Mirzai


Mirzai is a derogatory religious slur used by some South Asian Muslims to refer to Ahmadi Muslims, primarily in Pakistan where they have been persecuted from early days and specially after the passage of Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan which declares that Ahmadia are not Muslims and Ordinance XX which criminalises their religious practices and claims of being Muslims, to the extent that the fourth Ahmadiyya caliph Mirza Tahir Ahmad was compelled to leave Pakistan and move the headquarters of the Community to London during his years of exile.
Ahmadi Muslims are the followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian.
Etymologically, the term is derived from Mirza, a title of Persian origin denoting the rank of high nobleman or Prince.