Intro
In 2022, there are barely 100 Ahmadi’s in all of Austria. By 2008, the only murrabi was Munir Ahmad Munawar (See ref in the below). They created a website for Ahmadiyya in Austria, see here. The Ahmadiyya Movement has a mission house in Vienna, this is most likely the living area of the murrabi.

The Lahori-Ahmadi’s claim to have converted (by Maulvi Sadr ud Din) Austrian Baron Umar Ehrenfels to their version of Ahmadiyya, he hung out with them in Germany at their famous Wilmersdorfer Mosque aka The Berlin Mosque in the 1920’s. He seems to have became a Sufi Muslim soon thereafter, nevertheless, he was friendly with Lahori-Ahmadi’s his whole life. In 1946, the Lahori-Ahmadi’s helped his wife get a visa. He is also mentioned in “Islam in Interwar Europe” by Clayer and Germain, it is also on the Ahmadiyyafactcheckblog). Clayer and Germain also explained how he was fast friends with a Lahori-Ahmadi imam of the Berlin Lahori-Ahmadi Mosque named Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah (also called Professor S.M. Abdullah). In 1932, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah passed through Austria and Czechoslovakia “with a view to gain insight as to the possibilities of spreading Islam there.” (See “Islam in Interwar Europe” by Clayer and Germain, it is also on the Ahmadiyyafactcheckblog).

The Qadiani-Ahmadi’s claim that the first Austrian native to become a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is Muhammad Yunus Mairhofer Sahib who accepted Ahmadiyyat in 2007, at the age of 26. Yunus Sahib has shared his story on the YouTube channel of Ahmadi Answers. (How an Austrian Christian Accepted the True Islam, Ahmadiyyat,www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YTSndRDXrU&t=5s).

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Murrabi’s in the country?

By 2008, the only murrabi was Munir Ahmad Munawar (See Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around The World – A Pictorical Presentation. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; Khilafat Centenary Edition. 2008. ISBN 978-1882494514).
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The first Austrian to become Ahmadi

Austrian converts to Islam: A century-long story across central Europe

The Lahori-Ahmadi’s claim to have converted Austrian Baron Umar Ehrenfels to their version of Ahmadiyya, he hung out with them in Germany at their famous Wilmersdorfer Mosque aka The Berlin Mosque. He seems to have became a Sufi Muslim soon thereafter, nevertheless, he was friendly with Lahori-Ahmadi’s his whole life. In 1946, the Lahori-Ahmadi’s helped his wife get a visa.

Baron Omar Rolf von Ehrenfels (born 28 April 1901 in Prague – died 7 February 1980 in Heidelberg, Germany) was a prominent Ahmadi Muslim of Austrian origin. He emigrated to India in 1932 and in 1946 the Lahore Ahmadi Movement sponsored his wife’s visa to India.

Scans

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6. Dr. Umar Rolf Baron Ehrenfels (Austria)

https://www.muslim.org/light/97-2.htm#6

His statement is preceded by a brief sketch of his life.

(a) In the Bawany edition it is stated in the sketch:

“His interest in Islam increased by and by and Ehrenfels accepted Islam in 1927.”

In the original, instead of the above sentence, we have the following:

“On one occasion a Yugoslav Imam, by the name of Abdullah, suggested to contact his namesake, the Imam of the then newly-constructed mosque at Berlin, Dr. S.M. Abdullah. This done . . . in its consequence Ehrenfels accepted Islam in 1927.”

(b) Further on, the Bawany edition says:

“He visited Indo-Pakistan sub-continent in 1932.”

The original words were:

“He travelled in 1932 with Dr. S.M. Abdullah in the regions of the present Pakistan and India”

In the above two cases, the name of Dr. S.M. Abdullah has been removed. He was a distinguished missionary of Islam of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement who worked both in the Berlin and the Woking Missions.

(c) Further on in the sketch, the Bawany edition says:

“When Austria was overrun by the Nazis in 1938 Baron Umar again went to India, worked in Hyderabad at the invitation of the late Sir Akbar Hydari”

However, in the original sketch it had stated:

“When Austria was overrun by the Nazis in 1938 Baron Umar again went to India as the guest of the late Maulana Muhammad Ali of Lahore and later worked in Hyderabad at the invitation of the late Sir Akbar Hydari”

(d) The original also contained the sentence:

“During the war he translated works by Maulana Muhammad Ali into the German language.”

This is omitted in the Bawany edition.
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1936

Ahmadiyya sources claim that the jamaat was established in 1936, however, they give no proper references (See Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around The World – A Pictorical Presentation. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; Khilafat Centenary Edition. 2008. ISBN 978-1882494514).
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1945

The ROR of Nov-1945 alleges that there is an active Qadiani-Ahmadi mission in Austria.
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1955

In 1955, the Ahmadiyya Khalifa toured Europe extensively, albeit with a piece of metal in his neck?


The 2nd Khalifa stopped in Austria during his famous trip. On 14 June, Mirza Basheer-uddin Mahmud Ahmad landed in Austria.
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1957

Via the Muslim Sunrise of the 2nd Quarter-1957, 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, a new location in NY, at 118 W. 87th 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, 4 by Zafrullah Khan, 1 book by Sufi M.R. Bengalee, 1 book by J.D. Shams, 2 books by Shaikh Nasir Ahmad, a book by Zahoor Ahmad Bajwa (missionary-in-charge in England), 2 books from A.R. Dard and 3 books by Khalil Ahmad Nasir. A Qadiani-Ahmadi German/Dutch/English translation of the Quran is also available for sale as well as an english commentary of the Quran (this was very short and never went past Chapter 4 of the Quran) by the 2nd Khalifa and his team, this was started back in 1914 and never fully completed, instead, people in American used the Lahori-Ahmadi’s version of the Quran by Maulvi Muhammad Ali. A speech by Khalil Ahmad Nasir at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa (on March-18-1957) is reproduced, the title is, “The Most Distinctive Contribution of Islam”. In a book review, the Qadiani’s alleged that Salaboohoo (4:157 of the Quran) meant “killed via Crucifixtion”. Shaikh Nasir Ahmad gave speech at Oct-8-1956 at the Oriental Institute of Vienna University in Austria, it is reproduced. A book on Islam by the famous Laura Veccia Vaglieri is available for purchase from the Ahmadiyya headquarters in the USA, 2141 Leroy Place, N.W., Washington D.C. 
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1962

Sheikh Nasir Ahmad, who was working out of the neighboring country Switzerland, does some work, giving speeches and etc (See Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around The World – A Pictorical Presentation. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; Khilafat Centenary Edition. 2008. ISBN 978-1882494514).
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2005

The first ever Jalsa Salana is held.
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2007

Austrian converts to Islam: A century-long story across central Europe


The Qadiani-Ahmadi’s claim that the first Austrian native to become a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is Muhammad Yunus Mairhofer Sahib who accepted Ahmadiyyat in 2007, at the age of 26. Yunus Sahib has shared his story on the YouTube channel of Ahmadi Answers. (How an Austrian Christian Accepted the True Islam, Ahmadiyyat,www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YTSndRDXrU&t=5s).
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2008

By 2008, the only murrabi was Munir Ahmad Munawar (See Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around The World – A Pictorical Presentation. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community; Khilafat Centenary Edition. 2008. ISBN 978-1882494514).
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2012

Munir Ahmad Munawar was the 2012 Jalsa Salana in neighboring Switzerland.
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2018

The 13th Jalsa Salana is held. Roughly 50 men and children can be seen in the photo’s/videos.
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2024
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Austria National Ijtema 2024 (youtube.com)

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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).

Austrian converts to Islam: A century-long story across central Europe

The history of Ahmadiyya in Switzerland

Home

In 1955, the Ahmadiyya Khalifa toured Europe extensively, albeit with a piece of metal in his neck?

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

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