Are Ahmadis Not True Muslims? — Page 3
? 3 profess their opposition to Islam. The Christians, in particular, have been very active in their propagation and have converted thousands and thousands of Muslims in Islamic countries, yet this does not give these so-called Muslim divines of this age any concern. Maulav i Ludhi a na vi has raised this very question in his booklet and has tried to devise an answer. Before we consider a rebuttal to Maulav i Ludhi a na vi ’s arguments, it is necessary to understand the nature of the question: ‘Why Ahmadis and not others?’ The world population is estimated to be five billion. Out of this, Muslims constitute nearly one billion. A large segment of the non-Muslim world is anxious to annihilate Islam from the world. According to the Focus journal published from England, 2 the Christian Church has devised a plan to convert half of the world population to Christianity in the next eleven years and all means are being adopted to implement it. The fact is that the Islamic world is the target of the enemies of Islam at this time. However, the ulema are paying no heed to it. A grave situation is also arising due to the decline of educational, moral, and spiritual standards in Muslim societies. This, again, is of no concern to the ulema. A reputable periodical states: At present the Muslim population around the world is nearly one billion. Of these about 600 million are illiterate and un- informed. A large number cannot even read the script of the 2 As quoted in Weekly Lahore , July 15, 1989, p. 4, vol. 38, no. 28 [Publisher]