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FRAUDULENT REFERENCES. The Daily Al Fazal has been an official organ of the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community for many decades and the opponents of Hazrat. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad are well aware of the unique position enjoyed by this newspaper in the development and history the Ahmadiyya. Movement. It is hence not surprising that most hostile publications contain numerous references allegedly quoted from this particular organ of the Community. . However, inspite of a very clever strategy of concoction and fabrications, the adversaries of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community appear to have failed to realise that man is often betrayed by what is false from within. It is hence not surprising that they frequently find themselves unwittingly trapped in their own snare of falsehood. . To give a classic example of how these persistent liars have been betrayed by their own cleverness, one anti Ahmadiyya author charges the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of espionage on behalf of the British. Government. And, to substantiate this false allegation, he pretends to quote in evidence, a passage from the Daily Al Fazal of October 19, 1910. '. While many unwary and unsuspecting readers may have found themselves easily deceived into accepting this reference as genuine, it may interest them to know that the first cover of Al Fazal did not see the light of day until 19th of June 1913 2 - at least another 32 months after the alleged date. . In another similar blunder, an antagonist allegedly cites an edict by some Ahmadi scholars and alleges that this edict was recorded in the. Daily Al Fazal of 4th February, 1912 ³ while the first issue of the 1. Zaheer, E. E: Qadiyaniat. An Analytical Survey: pg 40: Reference Note No 18 2. Khan, Muhammed Zafarullah: Ahmadiyyat. The Renaissance of Islam: pg 209 3. Zaheer, E. E: Qadiyaniat. An Analytical Survey: pg 50: Reference Note No 19 94