The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 92
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI prophesied that this process will occur in three centuries. A hundred years have already passed since the prophecy. . In spite of the most unfavourable circumstances, his mission and his Movement continued to flourish. Unperturbed by storms of opposition, he steadfastly engaged himself in his mission of revival and propagation of Islam. By the time of his death in 1908, he had nearly four hundred thousand devout followers. . After him, during the time of his successors, his followers. have continued to grow. In spite of recurrent persecution in some. Islamic countries, his community has been blessed with success after success. Today, large communities are found in Pakistan, India, West. Africa, and Indonesia. Small communities of his followers are found in many Asiatic countries, Europe, and in the Americas. Present membership is over ten millions. Today, the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam is well known in the world. Its missions and mosques are located in about one hundred and forty countries around the globe. . In the United States there are about forty organized. Ahmadiyya Muslim communities with their missions and mosques spread out in towns all over the country. The central mission was located in Washington D. C. (2141 Leroy Place, N. W. Washington,. D. C. , 20008) until 1994. International headquarters are located in. Rabwah, Pakistan. The new National headquarters of the Ahmadiyya. Community in America is Baitur Rehman Mosque, 15000 Good Hope. Road, Silver Springs, MD 20905. It was inaugurated in October 1994. . At present, the Ahmadiyya Movement is headed by the young and energetic Fourth Successor (Khalifa) of the Promised Messiah. He is. Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, a grandson of the Promised Messiah. . In Europe, Ahmadiyya Muslim communities and their missions and mosques are located in England, Holland, Germany,. Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and in Spain. The first mosque in Spain after an interval of 500 years has been built by the Ahmadiyya Movement in Pedro-Abad near Granada. It was inaugurated in September 1982 by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the present head of the Movement. Revival of Islam has been inaugurated in Spain where in the past Islam had flourished and which had 92