Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light

The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (Arabic: دين السلام والنور الأحمدي), also known simply as the Ahmadi Religion or AROPL, is an Abrahamic millenarian syncretic new religious movement derived from the Twelver branch of Shia Islam. The leader and founder of the new religious movement is Abdullah Hashem, an Egyptian-American who claims to be the Qāʾim Āl-Muḥammad (lit. 'the one who shall rise of the family of Muhammad') and to have been appointed by name in the will of the prophet Muhammad following the legacy of Ahmed al-Hasan, an Iraqi leader who claimed to be the prophesied Yamani. The Ahmadi Religion espouses a religious, political, and economic ideology known as Ahmadism, whose practitioners are called Ahmadis.

The AROPL is registered with various international organizations and governmental databases, including the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Adherents of the Ahmadi Religion have faced persecution globally and face ongoing challenges for religious freedom.

Quotes

• [The] Divine Just State is not a slogan—it’s a system where every believer is both cared for and responsible to care. Some of us are naturally inclined to nurture, heal, teach, cook, drive, clean, build, or organize; those brothers and sisters should be trusted with those tasks. All of us must be willing to lift one another’s burdens—quietly, steadily, day after day—until care becomes the culture.
  • Kevin Omar Rodriguez Ponce, "How Aba Al-Sadiq Saved Me From Euthanasia" (an article about a woman who was born in Puerto Rico), Divine Just State (November 1, 2025)

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