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History on Guam

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are Muslims who believe in the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (peace be on him) (1835-1908) of Qadian. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in 1889 as a revival movement within Islam, emphasizing its essential teachings of peace, love, justice, and sanctity of life.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) Guam was officially established in December 2022, although some Ahmadi visited and preached Islam in Guam in the early nineties. The AMC opened its first center in Tamuning in 2024. This place of worship is open for public to come, visit, pray in whatever manner they may like, ask questions, or just to learn about Islam.

The Ahmadis are an active part of the local community, and through their international non-profit organization “Humanity First” provide relieve aid on the basis of necessity alone, irrespective of caste, creed, color or religion. During Typhoon Mawar, the AMC Guam chapter provided nonperishable food items, clothing, and other basic supplies to close to 1,000 Guam residents and worked collaboratively with the Red Cross, mayor’s offices, and other local institutions to serve and help the people of Guam.  The AMC continues to serve the people of Guam through food donations and other necessities.

Beliefs and practices

Today, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the world’s largest Islamic community under one Divinely appointed leader, His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad (may Allah be his Helper) (b. 1950). The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community spans over 200 nations with membership exceeding tens of millions.

The current Khalifa (Caliph), Mirza Masroor Ahmad, resides in the United Kingdom and serves as the AMC’s spiritual and administrative head. Under the leadership of khilafat, the AMC has built over 16,000 mosques, 600 schools, and 30 hospitals. It has translated the Holy Quran into over 70 languages. The AMC propagates Islam’s true teachings of peace and tolerance through a 24-hour satellite television channel (MTA), the Internet (MuslimsForPeace.org), (alislam.org) and print (Islam International Publications). The AMC also provides disaster relief in the United States and worldwide through Humanity First, a non-profit charity.

The AMC is the only Islamic organization to endorse the separation of mosque and state. Despite facing bitter faith-based persecution in numerous Muslim majority nations, the AMC continues to advocate for universal human rights for all religious and other persecuted minorities. It likewise invests heavily in women’s equality, education, and empowerment programs. In 2014, the US House of Representatives formed the Ahmadiyya Muslim caucus. This bipartisan effort addresses the global issue of human and civil rights of persecuted religious minorities. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Throughout the world Ahmadi Muslims have become renowned for their commitment to peace, their law-abiding nature and determination to create a harmonious society for all people, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity or faith.

More about Islam

Islam means peace. Therein lies the soul and spirit of Islam. It is ironic that this religion of peace is understood today in the West as the religion of war, terrorism, chaos and disorder. While in reality Islam is not only peace in name, but peace pervades all its teachings, and works as the key to its understanding. If translated literally, the second meaning of the word Islam is submission. So, the words peace and submission create a complete picture of Islam. While peace is in relation to the Muslim’s attitude to his fellow human beings and also in relation to the deep content he finds in Islam, the word submission describes the attitude of the Muslim to God. So, in one single word, the entire philosophy of this religion is summed up. It is interesting to note that according to Islam, every true religion must have these two requisite features to indicate its divine origin. All religions, according to Islam, endeavored to bring man back to his creator on the one hand, and to establish an ideal relationship with his fellow human beings on the other.

The Five Pillars of Islam

The five pillars of Islam represent the principle acts of worship which are required to practice the faith. Observance and practice of these acts is obligatory for all Muslims. They are:

  1. Declaration of Faith (Kalimah Shahadah)

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger.

  1. Prayer: As Muslims we are required to pray five times a day.
  2. Fasting during Ramadhan (Saum): The third act of worship in Islam is the fasting during the Islamic month of Ramadhan by all able adult Muslims.
  3. Tax on Wealth (Zakaat): The third pillar of Islam, which can more appropriately be called the purification of wealth. It is a kind of tax which requires a Muslim to give up a certain amount of his possessions (2.5 percent rate on a yearly basis) for the upkeep of the poor and those who have no earning capacity.
  4. Pilgrimage (Hajj): The fifth pillar of Islam, is the pilgrimage to Mecca which a Muslim who is able bodied and has the means is required to perform at least once in his lifetime.

Six Articles of Faith

Islam helps us develop a close relationship with Allah by first telling us what to believe in (the siz Articles of Faith) and then explaining how to implement these beliefs in our lives (the five Pillars of Islam). Muslims believe in the following six Articles of Faith.

  1. To believe in the Oneness of God.
  2. To believe in the Angels.
  3. To believe in the Books of Allah.
  4. To believe in all the Prophets.
  5. To believe in the Day of Judgment.
  6. To believe in the Divine Decree.

For further reading

Al Islam. “The Official Website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.”

Humanity First. “About Us.”

Islam Pacific Islands. “Introduction.”

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