"Prayer Duel" With Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Dowie is of particular significance to the turn-of-the-century Islamic community known as the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Herein the Ahmadiyya find a sign of God and a proof of their founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's claim to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. Dowie had claimed to be the forerunner of Christ's second coming. He was particularly hard on Muslims, whom he believed Christ would destroy upon his return. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad had claimed to be the coming of Christ in the spirit (as well as the promised Imam Mahdi), who would establish the final victory of Islam on earth. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad challenged Dowie to a prayer duel.
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