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have become a subject of such cruel subreption, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam. Ahmad states that he has no concern with the Jesus of Christian missionaries nor is he concerned with his conduct' 26 since: 'God Almighty has made no mention of this Jesus in the Holy Quran as to who he was but Christian missionaries believe that their Jesus claimed to be God and called Moses a thief and a robber and he not only denied the anticipated advent of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him but also stated that he [Jesus] would be followed by false prophets. '27. The founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community then proceeded to state in relation to this fictitious Jesus : 'We cannot accept such a vile and arrogant person and an enemy of the righteous as a decent human being let alone that we should accept him as a prophet. These foolish missionaries would be well advised to abandon this method of abuse lest God's jealousy be aroused. " '28. THE IDIOSYNCRASY OF THE MULLAHS. A sincere Muslim is at a loss to understand as to why Hazrat Mirza. Ghulam Ahmad's critics take exception to this contempt directed against a faked Christian deity whose alleged lineage, conduct and behaviour, according to the Christian Scriptures, was not beyond reproach. A Christian commentator for instance states in relation to the genealogy of this fictitious Jesus: 'The names of four women are found in it being of remarkable characters, Thamar of whom by incest with her father in law, the greater part of the tribe of Judea descended; Rachab or Rahab who seems to have been the same that had been a harlot, and an inhabitant of Jericho but through faith was preserved from the destruction of the city for no other woman of that name is mentioned in Scriptures; Ruth the Moabitess and Bathsheba, who had been the wife of Uriah, with 26. Ibid: f/n pg 8 27. Ibid: f/n pg 9 89 28. Ibid: f/n pg 9