Ahmadiyyat in America — Page 12
. I The First Ahmadiyya Muslim Missionary in America Hozrot Dr. Mufti Muhammad Sadiq (Moy Allah be pleased with him) AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT IN AMERICA he Ahmadiyya Movement in ls- ~~lh ~ lill·~ lam began its regu l ar mission in the U. S. A in 1920 under the ~ ~ :<ti)!=l'( direct i on of Hazrat Mirza Bashi- ~~c~__. ,~ ruddin Mahmood Ahmad, The Second Successor of The Promised Messiah and Mahdi, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, of Qadian, India. The first Ahmadiyya Muslim Missionary in America, Hazrat Dr. Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, arrived in New York on February 25, 1920; but he was detained in Ellis I sland, New York. He was asked to write to the President of the country. The Secretary of State replied on behalf of the The First Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in America President conveying his permission to him to Chicago Mosque preach Is l am in the United States. Soon after his arrival, Dr. Sadiq established the first Headquarters of Ahmadiyya Move- ment in Islam in Chicago, Illinois. In 1922, the first Ahmadiyya Mosque was established in Chicago at 4448 Wabash Ave- nue. The money for this project was donated by Ahmadis in India.