Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 78
as regards their property and their person during their stay in the. Hidjaz. 153 1. This assurance was given to the British Government by the Saudi. King inspite of his earlier insistence that only those Muslims favourably disposed to the Wahabbia interpretation of the Shariah would be entitled to demand the right of safe passage and protection 154 but on the insistence of the British, the House of Saud found itself obliged to compromise its own principles. . CREATION OF THE DEOBAND IN INDIA. The irony of this entire controversy is that while the Deoband leaders of this day and age falsely accused the Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement of being closely affiliated to the British Raj, they deceive the masses by hiding their own true colours. Historical records maintain that while the Deobandis accuse the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of being the scions of the British Government, their own institute owes its existence to the British Raj in India- a fact admitted by none other than the Deoband institute's own official journal which admits that 'it is indebted to the British for its very existence. '155. Infact, it is a fact of history that the foundation stone of the Deoband seat of learning, the Nidwat ul Ulema. was laid by the British. Governor of the United Provinces, the Rt. Hon. Sir John Scott Hughes on account of the close ties between the British Raj and Deoband cult. Its official organ declared that the Nidwat of Ulema's: 'main objective is to produce enlightened ulemas whose bounden. duty it is to be fully aware of the beneficence of the British rule and also to inculcate this spirit of loyalty towards the Government in the country. ' '156. The most interesting aspect of this controversy is that Ehsan Ellahi. Zaheer, a dedicated opponent of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community 153. Announcement 6 June 1927 155. Al Nadwa: December, 1908: pg 4 154. Article: 26 January, 1927 156. Ibid: Vol. V July 1908 78