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April 06, 2024 – Bitter Winter – The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 3. Esotericism and Progressive Millennialism

April 06, 2024

The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 3. Esotericism and Progressive Millennialism

We may recognize in the AROPL some common traits with both esoteric movements and millennialist religions with a progressive approach.

- Massimo Introvigne and Karolina Maria Kotkowska.

After a tour of the Victorian orphanage re-adapted to serve as the universal headquarters of the Ahmadi religion of Peace and Light (AROPL), a Shia-derivative new religion (not to be confused with the Sunni-derivative, and different, Ahmadiyya community persecuted in Pakistan), we and the group of scholars who participated in a conference and field trip with AROPL members, are finally introduced in the most sacred part of the building, the basilica. Here, Abdullah Hashem Aba al-Sadiq, the leader of the religion, appears accompanied by his wife. He is a handsome man in his early forties, who speaks with authority in short sentences easy to understand. Some of us had read his new sacred scripture, “The Goal of the Wise,” before the meeting. One scholar is a specialist in UFO religions and asks about the AROPL’s belief in extraterrestrials. Others want to know whether the AROPL believes in the devil. Hashem answers with patience, and not without a touch of humor.

- Massimo Introvigne and Karolina Maria Kotkowska.
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1999

Ahmed Al-Hassan (FHIP) Meets Imam Mohammed Al-Mahdi (PBUH & His Family)

“And the story of this meeting was that one day I was asleep and in my sleep, I saw a vision. And the Imam Mahdi (PBUH) was standing near the Mausoleum of Sayyed Mohammed, the brother of Imam Al-Askari (PBUH). And he ordered me to meet him and after that, I woke up and it was 2 am. And I prayed 4 Raka’s of the Night Prayer. And I went to sleep and saw another vision also having Imam Mahdi (PBUH) in it asking to meet me. And I woke up and it was 4 am and so I finished my night prayers and then prayed Fajr.

Then after two days of these visions, I traveled to Samarra where I found the two Imams Al Hadi and Al Askari, (PBUH). Then I returned to Balad where I found Sayyed Mohammed (PBUH) then I went to Baghdad where I found the Imams Al-Kadhim and Al-Jawwad (PBUT). Then I went to Karbala where I found Imam Al-Hussain (PBUH) and the martyrs (PBUT). And I met Imam Mahdi (PBUH) at night in the Mausoleum of Imam Al-Hussain (PBUH). Then I met with Imam Al Mahdi in the morning in the Maqam of Imam Mahdi (PBUH), which is in Karbala at the end of the Al-Sidra street.

So we sat in the Maqam alone, which was almost empty of people, with the exception of the servant (of the Maqam) who was standing in the women’s prayer area away from us.“

-Excerpt from “The Sermon of the Meeting” by Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan

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