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THE SHIA DIVINES OF INDIA. The Shia divines of India also shared the common opinion of the. Muslim leadership. Hazrat Sayed Ali al Hairi, a reputed Shia mujtahid took ‘pride in being subjects of the British Government under which justice and religious freedom were the law, the equal of which was not to be found in any other government of the world. '52 He also declared: 'In return of this beneficence, every Shia should be grateful to the. British Government with a sincere heart and appreciate its beneficence. '53. ALLAMA IQBAL AND THE BRITISH. Allama Muhammed Iqbal is often quoted against the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community by its critics inspite of the fact that the Qaid e Millat held the British in such reverence that on the death of Queen Victoria he composed a eulogy in which he held the death of the Empress in similar reverence as the martyrdom of our beloved Prophet's grandson, Hazrat Imam. Hussain. He also bestowed upon the British Queen the epithet of 'the shadow of God Almighty' and lamented that 'India had been deprived of the. Divine shadow with the death of the British Empress. . THE MAJLIS E AHRAR: '54. In modern times, the Majlis e Ahrar happen to be one of the most vicious opponents of the Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian and the present campaign to vilify the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is largely sponsored by this pseudo religious organisation. Yet this politically motivated organisation itself extended unconditional loyalty to the British Raj and one of its most prominent sympathisers,. Maulana Zafar Ali Khan considered 'disloyalty to the British Raj an act of infidelity. '55 The Ahrari editor of Zamindar declared: 'For every drop of our Emperor's sweat, we are prepared to shed our 52. Mauzia Tahreef Al Quran: April, 1923 53. Ibid 54. Iqbal, Sir Muhammed: Bakayyat e Iqbal: Aina e Adab, Lahore 55. Zamindar: November 11, 1911 45