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Muhammad Iqbal, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and the Accusation of Heresy
- Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
- Duke University Press
- Volume 36, Number 2, August 2016
- pp. 246-255
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Purohit’s essay discusses the polemical writings of Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) against Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), the founder of the Ahmadi movement. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s vision of Islam was in many ways similar to Iqbal’s: both figures were modernist and promoted renewal and reform through the idea of Muslim unity. However, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s religious authority was charismatic: he was not only recognized as a