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Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Guyana

Maulana A. Mangat Missionary is working as “in-charge” of Guyana.

AMJ Guyana: (L-R) Maulana Ahsanullah Mangat, Jameel Mohamed,
Maulana Abdur Rahman Khan and Maulvi Maqsood Mansur.

Since 2023, Maulana Maqsood Ahmad Mansoor is the President and Missionary in Charge of Ahmadiyya in Guyana. Maulana Fahd Peerzada (@FahdPeerzada) is working under him, see him here in 2023.

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Ahmadiyya temples and mission houses?
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Baitun Noor and Mission House – Queenstown Georgetown Guyana

In 1958, the local Ahmadiyya Muslim community was founded by a group of Muslims who had become acquainted with the literature of the Nigerian based Ahmadiyya Muslim community. In addition to its headquarters in Queenstown, Georgetown, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community here runs mosques in Rosignol, New Amsterdam, Sisters Village and Edinburg as well as a smaller prayer center in New Amsterdam and Linden.

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Lahori-Ahmadi’s in Guyana

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1955

Via the Muslim Sunrise of the First Quarter-1955, Khalil Ahmad Nasir is the editor of the Moslem Sunrise, as well as the missionary-in-charge of the USA. Khalil Ahmad Nasir gave 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C., 4448 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, 2532 Center Ave, Pittsburgh, 265 W. 30th St., NY, NY and at 927 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, Ca. This edition has 1 book by MGA: “The Teachings of Islam” aka “The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam”. 11 books by the Qadiani 2nd Khalifa, 2 by Mirza Bashir Ahmad, 3 by Zafrullah Khan, 1 book by Sufi M.R. Bengalee, 1 book by J.D. Shams, 1 book by Shaikh Nasir Ahmad, a book by Zahoor Ahmad Bajwa (missionary-in-charge in England) and 2 books from A.R. Dard. It seems that Zafrullah Khan (Judge at the International Court of Justice, ICJ) was in Montreal and gave a speech at McGill University on Nov-4-1954, this was part of a Seminar on Islamic studies at the Institute of Islamic Studies, the title of the essay is, “The Concept of Justice in Islam”. Bashir Ahmad Orchard has an essay too, he is working in the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago and British Guyana). Orchard quoted a book by Jalal ud Din Shams. A German translation of the Quran has been produced by the Ahmadiyya Movement, it is alleged to be the first ever. It can be bought via the headqaurters of Ahmadiyya in America, 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C. The 2nd Qadiani-Khalifa’s writings are given in the introduction and Shaikh Nasir Ahmad wrote a brief forward. Ahmadiyya sources allege that in Germany, Austria (among the German speaking population) and Switzerland (among the German speaking population) it was announced and hailed as informative. 
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1956

Ahmadiyya sources tell us that a man named Mohammad Sharif Bakhsh sent a letter to Qadian and accepted Ahmadiyya.
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1959

Bashir Ahmad Orchard arrives.
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1973

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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1974

Per the Muslim Sunrise of Summer-1974, only 4 locations are given for Ahmadiyya in the USA, and nothing in Chicago. The Ahmadiyya headquarters at 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C., 637 Randolph St, Dayton, Ohio (Ahmadiyya temple). A mission house at 1064 Union Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11225 and a mission house at Pomeroy Road , R.D. 5, Athens, Ohio 45701. It also gives global locations of Ahmadiyya missions, in countries like Canada, Guyana, Trinidad, Denmark, England, Germany, Holland (aka Netherlands), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ghana, The Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Ceylon (aka Sri Lanka), Fiji, Indonesia, Phillipines and Singapore. Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad gave the inaugural speech at the 1974 USA Jalsa (27th USA Jalsa), held at Wheelock College on Sep-1-1974. It also has an essay by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir (Professor of Political Science, Long Island University). Muhammad Siddique Shahid Gurdaspuri also gave a speech at the at the 1974 USA Jalsa (27th USA Jalsa), another speech from the same Jalsa by Muhammad Ahmad Sadiq (from Boston) is also given. The Editor of the Muslim Sunrise is Maulvi Mian Muhammad Ibrahim. The Advisory-editor is, Imam M.S. Shahid (aka Muhammad Siddique Shahid Gurdaspuri). Contributing editors are Hasan Hakeem, Dr. Basharat Ahmad Munir, Dr. Qazi Muhammad Barkatullah, Rab Nawaz Malik and Dr. M.M. Abbas. This magazine was published from the Dayton Mosque, 637 Randolph Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45408.
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1976

The Muslim Sunrise of July-1976 was edited/published by Mian Muhammad Ibrahim (a Qadiani-Ahmadi Maulvi) and from Dayton, Ohio. Imam M.S. Shahid (Missionary-in-Charge, USA) is the consulting editor and Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir is the contributing editor. The arrival of Mirza Nasir Ahmad is announced, he seems to have already arrived (he landed on July-20-1976) before the publishing of this edition. It is claimed that there are 10 million Ahmadi’s in the world. It is alleged that the attendance at the 1975 Jalsa Salana at Rabwah was the highest ever. Imam M.S. Shahid (Missionary-in-Charge, USA) has an essay. The Ahmadiyya Movement alleges to have 10 million members worldwide and alleges to be an International Organization. They allege to be operating in Ghana, the Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Canada, Guyana, Trinidad, the USA, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Yemen, Argentina, Australia, Burma, Bukhara (Uzbekistan), Egypt, Borneo (Brunei?), France, Gulf states (maybe Qatar or the U.A.E.), Hong Kong (China), Iran, Italy, Thailand, Lebanon, Muscat (Oman), Yugoslavia, Iraq, Turkey and Malaysia. It is alleged that in the USA there are 26 jamaats, 300 mosques in Ghana and over 100 mosques in Indonesia. A new mosque in Sweden is mentioned, the Fazl mosque in London is declared as the oldest mosque in Europe (a lie, the Woking is the oldest), 1 mosque in Holland (Netherlands) and 1 mosque in Switzerland, and 2 in West Germany (Frankfurt and Hamburg). The Ahmadiyya Movement then shows its 5 temple-mosques in the USA, St. Louis, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Ny and Dayton. The Dowie prophecy is mentioned. Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir has an essay on world peace. There is also a photo of all of the Jamaat Presidents from Feb-1976. A list of 27 jamaats in the USA are mentioned, my uncle Sharif Ahmad Shah is mentioned at 2001 Newton Way, Concord, Ca 94518, 415-687-0133.
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1978

The Jan-June-1978 issue of the Muslim Sunrise was edited by Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir with Maulana Ata-Ullah Kaleem (who is the missionary-in-charge, USA) as the consulting editor. Dr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir’s home address is given for private letters. Mian Muhammad Ibrahim’s departure back to Rabwah is announced. An essay by Zafrullah Khan is given. An essay by Maulana Ata-Ullah Kaleem is also given. An essay by Maulvi Shaikh Nasir Ahmad (Maulvi in Switzerland) is also given, he discusses the Yuz Asaf theory and the Shroud of Turin. Ahmadiyya locations around the world are given: Ghana, the Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Canada, Guyana, Trinidad, Sri Lanka, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Denmark, Great Britain (2 locations), Germany, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and 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, Pomeroy Road, P.O. Box 338, Athens, Ohio, 45701, 2522 Webster Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219 and 4448, S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, ill, 60615.
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1979

By 1979, the Ahmadiyya Movement was claiming to have only 1 mission house 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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1984

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

The 4th Khalifa visits. A man named Maulana Abdur Rahman was the missionary-in-charge.
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1994-1997
https://twitter.com/jamaatguyana/status/1304084725003296769

Maulana Talib Yacoob Sahib of Trinidad & Tobago. He was the Missionary in charge of AMJ Guyana from 1994 to 1997.

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2008
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around The World – A Pictorical Presentation. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; Khilafat Centenary Edition. 2008. ISBN978-1882494514.

The history of Ahmadiyya in Guyana showed up in the famous pictorial presentation, “Ahmadiyya Mosques Around the World”. Ihsanullah Mangat was the missionary-in-charge.

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2014 report on Ahmadiyya in Guyana
“Facing Persecution in Pakistan….Ahmadiyya Muslim Community finds sanctuary in Guyana”. February 2, 2014.

For Maulana Ahsan Ullah Mangat, the missionary-in-charge of the local Ahmadiyya Muslim community, ministering has been a lifelong calling. “I consider it a blessing that I’ve [been able to] dedicate my entire life to Islam and have no other obligations or business,” he says.

QUOTE: “You don’t have any person who comes openly to make problem with you [for religious reasons]. That’s great about Guyana. I’m grateful to Allah, the government and people of Guyana that everyone – Christians, Muslims, Hindus – [has] religious freedom.” =Maulana Ahsan Ullah Mangat

The Ahmadiyya Muslim community was founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in the Indian city of Ludhiana where he accepted the pledge of allegiance (bia’at) from his first 40 followers, Maulana Mangat explained during an interview with this newspaper in his office at the Queenstown-based Masjid Baitun-Noor. According to Maulana Mangat, in 1958, the local Ahmadiyya Muslim community was founded by a group of Muslims who had become acquainted with the literature of the Nigerian based Ahmadiyya Muslim community. He adds that after contact was made between the local Ahmadiyya Muslims and those in the Ahmadiyya’s spiritual heartland, and Mirza Ahmad’s birthplace, of Qadian, India, a missionary named Bashir Archurd was appointed to be Guyana’s first Ahmadiyya Muslim Missionary-in-Charge.

In addition to its headquarters in Queenstown, Georgetown, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community here runs mosques in Rosignol, New Amsterdam, Sisters Village and Edinburg as well as a smaller prayer center in New Amsterdam and Linden. In addition, Maulana Mangat disclosed, the Ahmadiyya Muslims would be opening a mosque in Mahdia, in the Potaro-Siparuni region, the first Muslim place of worship in that area. Maulana Mangat says that according to a running census kept by his office, there are over 200 members of the local Ahmadiyya Muslim community.
In addition to ministering, Maulana Mangat points out that the Ahmadiyya movement conducts charitable outreaches through the Guyana branch of the international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Humanity First. The NGO is an international charitable trust founded by Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth Head (Khalifa) of the global Ahmadiyya community, and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Malauna Mangat divulges that during the Great Floods of 2004/2005, Ahmadiyya Muslims through the Guyana chapter of Humanity First, distributed two 30-foot containers’ worth of aid supplies. During the disaster, they operated medical camps, and distributed meals and hampers, he notes, adding that most of their relief efforts were directed to the worst affected areas in Georgetown and the Good Hope/ Annandale communities. He mentions that the Humanity First once ran a computer training centre in New Amsterdam which was “very successful [as] many people were trained.” He assures that the local Ahmadiyya Muslims community will continue to search for “other areas to help [the] country.”

Maulana Mangat, who is married and a father of two sons, was born in Mangat Uncha, a Pakistani village in the province of Punjab, some two hours and twenty minutes from the provincial capital, Lahore. From 1993 to 1998, he pursued Islamic Studies at an Ahmadiyya Muslim seminary in Pakistan named Jamia Ahmadiyya Rabwah. After graduation, he served as a Murabbi (religious instructor) for five years until he was appointed to serve as a Missionary in Guyana in 2003. He became Missionary-in-Charge in 2007.

The Intervention
He reveals, however, that he had developed an early interest in Ahmadiyya since his grandfather’s immediate family were among the first generation of Ahmadiyya Muslims. This family, Maulana Mangat says, converted after his grandfather had benefited from Mirza Ghulam’s supplication on his (Mangat’s grandfather’s) behalf. Explaining further, Maulana Mangat disclosed that when villagers of Mangat Uncha learned of Mirza Ahmad’s proclaiming himself as the Mahdi (Promised Messiah) who would unite all Muslims, his (Mangat’s) grandfather and his grandfather’s uncle along with a “delegation of Muslims” from the village “travelled on foot to India and visit Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and meet him about his claims”.
His grandfather, Mangat says, was desirous of having a son as though he had had many daughters, none of his sons survived beyond infancy. When the delegation met with Mirza Ghulam, the Mahdi, at the request of the uncle of Maulana Mangat’s grandfather, led his congregation in prayer for Maulana Mangat’s grandfather to have a son. Not long after, Mangat asserts, his grandmother gave birth to a son, who survived infancy, and ten years later to another. The second son is Mangat’s father.
“It is Allah’s choice [to bless my grandfather with sons] but we believe that through the prayers of ourselves, other brothers and sisters and spiritual leaders, God shows mercies,” Maulana says in explaining his respect for Mirza Ahmad’s piety, the awe at the decades-old episode still resplendent on his face.

Persecution
“After secondary school, I dedicated my life to the study Islam,” he tells this newspaper, largely due to the persecution experienced by Ahamdiyya Muslims Jama’at in Pakistan.

Under the Sunni Muslim-majority South Asian country’s blasphemy laws, “which is used against anyone who disrespects the Prophet Muhammad (Upon Whom Be Peace)”, offenders face penalties ranging from fines to a death sentence. In 1974, President Zulfikhar Bhutto used the Parliament to pass legislation that declared Ahmadiyya Muslims as non-Muslims. In 1984, under the military government of General Zia-ul Haq, Pakistan banned Ahmadiyya Muslims from worshipping and using any Islam-related terminologies. These were, in both instances, moves to curry political favour with the conservative Sunnis.

“We could not call our place of worship a mosque, we could not call Azhan (the Muslim announcement of prayer), we could not recite Islamic verses,” he recounts. Maulana Mangat believes that the “miserable deaths” which befell Bhutto, who was sentenced to death by ul-Haq’s junta which toppled him, and ul-Haq, who died in a plane crash, were handed down by God as punishment for the men’s “enmity towards Ahmadiyya Muslims.”
“Till today, they cannot say if it (the plane crash) was set by a man or magician. Military personnel from the U.S and Pakistan were with him (Ul-Hack) on the plane. No man could have gotten [close] to a plane which was carrying a President and army officials. It could not have been a man-caused death,” he insists, adding that Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth Khalifa, “had warned ul-Haq, during his Friday sermon that his plane would crash and before the next Friday, it crashed.”

“Pakistan [nominally] provides freedom of religion, but [in practical terms] minorities are not allowed to practice religion,” Maulana Mangat goes on to explain, adding that the enforcement of the blasphemy laws is not always done on strictly religious grounds, since the legislation is often facetiously invoked during the course of minor interpersonal disputes.

He notes: “Even if it’s a civil matter, Muslims try to take advantage [of] Christians and Hindus [using the laws] simply because they are in the minority.”

Maulana Mangat could not understand the distinction between being an Ahmadiyya and a Sunni Muslim. He says that, when as a child, he used to visit non-Ahmadiyya relatives, they would ask his parents “why don’t we become Muslims.”

“While as a child, you got raised to pray as a Muslim, fast as a Muslim and we considered ourselves Muslims!” he stresses, adding: “As a child, I had, naturally, love for the religion I grew up in.”

At Jamia Ahmadiyya Rabwah, he did Comparative Studies as part of his programme there, and that helped him understand differences among sects in Islam and differences among other religions.

Maulana Mangat praises Guyana for its deep rooted culture of religious tolerance. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community has as its motto, ‘Love for All, Hatred for None.’ He, himself, often participates in many inter-faith services and attends religious functions hosted by local mosques affiliated with other Islamic sects.

“You don’t have any person who come[s] openly to make problem with you [for religious reasons]. That’s great about Guyana,” he exudes, saying: “I’m grateful to Allah, the government and people of Guyana that everyone – Christians, Muslims, Hindus – [has] religious freedom.”
Written By Saeed Imran Khalil
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2015

Maulana A. Mangat Missionary is working as “in-charge” of Guyana.
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2023

Alhamdulillah 2 people along with their children joined the Jama'at of the Promised Messiah(as) during our visit to Venezuela 🇻🇪.
We had 3 sittings with them in which they asked many questions. At the end they were content to accept. Insha'Allah more will join.#Venezuela pic.twitter.com/ZQmyq12qP0

— Ahmadiyya Guyana (@JamaatGuyana) February 17, 2023

In 2023, some Ahmadi murrabi’s (who were working in Guyana) allege to have went to Venezuela and converted some poor people to Ahmadiyya.

An Ahmadi mullah by the name of @FahdPeerzada is working in British-Guyana and Venezuela.
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2024

Qadiani-Ahmadi Maulvi Maqsood Mansur is hosting this event.

In 2024, Maulana Fahd Peerzada (@FahdPeerzada) debated a Lahori-Ahmadi elder named Mansoor Bakhsh in Aug-2024.

In Dec-2024, Maulana Maqsood Ahmad Mansoor is the (President and Missionary in Charge of Ahmadiyya in Guyana) announced a debate challenge, Mansoor Bakhsh vs. Maulana Fahd Peerzada (@FahdPeerzada).
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2025
https://x.com/MaMaqsood/status/1960915416613605704

–They planted 16 different plants at two different Masajid and did some Arabic Calligraphy in 3rd Masjid.

—A visit to Berbice county in Guyana where we were able re-align MTA dish at one of the Masjid. We tried all three Masajid but only was fruitful. I guess we have to revisit to fix other dishes as well.

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