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prove these false charges against the Ahmadiyya Muslim leadership, these adversaries deploy yet another ingenious strategen of deception and manipulation. . In one particular instance for example, it is alleged that the Second. Successor to the Promised Messiah, Hazrat Mirza Bashirud Din. Mahmood Ahmad: 'travelled to England with forty thousand rupees in travelling. expenses only. '14. This charge against the Second Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community is made on the authority of the Paigham-e-Sulh¹s which these sly critics deceptively depict as a Qadiani magazine 16 inspite of being aware that it is an official organ of the dissident Lahori faction 17 which broke away from the mainstream Community and formed a dissident party at Lahore under the leadership of Maulana Muhammed. Ali on the election of Hazrat Mirza Bashir ud Din Mahmood Ahmad as the successor to the Promised Messiah. 18. PUBLISHERS OF THE PAIGHAM E SULH. Since Hazrat Mirza Bashirud Din Mahmood Ahmad's election as the supreme leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was the main bone of contention which influenced the Lahori faction to sever all relationships with the mainstream Community at Qadian, 19 the leadership of the dissident faction has always been particularly inimical to him. 20 An hence, the Paigham e Sulh, being the principal mouthpiece of the Lahori leadership, has, since the beginning of the split, been extensively used to give vent to a feeling of hostility towards Hazrat. Mirza Bashirud Din Mahmood Ahmad, 21 who to the regret of the 14. Ibid: pg 91 15. Ibid: 1973 edition: pg 94. Reference Note No 3 16. Ibid: 1984 edition: pg 64. Reference Note No 19 17. Ibid: pg 242. Reference Note No 22 18. Khan, Muhammed Zafarullah: Ahmadiyyat. The Renaissance of Islam: pg 228 19. Faruqui, M. A: Truth Triumph 20. Ali, Maulana Muhammed: Tabdil e Aqida ka Ilzaın 21. Khan, Muhammed Zafarullah: Ahmadiyyat. The Renaissance of Islam: pg 228 97