and more avenues of tabligh should be explored.
Dr Hamid Ahmad Khan Sahib said that they had displayed a photo of the Promised Messiahas on buses with the message, “The Promised Messiah has come”. He said that this helped in tabligh and the message of Islam Ahmadiyyat reached thousands of people this way. Another bus campaign was planned.
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2022
Murrabi Noonan posted a photo of a marketing campaign by Ahmadi’s in Ireland, ads on busses.
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2023
https://twitter.com/ImamNoonan/status/1622010557732634625
There are barely 100 Ahmadi’s in all of Ireland, in these photo’s, you can see the full jamaat from West Region, Midland Region & South West Region Tabligh Seminar at Galway Mosque, Masjid Mayram.
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2024
https://x.com/e_ghulamrasool/status/1769721344432681384?s=46&t=HTqZKquoOvKbgoBAF2aQcg
Yusuf Pender on X: “Alhamdolillah the Jamaat took part in the #SaintPatricksDay parade in #Galway today https://t.co/lC7yuxWRpi” / X (twitter.com)
Imam Ibrahim M Noonan of AMA Ireland & NI on X: “Ahmadiyya Muslim community of Ireland, Huzur Anwar (aba) voices for peace campaign mentioned alhamdulillah. Galway City https://t.co/cpyHthhB7l” / X (twitter.com)
Ahmadi’s marching and participating in St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ireland, during Ramadhan too.
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2024
Imam Ibrahim M Noonan of AMA Ireland & NI on X: “Our Bus campaign in three Major cities in Ireland, Dublin, Galway & Cork, alhamdulillah https://t.co/TcKu4CUlNZ” / X (twitter.com)
Bus campaign in three Major cities in Ireland, Dublin, Galway & Cork.
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In 2025, a delegation from Ireland arrived in the UK on an all expenses paid trip to the UK for the 2025 UK Jalsa and even met with the Khalifa. Noonan was there too!
In Aug-2025, the Ahmadiyya Jamaat in Ireland held another Jalsa-mela. Noonan simply read out what he was told to read out from the Khalifa in the UK. Noonan was made that there wasn’t an English translation of the Urdu poem which was recited. However, at the end, there was an Urdu speech, and there was no translation! Ironic! Yusuf Pender also gave a nonsensical speech. It should be noted that 95% of the Ahmadi’s in Ireland are refugees who’s first language is Urdu.
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2026
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/galway/news/a-form-of-apartheid-stark-report-details-persecution-of-ahmadi-muslims-as-findings-launched-in-galway/a2010307732.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
In 2026, the Ahmadiyya Movement in Ireland began selling its persecution narrative in Ireland as they continue to beg for asylum visas. Estimates show that in the past 10 years, 100+ asylum visas were issued by the Irish government to the Ahmadiyya Movement. In the photo, the brother of Nida al-Nasser can be seen, Usman Ahmad, who is working as the Head of the Ahmadiyya International Human Rights Desk.
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https://www.independent.ie/regionals/galway/news/a-form-of-apartheid-stark-report-details-persecution-of-ahmadi-muslims-as-findings-launched-in-galway/a2010307732.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
‘A form of apartheid’ – Stark report details persecution of Ahmadi Muslims as findings launched in Galway
International Human Rights Desk outlines killings, mosque attacks and widespread discrimination at event hosted by University of Galway
The International Human Rights Desk has been documenting human rights abuses to the religious group since 1993 and just recently, in 2024 began launching them publicly to an audience.
L-R: Mosque leader Imam Ibrahim Michael Noonan, Galway City Cllr Alan Cheevers, Head of International Human Rights Desk Usman Ahmed, Professor and Director Siobhán Mullally, and colleagues.
Launching this report in Galway was not a random choice as Mr Ahmed jokes of being drawn to the West because of “the incredible seafood and nice people,” but he said the decision was strongly influenced by Ireland’s stance on Gaza.
An application form for a new Pakastani passport from the Consulate General of Pakiston in Los Angeles featuring the decleration of Muslim faith.
Imam Ibrahim Michael Noonan now represents the Galway Ahmadiyya community at the Maryam Mosque in Ballybrit.
Maryam Mosque in Ballybrit
Nearly 40 people were in attendance to hear the 2026 report of persecution on this community.
Galway City Councillor Alan Cheevers addressed attendees.
The International Human Rights Desk has been documenting human rights abuses to the religious group since 1993 and just recently, in 2024 began launching them publicly to an audience.
L-R: Mosque leader Imam Ibrahim Michael Noonan, Galway City Cllr Alan Cheevers, Head of International Human Rights Desk Usman Ahmed, Professor and Director Siobhán Mullally, and colleagues.
Stark figures detailing the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan and elsewhere were presented this week at University of Galway, as the 2026 annual report on abuses against the community was launched.
The event, held at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, was attended by Galway City Deputy Mayor Cllr Alan Cheevers, Cllr Helen Ogbu and Professor Siobhán Mullally, director of the centre. It marked the first time the report has been launched in Ireland.
The findings were presented by Usman Ahmad, a researcher at the International Human Rights Desk, which has documented abuses against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community since 1993.
Mr Ahmad told the audience that the community has faced hostility since its founding by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in India in 1889, following his claim to be the Promised Messiah of the Muslim world. That hostility intensified after the creation of Pakistan.
“One of the earliest demands of the religious right was to have Ahmadiyyas declared a non-Muslim minority,” he said.
In 1974, Pakistan’s parliament passed the Second Amendment to the constitution, legally defining Ahmadis as non-Muslims. Further laws introduced in the 1980s criminalised religious practices associated with Islam.
“Those laws forbid Ahmadiyyas from using certain Islamic terminologies, from using the Muslim call to prayer, or from ‘posing as Muslims’,” Mr Ahmad said.
Launching this report in Galway was not a random choice as Mr Ahmed jokes of being drawn to the West because of “the incredible seafood and nice people,” but he said the decision was strongly influenced by Ireland’s stance on Gaza.
The new 150-page report, covering abuses recorded in 2025, opens with an armed attack on a mosque in Bait-ul-Mahdi, the community’s headquarters in Rabwah (Chenab Nagar), near Pakistan’s border with India. Eight volunteers standing outside the mosque were shot at and worshippers forced to evacuate.
“The shooting at Rabwah reflected both the longstanding pattern of violence and rights violations faced by Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan,” the report states. “In 2025 these dynamics converged into a year in which Ahmadis were exposed to harm across every sphere of life.”
Among the incidents documented are the killings of three Ahmadis for their faith and the death of another man in police custody. Five people survived attempts on their lives.
The report also details the desecration or destruction of approximately 380 graves belonging to community members. Twenty-one mosques were vandalised or desecrated, while 13 others were sealed by authorities. It notes that an estimated 17,000 people attended hostile anti-Ahmadi conferences in Rabwah between September and October, highlighting the scale of organised opposition.
In addition to violence and intimidation, the report outlines widespread economic and social boycotts, discrimination in education, systemic legal abuses and the treatment of Ahmadi prisoners.
The International Human Rights Desk has been documenting human rights abuses to the religious group since 1993 and just recently, in 2024 began launching them publicly to an audience.
Mr Ahmad said Ahmadis face daily human rights violations simply for belonging to the community. They are barred from using the Quran, forbidden from possessing the writings of their founder and excluded from national and local elections.
He also described his own experience applying for a Pakistani passport, a process he said is deliberately obstructive. Muslim applicants must sign a declaration stating:
“I am a Muslim and believe in the absolute and unqualified finality of the Prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him) the last of the prophets.”
“I do not recognize any person who claims to the prophet in any sense of the word or of any description whatsoever after Muhammad (peace be upon him) or recognize such a claimant as prophet or a religious reformer as a Muslim.”
“I consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Quadiani to be an impostor nabi and also consider his followers whether belonging to the Lahori or Quadiani group, to be NON-MUSLIM.”
Mr Ahmad said Galway was chosen for the launch partly because of Ireland’s stance on Gaza.
“The Irish have taken such an incredibly principled stance on this, and incredibly brave stance on this, in the world we live in, that we really wanted to do something here,” he said.
Imam Ibrahim Michael Noonan now represents the Galway Ahmadiyya community at the Maryam Mosque in Ballybrit.
He described the treatment of Ahmadis in Pakistan as “quintessentially apartheid”.
“It is a form of apartheid where you have a two-tier citizenship — one for everyday Pakistanis and one for members of our community.”
Galway is home to an Ahmadiyya mosque led by Imam Ibrahim Michael Noonan, a Co Waterford native who converted from Catholicism.
Among those attending were Tara and Razi Peedika, members of the Galway Ahmadiyya community. Ms Peedika is Irish, while her husband is originally from India.
“My experience overall in Galway has been good with Irish people. I think they’ve all been very kind and very nice,” Mr Peedika said. “There have been minor things here and there, and there are certain things that could get better, but I feel we’ll all make it happen.”
He said the strength of the community lies in its unity.
Galway City Councillor Alan Cheevers addressed attendees.
“Everyone just comes together no matter what happens. We are happy when there’s something to celebrate, we celebrate together. When something bad happens, we all come together. It’s also having the freedom to be who we are.”
Cllr Cheevers, who has worked with the Galway Ahmadiyya community since his election in 2019, said Ireland is founded on core values.
“Ireland is a country built on value, dignity, equality, solidarity, and respect for human rights,” he said. “These are not abstract ideals. They are principles that guide how we live together as a diverse and inclusive society.
“Today’s event reminds us that for millions of people across the world, these basic rights can’t be taken for granted.”
Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting scheme.
This article was updated on February 23 to reflect that Usman Ahmad is a researcher at the International Human Rights Desk.
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