Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Independence of Kashmir and Palestine — Page 13
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 13 ] The custodians of Ka‘bah have again become high priests and K a ‘ba is their property and H ajj is their sources of income. . . they have turned into the high- priests of [the Hindu temples of ] Banaras and Hardaw a r. ( Khu t ab a t-e-Syed Abul A‘l a Maud u d i , 7th edn, p. 195–197) This is a long narration and one is surprised by reading it. It reflects deep enmity as it appears the person had been on the lookout for years and finally had now got the opportu- nity to spit his venom. One might think that he was sympathetic to the rest of the Muslims and, being a realist, expressed whatsoever he observed in this case. So let me tell you what his views were about the rest of the Muslim world, and as far as I know he has never changed his views. He has said: As a true Muslim when I look at the world, I do not find any reason to be pleased about the fact that the Turks are ruling Turkey, Iranians are ruling Iran, and that Afghanistan is being ruled by the Afghans. ( Mus- alm a n aur Mauj u dah Sy a s i Kashmakash , part 3, p. 78) In other words, according to Maulav i Sahib there would be a reason for expressing pleasure had there been Hindu rul- ers or Russians or English rulers over those people; had it been like that then there would have been some reason to express joy. But how can he express joy as he sees the Turks ruling Turkey, Afghans ruling Afghanistan and Iranians