The British Government and Jihad

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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The British Government and Jihad — Page 29

Addendum to the Booklet “Jihad” n The real truth about my claim of being Jesus the Messiah and Muhammad Mahdi and a proposal submitted to His Excellency the Viceroy I have explained in many of my books that my claim of being Jesus the Messiah and Muhammad Mahdi is not based on the idea that I am actually Jesus as or the Holy Prophet Mu h am- mad sa. Nevertheless, those who have not carefully studied my books might surmise that I am referring to reincarnation, as if I claim that the souls of both these holy men have reappeared in me. This is not so. The fact of the matter is that earlier Prophets predicted that there would be two types of transgressions in the Latter Days: one against the rights of God’s creation, and the other in relation to the rights of the Creator. They prophesied that killers would violate the rights of God’s creation by spilling much innocent blood under the pretext of jihad , believing that such acts would earn them great Divine reward. They also fore- told that the excuse of religion would be used to persecute the human race in many other ways. The time that was foretold has