Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light

The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (Arabic: دين السلام والنور الأحمدي, AROPL), also known simply as the Ahmadi Religion, is a syncretic new religious movement derived from the Twelver branch of Shia Islam. The leader and founder of the new religious movement is Abdullah Hashem, an Egyptian-American who is believed to be the Mahdi and the Qāʾim Āl-Muḥammad (lit. 'the one who shall rise of the family of Muhammad') and to have been appointed by name in the will of the prophet Muhammad following the legacy of Ahmed al-Hasan, an Iraqi leader who claimed to be the prophesied Yamani. The Ahmadi Religion espouses a religious, political, and economic ideology known as Ahmadism, whose practitioners are called Ahmadis.

The AROPL is registered with various international organizations and governmental databases, including the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Adherents of the Ahmadi Religion have faced persecution globally and face ongoing challenges for religious freedom.