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both suffered such wrath that: 'The perverted Ulema and the worshippers of graves and tombs gave their verdict of heresy and infidelity against these brave and true soldiers of Islam. '19. Infact these two blessed soldiers of Islam who gave their life on the battlefield are so frequently and mercilessly denounced that Muslim leaders of this day and age find themselves obliged to state that: 'we are dismayed and hang our heads in shame when we look at the scurrilous and reprehensible verdicts of these so called custodians of. Islam and their ignoble literature extending over a century and published throughout the sub-continent from Badayan to Madras. . And alas, this still continues. . . . The most regrettable and unfortunate part of it is that these ill-starred enemies have not yet forgiven these chosen servants of God. These worthy sons of Islam died more than a century ago and yet the detestable taunts and attacks still continue. "20. Continue these do, even in this day and age. In 1938 CE for instance, an Indian newspaper carried an article titled Bhonchaal Bar Lashkar i. Dajaal in which it stated about Hazrat Shah Ismail Shaheed: 'There is not the least doubt about his apostasy nor in his blacksliding and that of his associates or helpers. He who entertains the least doubt about their apostasy is himself an infidel. " '21. The sixth revered personality, Hazrat Sheikh Muhammed bin Abd'al. Wahaab, the founder of the Wahabbia Movement, a movement to which a large majority of anti Ahmadiyya elements belong, did not fare any better. The then custodians of Islam's most sacred shrines, the Mufti and Imam of the Kaaba and the Muftis of Medina pronounced a verdict of apostasy on the Imam and his followers and stated: 'The Wahabbis, in the unanimous opinion of the divines of Mecca and 21. Weekly Khurshid: 25th February, 1938 19 Nadwi, Masood Ahmad 20. Ibid 270