Was Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Planted By The British? — Page 10
Was Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Planted by the British? 10 one’s gratitude for a nation that delivered the Muslims from persecution? The Promised Messiah as is accused of calling himself Khud K a shta Pauda [of the British], and it is also alleged that the British propped him up to liquidate the spirit of Jihad. I shall address these allegations one by one. It is quite clear from the writings of the Promised Messiah that he did not resort to any such praise because of sycophancy. Rather, he was exercising the Islamic moral of doing his duty to gratefully acknowledge the facts. There can be no other interpretation that can be attached to the following excerpts from him: 'So, be advised, O you who are uninformed! I do not indulge in any flattery of this government. Rather, in the light of the Holy Qur’an, it is prohibited to wage a religious war against a government which does not itself interfere in the religion of Islam or religious practices—nor does it draw its sword against us in an attempt to promote its own religious beliefs. The reason for that is that this government itself is not waging any religious war. ' 8 Again, he says: 'My temperament never felt inclined to mention these consistently performed services to the Government authorities, because I was 8 Kasht i -e-N uh , footnote No. 68. [Publisher]