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Ahmadiyya Central Mosque - Nigeria


Abdul Hafeez asserts that Ahmadi Muslims have changed the Kalimah by substituting the name of the Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadhrat Muhammadsa with that of Hadhrat Ahmadas, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Hence he alleges that, God forbid:'The kalimah of Qadianis is There is no God but Allah and Ahmad is His messenger. Note: Ahmad has been substituted for Muhammad. The illustrated booklet AFRIKA SPEAKS issued on the occasion of the tour of Africa by Mirza Nasir Ahmad Qadiani contains a photograph of Ahmadiyya central mosque, Nigeria, which has this Kalima written on it.
The author of Two in One also includes an alleged photo of the mosque at Ijebuode in Nigeria on which this altered Kalimah is stated by him to have been written.Now, any intelligent man who studies this photograph with honesty would agree that the disputed word in the context of this Kalimah is Muhammadsa and not Ahmadas. It is an established fact that Arabic calligraphy has adopted numerous forms throughout the length and breadth of the Islamic world and the Islamic credo at the entrance of the Ahmadiyya Central Mosque at Ijebuode, Nigeria has been written in a traditional style of calligraphy adopted by the people of the local area which requires the first alphabet mim, the equivalent of the alphabet m to be lengthened.