Ahmadiyya and Women

Did you know that Ahmadi women are not allowed to marry non-Ahmadis? Did you also know that women who have dared break this taboo have been ostracized by the Ahmadi community, cast out, abandoned and sometimes much worse has happened. Did you know that the Ahmadi cult has a matchmaking service to ensure that no one looks outside the narrow confines of the cult for companionship. Did you also know that only a man can be the head of this matchmaking service, which does make you wonder what say Ahmadi women have in the whole affair. Given Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's views on women we don't think it's very much at all.

Ahmadi Lovebombing

Critics of cults often point to the phenomenon of 'lovebombing' - a disingenuous show of affection and love designed to influence, convert and manipulate - as evidence of the dangers these movements pose, and the Ahmadi cult is no exception.

If you're a lonely, isolated and rather mediocre person, cultists will latch on to your vulnerabilities. They'll praise the mundane, extol the ordinary and glorify the banal, rather uneventful YOU, until you start believing it and eventually depending on it.

Then they'll marry you off to one of their women (who themselves cannot marry outside the cult) and before you know it you've been snared. You'll be put forward as spokesperson because you can speak English, even if you really can't write it and soon you'll have said so much in defense of the cult that the pride in you will not allow you to go against anything, even if it is plainly wrong.

You have now entered the soulless state of cultism - Ahmadiyya defined.

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The Ahmadi Cult Mindset - Protecting the Leaders

On a very well known anti-cult site, the following destructive cult dynamics are highlighted with regard to leaders within such dangerous movements.

* What types of people become leaders of unsafe and/or destructive groups?

Many cult leaders seem to be narcissistic personalities often fantasizing about messianic visions that will change the course of human history, while appearing to have little if any conscience. Some make claims that they are the exclusive voice of God, "psychic" connections to historical figures, or aliens from outer space. Often these leaders seem deeply delusional and disturbed and some have been called psychopaths. Marshall Applewhite, the leader of "Heaven's Gate" was once confined to a mental hospital.

Extreme examples of destructive and delusional behavior by cult leaders such as Jim Jones, David Koresh and Shoko Asahara have caused many mental health professionals to question their sanity. Still others simply may be opportunistic con men or women, exploiting their followers for personal profit and self-interest.

* What kind of relationship do destructive group leaders have with their followers?

The leadership most often defines what is right and wrong and group followers are essentially expected to defer making meaningful value judgments regarding almost any issue of significant importance. And any member of the group who questions or doubts the authority of the leader is likely to be labeled wrong, rebellious, suppressive, negative and in some situations even "demon possessed" or "satanic".

No area of a member or follower's life appears to be immune from such a group's scrutiny and/or criticism. A kind of learned dependency often develops. Group followers appear highly dependent upon their leaders to resolve problems and provide them with an ongoing sense of clarity and purpose.

It is the latter part that interests us at this point, because it highlights the almost docile approach that followers evince toward their leader, the belief that s/he can do no wrong and is above reproach. Now take a look at this exchange found on the Social Affairs Unit website. It focuses on an interview with the Galway cult leader and in the comments section a rather vitriolic exchange takes place.

What is interesting is how this character, Yusuf Pender, wades in with the following:

This so called Journalist is a hack and an Islamophobe. This is a total misrepresentation of our conversation and most of it is made up. Iman Ibrahim is a very pios, intelegent Muslim (I know my spelling is crap) and gave that interview in good faith.

As for the comments his ex-wife made...well a day dosent pass when he dosent talk about his children but his wife wont let him see them becouse she is....well she is not telling the truth.

The Daily Mail is a racist brit paper with an anti Catholic & Anti-Islamic agenda. And his wife is not old... she is only 35....ageism..

So Byeeeeeee..........

In one fail swoop, all other comments are cast aside as untruths - why? Well, we believe the answer can be found here at CultWatch

Ahmadi Exaggerations

It's said that nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught, and that's well and good for something that cannot be proven either way, but Ahmadis should know better than to try pull the wool over people's eyes when it comes to their actual numbers.

Take for instance their much lauded 'Peace' conference last Saturday. On a blog associated with the cult in Galway, the blogger noted

Attendance exceeded expectation

...what the expectations were nobody knows but what was very obvious from the photos (carefully angled to make sure the empty seats weren't visible) was that the vast majority of those in attendance were not Ahmadi cultists, but guests (who looked like they really wanted to be somewhere else).

The Ahmadi problem with exaggeration has been well documented here,here and here. And like the proverbial fish that got away, the Ahmadi cultists will soon find that their exaggerations fall on deaf ears.

Islam vs Ahmadiyya

Interesting series of videos with brother Akbar, formally an Ahmadi and now a true Muslim. Listen carefully to the constant recourse to the 'metaphorical' to explain away the utter ridiculousness that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed.

Ahmadiyya and Women

DID YOU KNOW:

1. Ahmadi women cannot become Ameer (national head) or President (local head) or Khalifa (international head) of the Ahmadiyya.

2. Ahmadi women cannot become Murabbi (spiritual adviser) or hold any other religious rank within the Ahmadiyya.

3. Wearing the Indian-style burqa is a tradition that the Ahmadiyya have carried to all parts of the world. Every one of their leaders, including the current one, has insisted on women wearing it.

4. Take a look at this video, noticeable by their absence are the Ahmadi women - why?


Far from the 'progressive' movement this cult presents itself as, it really falls short of the mark in terms of justice.