{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Ahmadiyya","description":"In the late nineteenth century, as the British Empire tightened its grip over India, a quiet revolution was brewing in the towns and cities of Punjab. It was a time of fierce religious debates, missionary showdowns, and new ideas about faith and leadership. At its center stood a man from Qadian, whose claims would spark devotion, controversy, and a movement that would reach far beyond his homeland.\r\n\r\nPicture a small town called Qadian, in the Punjab of British India. Here, in eighteen thirty-five, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was born into a landowning family. The world around him was shifting fast. Christian missionaries, Hindu reformers, colonial officials, and Muslim intellectuals were all vying for influence. By eighteen eighty-nine, this local world would give rise to a global religious community—the Ahmadiyya movement. But what made this new community different from the many others forming in the same era? To understand, we have to step back into the world that shaped it.\r\n\r\nAurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 35 minutes, one complete story.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thecreedarchive.com/creed/ahmadiyya","author_name":"The Archive Network"}