Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jama‘at and the Palestinian Muslims — Page 23
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 23 ] The question is not of Palestine, but of Medina. The question is not of Jerusalem, but of Mecca itself. The question is not of Zaid and Bakr, but is of the honour of Muhammad sa. Despite their internal disagree- ments, the enemy has united against Islam. Will not the Muslims, in view of thousands of reasons for unity, come together on this occasion? ( al-Kufro Mill- atu ñ W ah idah as it appears in: al-Fa d l , May 21, 1948) Now that this foul attack has been made on the kalimah , I call on the Islamic world and say that today it is neither a question of Palestine nor Jerusalem, and it is not a question of Mecca either. It is a question of the honour and glory of the One and Only God in Whose name these cities of clay found greatness and in Whose great name the edifices of bricks and mortar were sanctified. His Unity is being attacked. Today, it is not a question of Mecca and Medina. Today, it is a question of the honour and dignity of our master, the master of Mecca and Medina. Today, the ques- tion is whether the Muslims have any sense of honour left in them at all. Do they not tremble when they see the hands of fellow Muslims rise to erase the kalimah ? Outrage upon outrage! When no Muslim is willing to do this job, the tyrannical government of Pakistan uses anti-Islamic Christians, and when no decent citizen is available, convicts are fetched from prisons to erase the kalimah that declares: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Allah; Muhammad is a Messenger of Allah. ’ The