1.2 OVERVIEW OF THE DOCUMENT
The core of this document is Chapter 3 and next in importance is Chapter 4. However, I have provided some
more information surrounding these to put them into context and to supplement them, for those who might be
interested. I describe each chapter below.
In the descriptions of Chapters 3 and 4, I also point out where you will find summaries and suggestions to
help you select what to read, in case you do not wish to read all.
- Chapter 1: Introduction. This chapter, in which I introduce the document.
The remaining sections of this chapter describe some of the documentation conventions I have used, provide an
introduction to the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, and explain my review and analysis of Ahmadiyya
literature.
- Chapter 2: My Journey Through the Ahmadiyya Movement In Islam. This chapter recounts how I entered the
Movement and what moved me to review my allegiance such that I finally decided to leave. It also states my
current position with respect to the Ahmadiyya Movement.
This chapter is not an essential part of this document; it may be skipped without significant loss to the
continuity of presentation.
- Chapter 3: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: The Evidence Examined. This is the chapter you must read, at least
partially, if you want to understand why I no more accept Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as an apostle of God.
I have provided ample quotations (translated) from books by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and I encourage you to
check out the references in your own copy of the books. (In the case of books that I suspected most of my
readers would not have, I have provided scanned images of some of the pages I reference.) Those of you who
cannot read Urdu will either have to trust the translation I provide or ask an Urdu-speaking person to check it
out for you. In many cases, I have referenced Ahmadiyya English material as well.
In my introductory remarks at the beginning of this chapter, I list a subset of the chapter’s sections and subsections
that I suggest you read, in case you do not want to read the whole chapter.
The last section of the chapter, Section 3.4, “Summary/Highlights of Examination Findings”, provides a table
summarizing the main points from each major sub-section of the preceding sections of the chapter; you could
review that table to see what is of interest to you.
- Chapter 4: Counter Questions and Answers. This chapter presents some counter questions -- along with my
answers to these questions -- that might occur to you as you read my review of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his
claims.
You might say to yourself that even though some of the evidence you see presented is compelling and difficult
to waive off, you cannot accept that the Ahmadiyya Movement is wrong because of such and such a counter
argument. Many such questions occurred to me in my search for the truth and I tried to answer them for myself.
In this chapter I share these questions and answers with you.
At the beginning of the chapter I provide a table summarizing the questions addressed in the chapter; in the last
section, Section 4.3, “Summary of the Answers”, there is a table summarizing the questions as well as the
answers. You could review either of these tables to see what is of interest to you.
- Chapter 5: Epilogue. In the main body of the document I do not discuss Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s motivations
(except for a few comments here and there), since the purpose of this document is only to explain why I do not
accept him as a Divine apostle. In the Epilogue, however, I do present my opinions about Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad’s motivations and also discuss his modus operandi.
Additionally, I share with you some thoughts regarding my current and future religious position.
- Chapter 6: Bibliography. The first section of this chapter lists a few sources of anti-Ahmadiyya information
and the second section lists references cited in this document.
- Attachment: Membership Termination Correspondence: This provides copies of my correspondence with the
Ahmadiyya Movement related to the termination of my membership.
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