Mirza Masroor Ahmad

Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Mirza Masroor Ahmad
	Mirza Masroor Ahmad in 2022
Title	Amir al-Mu'minin
Personal
Born	15 September 1950 (age 74); Rabwah, Punjab, Dominion of Pakistan (present day Pakistan)
Religion	Islam
Spouse	Sahibzadi Amatul Sabooh Begum (m. 1977)
Children	Mirza Waqas Ahmad; Amtul Waris Fateh;
Parents	Mirza Mansoor Ahmad (father); Sahibzadi Nasira Begum (mother);
Denomination	Ahmadiyya
Signature
Muslim leader
Consecration	22 April 2003
Predecessor	Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Post	Caliph

Mirza Masroor Ahmad (مرزا مسرور احمد; born 15 September 1950) is the current and fifth leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. His official title within the movement is Fifth Caliph of the Messiah (Arabic: خليفة المسيح الخامس, khalīfatul masīh al-khāmis). He was elected on 22 April 2003, three days after the death of his predecessor Mirza Tahir Ahmad.

Following the death of the fourth caliph, the Electoral College, for the first time in the history of the community, convened outside the Indian subcontinent and in the city of London, after which Mirza Masroor Ahmad was elected as the fifth caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. At the very commencement of his accession, he found himself forced into exile from Pakistan in response to pressure from the Government of Pakistan.^[1] Since being elected, he has travelled extensively across the world to meet the members of the community and address their annual gatherings. In many of the countries he has visited it has been the first visit by an Ahmadiyya caliph.^{[citation needed]}

^ Moon, Farzana (2015). No Islam but Islam. Cambridge Scholars. p. 163. ISBN 9781443874045. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

[No_Islam_but_Islam-1] Moon, Farzana (2015). No Islam but Islam. Cambridge Scholars. p. 163. ISBN 9781443874045. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

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