. >> naseem mahdi is national vice president and missionary in charge of the ahmadiyya muslim community usa. he says mirza ghulam ahmad came to bring muslims back to the true teachings of islam. >> according to the prophecies of prophet muhammad, that when the messiah would come, he will be a sort of an arbitrator. he used the word "arbitrator." that he will tell you what is right and what is wrong, because with the passage of time, muslims have practically abandoned the real teaching of islam, the real teaching of the holy koran. >> in islam, the notion is that the prophet muhammad is the final prophet, the last of the prophets. and so, then the question becomes for, in the eyes of many other muslims, are these people really muslims or not? >> many ahmadis respond that while they do believe muhammad was the final prophet to bring the law, that didn't preclude a prophet like mirza ghulam ahmad from coming to bring muslims back to that final law. >> he came to revive the teachings of god and he came bringing the truth. >> mirza ghulam ahmad preached what he called jihad of the pen or per