The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, which was established in 1921, has about 18,000 members, including 3,000 in Southern California.
Source/Credit: Orange County Register
By Deepa Bharath | October 6, 2017
When disaster erupts and devastates a community, members of one lesser-known Islamic sect often are among those who are quick to show up.
This week, after the Las Vegas shooting, dozens of Ahmadiyya Muslims came together to help organize blood drives and join in vigils.
The response was nothing new for Chicago-based imam, Azam Akram, Rizwan Ahmad of Milwaukee, and other members of the group, founded 128 years ago by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad who claimed to be the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Followers consider it part of their duty to appear wherever social strife and tragedy strikes, be it riots in response to alleged police misconduct in Ferguson, Missouri, or the San Bernardino and Orlando terror attacks.
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