Intro
In 2025, the National Jalsa Salana was held in Fiji and barely 50 men and boys can be seen at Masjid-temple Fazle-Omar. Maulana Naeem Ahmad Iqbal was announced as the Ameer and missionary-in-charge. Allegedly, 260 men, women and children attended.
In 2024, we estimate that there are 600 Ahmadi’s in Fiji (Lahori and Qadiani). There are 6 Qadiani-Ahmadiyya temples (see the list in the below) and one Lahori-Ahmadi temple. By 1979, the Ahmadiyya Movement was claiming to have only 2 mission houses and 10 mosques in the entire country.
The earliest mention of Ahmadi’s in Fiji comes from 1931. In Sep-1931, Muhammad Abdullah was published in the famous Lahori-Ahmadi newspapers, “The Light” (See “The Light”, Sep 16, 1931, p. 10 & 11, Muhammad Abdullah, “Letters to the Editor: Muslims in Fiji Islands”). Apart from spearheading Indo-Fijian Islamic youth education, Abdullah emerged as a fiery religious defender of Islam desperately struggling to shield the Fiji Muslim community from the pernicious threats posed by Arya Samaj and Sanatan Dharm Sabha Hindu missionaries in the 1930s. On behalf of the nation-wide Fiji Muslim League (fml) in 1931, Abdullah publicly lambasted Hindu missionaries in Fiji who were “hard at work to crush the Muslims” through operations “of a clandestine nature but to the observant eye, they are vivid and clear”.
In 1933, the Lahori-Ahmadi’s sent another missionary. Maulana Mirza Muzaffar Baig Sateh and his family arrived in Fiji by steamer ship to help the Indian Muslims of Fiji. Allegedly, Maulana Mirza Muzaffar Baig Sateh was well-versed in Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Arabic and English, that nobody in Fiji was able to rival his debater’s leadership. The Fiji Muslim League soon came to realisation that Maulana Mirza Muzaffar Baig Sateh was from the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam (Lahore) and the Fiji Muslim League then placed a ban on all members of the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam (Lahore) from performing their prayers in the Jame Masjid in Amy Street (Toorak) in Suva. This deadlock situation was then relayed by letter to Maulana Muhammad Ali at Lahore, in British India. Upon express instructions from Maulana Muhammad Ali (who was also a lawyer) to Maulana Mirza Muzaffar Baig Sateh, the Muslims of Fiji proceeded to register the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam (Lahore), as a collective religious body for Muslims, and which also had the capacity to sue and get sued. Consequently, on 3rd October 1934, the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at-i-Islam (Lahore) Fiji was registered in Fiji, at the office of the Registrar General in Suva. By 1935, Maulana Mirza Muzaffar Baig Sateh goes totally missing as does Maulana Muhammad Abdullah and Hameeda (his wife). The community of Lahori-Ahmadi’s seem to have all left Ahmadiyya.
For a few years after 1934 the controversy between the Ahmadiyyas and the orthodox Muslims died down, but rows within the Muslim community continued over personalities and political ambitions rather than doctrines. The Punjabi brothers, Said Hasan and Muhammad Hasan, both lawyers and Sunnis, won for themselves positions of leadership in the Muslim community and respect from the government. But they were unable to control the Suva branch of the Muslim League, and their political ambitions were challenged by the Sahu Khan family, who formed the Muslim Association in 1938, with other Ahmadiyyas and some Sunnis as well. There was further trouble after the arrival of an orthodox teacher, Aziz Ahmed, in 1938, and there were quarrels over the possession of the Lautoka mosque in 1939, but the details need not detain us here. Enough has been said to indicate the pattern of sectarian conflict, exacerbated by personal and political rivalries and the activities of preachers and teachers from India, as the Indian community in Fiji struggled to educate its children and find dignity and acceptance in its new land and links with its past in India. (See, Fiji Times and Herald of Nov 21-22-24-26, 1938, Via K.L. Gillion, “The Fiji Indians: Challenge to European Dominance, 1920-1946″).
The Lahori-Ahmadi’s returned to the island with their Maulvi’s (Maulana Ahmad Yar) in the 1960’s when “The Muslim League” invited them. The Qadiani-Ahmadi’s didn’t show up until the 1960’s. Per Qadiani-Ahmadi sources, Qadiani-Ahmadiyya was established in 1960 via their employee, Sheikh Abdul Wahid (See “Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around The World”, 2008).
Lahori-Ahmadi Missionaries who were contracted to travel to Fiji from Lahore, as resident missionaries were in the following sequence (excluding Maulana Abdul Haq Vidyarti, who came as a touring visitor for 3 months in 1956 and not as the resident missionary):
1. Maulana Ahmad Yar
2. Maulana-Hafiz Sher Muhammad
3. Maulana Shafkat Rasool
4. Maulana Abdul Salaam
5. Maulana Fazal Haq
In 1983, Mirza Tahir Ahmad visited and gave a Khutbah Juma on 9-23-1983, he visited again in 1989. The 5th Khalifa visited in April of 2006.
In 1992, after the death of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah, new details emerged about him which alleged Per Lahori-Ahmadi sources (in the 1990’s), that in 1931, the Lahori-Ahmadi’s (Per the order of Muhammad Ali) sent Maulana Muhammad Abdullah to Fiji to help the lost Indian Muslims who had went there many years earlier as indentured servants. However, Maulana Muhammad Abdullah was not a qualified Imam, he was a simple school-teacher in Lahore, his wife (Hameeda) also went with him, maybe he had a basic understanding of Islam and the prayers. Maulana Muhammad Abdullah and Hameeda (his wife) started a school in the Nausori area of Fiji and were allegedly successful. They built the Vunimono Islamia School and its masjid.
Since 2008, the national president of the Qadiani-Ahmadi Fijian jamaat is Maulana Fazal Ullah Tariq, before him it was Maulana Naeem Ahmad Cheema (who seems to be working in Ghana these days). You can find the MKA-Fiji twitter account herein. In Baypoint, Ca, a Fijian born imam is working, Khalid Khan on twitter as @fijian_imam.
Also in 2008, Fatima Fanusie alleges (5:27 timestamp) alleges that the arrival of Muhammad Abdullah on the Fiji islands was documented in various contemporary newspapers in 1927 (See her doctoral dissertation, “Fard Muhammad in Historical Context: An Islamic Thread in the American Religious and Cultural Quilt”). However, this has all been disproven.
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Qadiani-Ahmadiyya temples?
There are 6. There is a Lajna Hall also.
- Rizwan Mosque in Sugar City, Lautoka.
- Aqsa Mosque in Nadi.
- Mahmood Mosque in Maro
- Fazle Umar Mosque in Suva It includes a library, community hall and other facilities.
- Aiwane Mustafa Lajna (Women’s) Hall in Samabula
- Noor Mosque in Seaqaqa
- Masjid Mubarak
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Fazle Umar Mosque – Samabula, Suva, Fiji
This Ahmadiyya mosque is the largest Mosque in Fiji Islands with a capacity of 400 worshipers and includes library, community hall and other facilities.
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Masjid Aqsa – Nadi, Fiji
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Masjid Mubarak – Valoda, Fiji Island
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Lahori-Ahmadi temples
https://www.facebook.com/Ahmadiyya-Anjuman-Ishaat-Islam-fiji-Masjid-Noor-526480987461320/
There seems to be one, Masjid Noor. Suva, Fiji.
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1925
Establishment of the Ahmadiyya Mission in Fiji Islands – AhmadiPedia
Qadiani-Ahmadi only sources allege that an Ahmadi named Chaudhry Abdul Hakeem was in Fiji. He had moved to Fiji because of work and lived in Nadi, Fiji. He had kept in touch with the markaz (centre), acquiring literature to be given to his acquaintances. Although he was able to spread the message of Qadianism, no the jamaat was still not established in Fiji at that time.
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1927
K.L. Gillion, The Fiji Indians Challenge to European Dominance, 1920-1946
Fatima Fanusie alleges (5:27 timestamp) that the arrival of Ahmadiyya on the Fiji islands was documented in various contemporary newspapers in 1927 (See her doctoral dissertation, “Fard Muhammad in Historical Context: An Islamic Thread in the American Religious and Cultural Quilt”). This has all been disproven by 2025.
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1931
ahmadiyyatinfiji
In 1931, the Lahori-Ahmadi’s (Per the order of Muhammad Ali) sent Maulana Muhammad Abdullah to Fiji to help the lost Indian Muslims who had went there many years earlier as indentured servants. However, Maulana Muhammad Abdullah was not a qualified Imam, he was a simple school-teacher in Lahore, his wife (Hameeda) also went with him, maybe he had a basic understanding of Islam and the prayers. Per Lahori-Ahmadi sources, the Lahori-Ahmadi Anjuman was established in 1931.
Fatima Fanusie and Turner have alleged that Lahori-Ahmadi’s were in Chicago in the early 1930’s, at 2:40 seconds, Fanusie says that Master Fard Muhammad (aka Maulana Muhammad Abdullah was sent to America on a secret underground Lahori-Ahmadi assignment in 1930. However, the Lahori-Ahmadi’s have never admitted to any of this, nor have they even thought about it. They do admit that W.D. Muhammad met Maulana Muhammad Abdullah in 1958-1959 at the house of Elijah Muhammad. W.D. Muhammad never mentioned anything about Muhammad Abdullah being in Chicago in 1930, in any of his public statements, he did openly question his father on meeting Master Fard and his origin and how this was a bone of contention between them.
In 1931, Abdullah signed up for an overseas-based position in the Southern Pacific Islands of Fiji after the Anjuman Hidayat-ul Islam (ahi- Islam Teaching Society), a middle-class reformist group in Nausori, Fiji, circulated a job advertisement inviting an experienced Indian Muslim teacher to manage a rudimentary school for Fijian Muslim schoolchildren. An indefatigable educator, Abdullah was confronted with the Herculean challenge of running a dysfunctional school in the rural backwaters of Vunimono. Abdullah spearheaded a fund-raising campaign soliciting donations from impoverished sugarcane labourers, prominent traders and British colonial officials. His unrelenting efforts bore fruit in August 1941 when Sir Harry Luke, Governor of Fiji officially opened the freshly refurbished Vunimono Islamia High School building and a decade later in 1951 when a students’ hostel was coupled to the premises. Throughout this period, the Pacific Islands Monthly, an Australian periodical, credited Abdullah as a transformative educational reformer who modernized the school. Though Abdullah has traditionally been presented by African-American Muslims as a meek, uncontroversial figure, this was anything but the case. Apart from spearheading Indo-Fijian Islamic youth education, Abdullah emerged as a fiery religious defender of Islam desperately struggling to shield the Fiji Muslim community from the pernicious threats posed by Arya Samaj and Sanatan Dharm Sabha Hindu missionaries in the 1930s. On behalf of the nation-wide Fiji Muslim League (fml) in 1931, Abdullah publicly lambasted Hindu missionaries in Fiji who were “hard at work to crush the Muslims” through operations “of a clandestine nature but to the observant eye, they are vivid and clear”.
In Sep-1931, Muhammad Abdullah was published in the famous Lahori-Ahmadi newspapers, “The Light” (See “The Light”, Sep 16, 1931, p. 10 & 11, Muhammad Abdullah, “Letters to the Editor: Muslims in Fiji Islands”). Apart from spearheading Indo-Fijian Islamic youth education, Abdullah emerged as a fiery religious defender of Islam desperately struggling to shield the Fiji Muslim community from the pernicious threats posed by Arya Samaj and Sanatan Dharm Sabha Hindu missionaries in the 1930s. On behalf of the nation-wide Fiji Muslim League (fml) in 1931, Abdullah publicly lambasted Hindu missionaries in Fiji who were “hard at work to crush the Muslims” through operations “of a clandestine nature but to the observant eye, they are vivid and clear”.
Scans in English
Scans in Urdu
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1933
Muzaffar Baig Sateh
Fateh-e Fiji (The ‘Victor of Fiji’)
Missionary who defended Islam from Hindu and Christian
Missionaries in the Fiji Islands
Established the Ahmadiyya Mission in Fiji
Muzaffar Baig Sateh
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1934
ROR of April-1934
In an official document presented to the Governor General of India, the Ahmadiyya Movement (Qadiani’s) and the 2nd Khalifa claim to have Ahmadi’s in Fiji.
In the summer of 1934, the Lahori-Ahmadi’s were now ousted from the Muslim League and thus formed their own organization (See Mohd Manzur Ilahi, The Ahmadiyya Movement Day by Day, The Young Islam, Vol 1, No. 6, Aug 15, 1934, p. 1;).
“”Fiji Islands
Maulana Muhammad Abdullah writes—A regular Branch of the Ahmadia Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore has been established here and its first Conference was held on 1st July 1934, which was very successful. The great need of the Muslims here is modern education along with religious training. We are trying to start schools for boys and girls and collecting subscriptions. Mr. N.B. is leaving for India in August 1934 and will collect funds for the schools. Rs. five thousands will suffice for both schools. We are sending one boy for religious training to India and to India and two girls to Aligarh Girls School”‘ (See Mohd Manzur Ilahi, The Ahmadiyya Movement Day by Day, The Young Islam, Vol 1, No. 6, Aug 15, 1934, p. 1;).
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1935–1950
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1951
Jan
This photo was taken on Dec-13-1949. Maulana Muhammad Abdullah, his wife and his son, Khalid Abdullah are mentioned and can be seen.
Scans
FAREWELL TO FIJI-MUSLIM SCHOOL TEACHER
THIS interesting group photograph was
taken on December 13, when Mr.
Shamser Ali, assistant teacher at
the Muslim School at Nausori, Fiji, was
the guest at a formal farewell ceremony.
Mr. Shamser Ali proceeded to Australia
in January to become a student at the
University of Melbourne.
In the front row, sitting, left to right,
are Mrs. Abdullah, Shamser Ali, Mr. F.
W. Reid (Education Officer, who pre-
sided) , Mr. F. R, Brown (assistant
manager of CSR Co., Nausori), and Mr.
A. R. Sahu (manager of the Muslim
School). Standing are Miss C. W.
Maniram, Mr. Khalid Abdullah, Mr. M.
Abdullah (headmaster) and Mr. IV,
Ishaak All (teacher).
It is not generally recognised that th
128,000 Indians in Fiji include a viril
Community of ‘25,000 Muslims. Th
Muslims, who are regarded as very loys
to the British Commonwealth, are eage
for education, but have very few school
under their own management.
Outward passengers in the Januar
Morinda from Honiara included th
Treasurer of the British Solomon Island
Proctectorate, Mr. R. F. Rankin, with Mr
Rankin and three children, and Mr. IV’
J. Bernhardt. All are going on leave.
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1951
Pacific Islands Monthly, Vol. XXI, No. 11, Jun. 1951, p. 39. Under the title, “Fiji-Indian Student for California”.
M. Khalid Abdullah was the son of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah and was mentioned in the Pacific Islands Monthly, Vol. XXI, No. 11, Jun. 1951, p. 39. Under the title, “Fiji-Indian Student for California”.
Per the newspaper, M. Khalid Abdullah is 18 years old in 1951 (born in 1931) and had won a Government Scholarship in 1947. He is one of the oldest of 10 siblings (all born in Fiji). Khalid’s brother is already in California and studying at San Francisco City College of Engineering in his 2nd year. In this photo, 8 kids can be seen. The newspaper alleges that M. Khalid Abdullah boarded the SS Lakemba from Suba in March of 1951, headed to Vancouver. For some reason, he didn’t have a proper educational visa and planned to enter the USA via Vancouver, which took 16 days.
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1960
The Qadiani-Ahmadi’s didn’t show up until 30 years later. Per Qadiani-Ahmadi sources, Qadiani-Ahmadiyya was established in 1960 via their employee, Sheikh Abdul Wahid (See “Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around The World”, 2008).
Maulana Ahmad Yar, Missionary-in-Islam to Fiji in the 1960s, Lahori-Ahmadi’s
The Lahori-Ahmadi’s returned to the island with their Maulvi’s (Maulana Ahmad Yar) in the 1960’s when “The Muslim League” invited them.
Maulana Hafiz Sher Muhammad — My Benefactor by Shahid Aziz – Islam Ahmadiyya – alahmadiyya.org
He could not mention the Promised Messiah’s name, or Ahmadiyyat or even defend the Promised Messiah or the Movement against attacks by other groups. The sacrifices Maulana Ahmad Yar made to revive the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam in Fiji need to be preserved in themselves. He refused to abide by the restrictions imposed by the Muslim League, and by the time he was forced out of Fiji, he had revived the Ahmadiyya Jamaat sufficiently for it to start raising subscriptions and invite Hafiz Sahib from Pakistan. Had it not been for Maulana Ahmad Yar’s work, Hafiz sahib would himself say, he would not have been able to achieve even half as much.
As soon as Hafiz sahib landed in Fiji, he set about his task with great vigour. The sacrifice required to leave one’s home and family and to go and live in foreign lands with alien cultures and depend on others is something that only experience can teach. There was great opposition to Hafiz sahib both from the Sunnis and the Qadianis. Members of the Jamaat were demoralised and disorganised because the Jamaat had not functioned as a separate body since the 1930s. Hafiz sahib organised the Jamaats in various towns, travelling great distances to give lectures and discourses of the Holy Quran. He also started a campaign of writing leaflets in Urdu and distributing them throughout Fiji. In some instances, his material would be translated into English by members of the Jamaat and published in the newspapers as letters to the editor.
So successful was he that the Sunnis soon requested Maulana Ihtasham-ul-Haq Thanvi to come and destroy this evil. No sooner had Ihtasham-ul-Haq landed in Fiji, that Hafiz sahib started a campaign to force him to give a verdict on whether Ihtasham-ul-Haq would declare his own uncle, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, to be a kafir for allowing a disciple to recite the Kalima as La ilaha ill-Allah, Ashraf Ali rasul-ullah (‘There is no god but Allah, Ashraf Ali is the Messenger of Allah’) instead of in its correct form: La ilaha ill-Allah, Muhammad-ur rasul-ullah (‘…Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’). After a few feeble excuses, Ihtasham-ul-Haq fled from Fiji, and he was never seen in those parts again. In the same way, for so long as Hafiz sahib remained in Fiji, the Qadiani khalifa did not visit there, despite requests from the local Qadiani Jamaat. Having established Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-e-Islam as the greatest force, in a short time, Hafiz sahib collected sufficient funds to be able to purchase Muslim League’s property. Having purchased this property, he then set about the most ambitious project — the building of the largest mosque in the Pacific. It took many years of hard work and fierce opposition, with the Sunnis threatening any construction company that took part in the project. Hafiz sahib toured the globe many times making appeals for funds. He saw the completion of this mosque, called Masjid-e-Nur, and another smaller one called Muhammad Ali Mosque before he left Fiji for the U.S.A.
Lahori-Ahmadi Missionaries who were contracted to travel to Fiji from Lahore, as resident missionaries were in the following sequence (excluding Maulana Abdul Haq Vidyarti, who came as a touring visitor for 3 months in 1956 and not as the resident missionary):
1. Maulana Ahmad Yar
2. Maulana-Hafiz Sher Muhammad
3. Maulana Shafkat Rasool
4. Maulana Abdul Salaam
5. Maulana Fazal Haq
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1967
Click to access Jalsa_FJ_2006_Program_EN.pdf
The first ever Jalsa Salana was held in Fiji.
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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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1975
The Muslim Sunrise of April-1975 was published from Dayton, Ohio, via the Ahmadiyya Temple at 637 Randolph Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45408. The Editor of the Muslim Sunrise is Maulvi Mian Muhammad Ibrahim. The Consulting-editor is Imam M.S. Shahid (aka Muhammad Siddique Shahid Gurdaspuri). Contributing editors are Hasan Hakeem, M.M. Abbas PhD, Q. M. Barkatullah PhD, Rab Nawaz Malik PhD, Basharat Ahmad Munir PhD and Khalil Ahmad Nasir PhD. The headquarters of Ahmadiyya in North America is given as 2141 Leroy Place, Washington D.C. 20008. There is speech by Imam M.S. Shahid (Missionary-in-Charge, USA)(aka Muhammad Siddique Shahid Gurdaspuri) which was given on March-30-1975 at “University Campus” in Detroit (not sure where this might be), on Seerat un Nabi Day. There is also an essay by Qazi Muhammad Barkatullah (aka Q. M. Barkatullah) and Professor Khalil Ahmad Nasir PhD (Director International Studies, C.W. Post Center, New York). A speech by Yusuf Amin from the USA-Sep-1974 Jalsa is also given. Ahmadi’s in the UK also held a “Prophet’s Day” at the Al-Fazl Mosque in London on Sunday, April-13-1975, it is alleged that there more than 500 guests. Zafrullah Khan was there and gave a short speech. The Imam of the London Mosque (aka the Fazl Mosque) (B.A. Rafiq) was also there and also gave a short speech. Allegedly, the High Commissioner of the Gambia was also there. The Muslim Sunrise then gives locations of the Ahmadiyya Movement all around the world, starting with P.O. Box 39, Salt Pond, Ghana, P.O. Box 6, Banjul, the Gambia, P.O. Box 3416, Adjame, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, P.O. Box 40554, Nairobi, Kenya, P.O. Box 618, Monrovia, Liberia, P.O. Box 6, Rose Hill, Mauritius, P.O. Box 418, Lagos, Nigeria, P.O. Box 11, Bo and P.O. Box 353, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Mr. M.G. Ibrahim, P.O. Box 4195, Capetown, South Africa, P.O. Box 376, Darresalam, Tanzania, P.O. Box 343, Kampala, Uganda, 99 Driebergs Avenue, Colombo 10, Ceylon, P.O. Box 3758, Samabula, Suva, Fiji, Qadian, District Gurdaspur, Punjab, India, Djl, Balikpapan 1/10, Djakarta 1/13, Indonesia, Haji Muhammad Ebbah, Simunal, Bongao, Sulu, Philippines, 111 Onan Rd, Singapore 15, Eriksminde Alle 2, Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 16 Gressenhall Road, London, S.W. 18 and 152 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow S1, United Kingdom, Die Moschee, Wiekstrasse, 24 Hamburg, Stellingen and Die Moschee, Babenhouser, Landstrasse 25, Frankfurt, Germany, De Moschee, Oostduinlaan 79, Den Haag, Holland, Mission Ahmadia del Islam, Colonja San Nicolas 19, Madrid 21, Spain, Islams Ahmadiyya Mission, All Manna Vagen 21, 41460, Goteborg, Sverige, Sweden, 323 Forchstrasse, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland. 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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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 2 mission houses and 10 mosques 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.
Via the Paigham-E-Haqq, Vol. 2, No. 27/28, Jul/Dec. 1980, p. 5, Lahori-Ahmadi supreme leader, Maulana Sadr ud Din talks about the history of Ahmadiyya in Fiji. See also, Allah Baksh, “The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement Fiji”, Paigham-E-Haq, Vol. 2, No. 27/28, Jul/Dec.
1980, p. 29.
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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
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2020/12/04/mirza-tahir-ahmad-visited-fiji-in-1983-singapore-australia-and-sri-lanka-also/
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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1992
Obituary of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah – Islam Ahmadiyya – alahmadiyya.org
Obituary of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah
The Light & Islamic Review (US), September/October 1992 Issue (Vol. 69, No. 5, p. 7)
It is with deep regret that we record the death, on June 18th 1992, of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah in California, at the age of 87 years — inna li-llahi wa inna ilai-hi rajiun. The Marhum [ deceased] left India for Fiji in 1930 and served the Muslims there in the field of education. He also arranged for a Lahore Ahmadiyya missionary to come to Fiji to repulse the Arya Samaj’s virulent attacks on Islam.
Since 1959 Mr. Abdullah had lived in the U.S.A. and was active in the propagation of Islam. He helped Warith Deen Muhammad, son of Elijah Muhammad, to steer the Black Muslims towards main-stream Islam. He also nobly participated in the work of our Jamaat in the U.S.A. May Allah admit him to His Mercy and Protection – Ameen!
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2006
The 5th Khalifa visited in April of 2006.
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2018
https://youtu.be/ln5OAW9S_Bg
Barely 60 men are seen at the annual Jalsa Salana in Fiji. If we add women, we estimate roughly 120 people attended.
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2024
https://www.facebook.com/thefijitimesclassifieds/posts/pfbid02HZpekYh82d3toFJG3kiCDyaS721gPuUEniKz8SyLUhDUsEobr9WFcvZgAetp7DqBl
The Ahmadiyya Movement in Fiji is desperate to hire an Imam for their Fazl e Umar Mosque-Temple in Suva.
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2025
In 2025, the National Jalsa Salana was held in Fiji and barely 50 men and boys can be seen at Masjid-temple Fazle-Omar. Maulana Naeem Ahmad Iqbal was announced as the Ameer and missionary-in-charge. Allegedly, 260 men, women and children attended.
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The Fiji Muslim League
Fiji Muslim League – Welcome to the Fiji Muslim League Website! (fml.com.fj)
Fiji Muslim League (FML) was established in 1926 to promote Islam and safeguard and pursue the rights and interests of Muslims in Fiji. That it has done consistently and effectively throughout its history.
Our founding fathers vision and commitment has made Fiji Muslim League this day a successful organisation deeply vested in muslims across Fiji and the Pacific.
In Fiji, FML fully participates in public affairs as the national representative organisation of Fiji’s (Sunni) Muslims.
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Links and Related Essay’s
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around The World – A Pictorical Presentation. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; Khilafat Centenary Edition. 2008. ISBN 978-1882494514.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya_by_country
https://www.facebook.com/Ahmadiyya-Anjuman-Ishaat-Islam-fiji-Masjid-Noor-526480987461320/
http://ahmadiyyamosque.blogspot.com/search/label/Fiji
https://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/2006-04-28.html
Click to access ahmadiyyatinfiji.pdf
Mirza Tahir Ahmad visited Fiji in 1983, Singapore, Australia and Sri Lanka also
https://twitter.com/MKA_FIJI/with_replies
Maulana Hafiz Sher Muhammad — My Benefactor by Shahid Aziz – Islam Ahmadiyya – alahmadiyya.org
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