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From the Jamatkhana to the Quran: An Ex-Ismaili's Story and Her Critique of Aga Khanism A summary of the Zaitoon FM live interview between Mr. Aheer and Elaina Ali About the interview On a live stream that ran for roughly four and a half hours, Mr. Aheer , host of Zaitoon FM Live , sat down with Elaina Ali, a former Aga Khani Ismaili who now runs the Aga Khanism YouTube channel . Aheer, whose audience knows him mainly for work on the Finality of Prophethood and the Qadiani/Ahmadi question, explained that he invited Elaina after noticing her channel and realising how little his own audience knew about the Aga Khani community. The stream followed a question-by-question format. Elaina presented slides and video clips, many taken from Ismaili institutional websites, publications and recorded talks, and said she wanted viewers to verify each reference themselves rather than take her word for it. The second half was open to callers, including a former Ismaili who is now Shia Ithna-A...

Does the Ahmadiyya Jamat Receive Government Money in Canada? What Public Records Show (2016–2026) A fact-based look at federal grants, wage subsidies and charity filings, and what they do and do not prove. Quick summary Public records show that Ahmadiyya Jamat Canada 's central registered entity, Humanity First Canada , and Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace Inc. have received money through Government of Canada programs. The most frequently identified program is Canada Summer Jobs , a wage subsidy for youth employment that is open to many types of eligible employers. Humanity First also received two New Horizons for Seniors grants of $25,000 each (2020 and 2021). The records do not show that this money was given for religious doctrine or proselytization. They show participation in ordinary government programs. No single ten-year grand total can be responsibly stated from the data found so far. Federal, provincial and municipal records are kept in different places, and tax exemptions ...

Did Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Make the British Crown "Ulil Amr"? Episode 118 recap | Seerat ul Mahdi | Zaitoon FM Live Imagine being told, in your own scripture-based faith, that your loyalty to a foreign colonial government is not just good citizenship, but a Quranic command. Not "obey the law." Not "live peacefully." But: the English crown belongs inside the Quran's own category of "those in authority", and you are to be obedient to it with sincerity of heart. That is not an accusation invented by critics. It is printed in Ruhani Khazain , the collected writings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani , in his own words, over his own signature. In this post we go through the pages one by one, using only Ahmadiyya sources , and let the author speak for himself. At the end, there is a question that every Ahmadi, especially those who were born into the community and never had reason to ask it, should sit with honestly. First, the Quranic verse at the c...

 Burning the Constitution on Social Media: Who Pays the Price? Social media makes it easy to say something loud from far away. Living with the consequences is another matter, and that is what this post is about. What was posted An X account under the name " Sultan A Choudhry " recently shared two videos that deal with the Pakistani Constitution . The first is dated 7 September 2026. It shows pages being pushed into a burning stove, with the caption: "How I deal with the Constitution that calls me a Kafir 🔥". Below it is an Urdu line saying he does not accept such a constitution. It echoes a famous Urdu poem of protest. The second is dated 8 September 2025. It is a short clip, apparently from TikTok , of a woman tearing up a paper inside a parliament chamber. The caption reads: "How I deal with the Constitution that prohibits me from reciting the Kalima ." Both captions refer to real laws. Article 260(3) of the Constitution, added by the Second Amendm...

Ahmadiyya a "Parallel Society"? What Susanne Schröter Said on WELT In September 2026, the German news channel WELT aired an episode of its debate show Meinungsfreiheit ("Freedom of Speech"). Watch the full episode here . Host Nena Brockhaus sat down with three guests: Susanne Schröter , professor, ethnologist and head of the Frankfurt Research Center for Global Islam  (closed in Sep 2025) Bernd Siggelkow , founder of the Christian children's charity Die Arche Maulvi Sharjil Khalid (also spelled Scharjil Khalid), a Qadiani-Ahmadi imam. Ahmadiyyafactcheck blog wrote about it and Zaitoon FM covered this episode too . I watched the whole thing and went through the German transcript line by line, so here is what was actually said. How the debate started Each guest brings one thesis. The first part was about German politics: the CDU , Friedrich Merz and the AfD. Then Khalid used his turn to argue that "Islamism" is the wrong word. In his view we sho...